Fernox filter question

[Dande]

Hi,

My nan has this filter I have attached below and she asked me to find out what she needs to do with it.

I am guessing you turn the supply off then remove part of it then add some chemical cleaning liquid?

I tried looking on google but I couldn't find quite what I was looking for. Can someone tell me what it is called please?

 

[CBW]

Is it on the heating circuit?

 

[Madrab]

Good grief, not seen one of them in a long time, and only ever seen one, It's an old fernox limescale reducer If I remember - Called a quantimate or something like that. Used to use a proprietary powder additive to reduce scale.

It's a long time obsolete, only thing you could do with it really is remove it.

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[Dande]

Yeah it's to do with the central heating.

Lol yeah probably fitted 10-15 years ago. I am glad you said that because I just boxed it in!

Appreciate the info. Thanks mate.

 

[ianmcd]

Yeah it's to do with the central heating.

It is a fernox Quontomat, nothing to do with the central heating, it is an old lime scale reducer on the domestic water pipes not the central heating pipes

 

[Dande]

It is a fernox Quontomat, nothing to do with the central heating, it is an old lime scale reducer on the domestic water pipes not the central heating pipes

Ok thanks for clearing that up. The confusion was that they installed it at the same time as the central heating. I haven't even really looked at it to be honest. I am just asking on my nans behalf.

 

[Madrab]

Quontomat

Ahah...that's the chap .. wasn't far away with Quantimate