Is there a maximum time with leaving sludge remover

[timber]

Is there a maximum amount of time that I can leave a sludge remover in a system?
I have bought some Sentinel sludge remover but do not intend to change my downstairs radiator until April, but I thought of adding it to the system now while we are using the heating every day.

 

[corgiman]

what does it say on the bottle?

 

[twgas]

what does it say on the bottle?

sludge remover

 

[seco services]

try looking up their web site
http://www.sentinel-solutions.net/en/heating/X400/application

 

[heatingman]

28 days

 

[scatmanjohn]

28 days

X400 can be left in forever.

There is no limit to the time for which the product can safely be left in the system.

 

[corgiman]

what does it say on the bottle?

sludge remover

Har De Ha

 

[seco services]

28 days

X400 can be left in forever.

There is no limit to the time for which the product can safely be left in the system.

make you right

 

[heatingman]

28 days is the recommended max time to leave it in a badly fouled system before draining. The product is a sludge remover not a sludge stopper. Why put it in the system to remove sludge and then not drain it out. The sent rep explained years ago that it picks up deposits (somehow) and holds in suspension, after 28 days starts dropping the deposits.

 

[seco services]

that makes sense to me
but the website says save to be left in system for good.

but as you suggest yes surely you would want to drain it out .

 

[Softus]

but the website says save to be left in system for good.

NO IT DOES NOT. FFS.

There is no limit to the time for which the product can safely be left in the system.

The web site statement is there merely to reassure people that the chemical won't damage your system by being left in indefinitely, and I'm at a loss to understand why so many people misunderstand and misrepresent the intentions of the product.

How long can I leave Sentinel X400 in the system?

Sentinel X400 needs to be circulated in the system for a minimum of two hours at operating temperature, but can be left circulating for up to 4 weeks in heavily fouled systems.

As heatingman has pointed out, it loosens sludge in preparation for the system being drained with it in suspension.

Sentinel X400 works by lifting and dispersing the sludge into the circulating water so that it can be removed by draining and then flushing the system. After cleaning the system in this way, it should be filled with fresh water and protected from further corrosion using Sentinel X100 inhibitor.

If you don't drain it again then you're just lazy, or stupid, or both.

 

[seco services]

as you said their is no time limit to how long it can be left in the system.
which is what i said.

you wanna play games i will play your game from now on.

 

[Softus]

as you said their is no time limit to how long it can be left in the system.

No, I didn't write that. That is what the manufacturer says. I explained the reason that they say this, purely for the hard of thinking.

which is what i said.

No - you said that it could be left in for good. This has two possible meanings:

1. That it is doing good for as long as you leave it in.
2. That there are no problems with leaving it in forever.

Neither of these meanings is correct, so you are wrong to say that it can be left in for good, because it misleads people who don't know the facts.

you wanna play games i will play your game from now on.

Whatever you think the game is, you're wrong, because there is no game.

 

[heatingman]

Calm down folks

 

[scatmanjohn]

The OP asked:

Is there a maximum amount of time that I can leave a sludge remover in a system?

as he has purchased Sentinel X400 the answer to the question is.

NO.

He has no intention of leaving it in forever.

Softus wrote:

The web site statement is there merely to reassure people that the chemical won't damage your system by being left in indefinitely, and I'm at a loss to understand why so many people misunderstand and misrepresent the intentions of the product.

Thats just the reassurance that the OP was seeking.

As heatingman has pointed out, it loosens sludge in preparation for the system being drained with it in suspension.

Well thats ok then, cos thats what the OP is wanting to happen.

If you don't drain it again then you're just lazy, or stupid, or both.

I agree, but i think the OP is planning on draining it.