Powerflushing and one reason why....

[MIGEM]

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Two Magnacleans were used on a powerflush today.
One on the flush unit and one installed on the return to the boiler before the flush. The boiler is an old Orion 40 BF.
Initially, a boiler swap was suggested by another installer(?), without a flush and without allowing for a filter of sorts.
How long would it have been before this sludge blocked and damaged the new boiler and invalidated the warranty?
A simple draindown does not remove this extent of sludge. The flow temp at the pump inlet improved by 23 degrees C.
Cowboys! Grrrr

 

[Nige F]

That looks like something dragged out the Devon inshore waters by that fat Plumber and his fisherman son

 

[SortedPlumbing]

looks like sumthin u get out of a kebab shop

 

[Red_Man]

That's awesome!

Well impressed!

 

[transam]

We did a job a while back were about half that amount of magnatite is pulled out the system on a weekly basis by the maintenance man was on a magna clean but now on a Fernox TF1 , was not possible to poweflush it.

 

[MIGEM]

..... was on a magna clean but now on a Fernox TF1 ......

Any reason for the change, Transam?

 

[lawrance]

View media item 23865 View media item 23866Showing off..!
Two Magnacleans were used on a powerflush today.
One on the flush unit and one installed on the return to the boiler before the flush. The boiler is an old Orion 40 BF.
Initially, a boiler swap was suggested by another installer(?), without a flush and without allowing for a filter of sorts.
How long would it have been before this sludge blocked and damaged the new boiler and invalidated the warranty?
A simple draindown does not remove this extent of sludge. The flow temp at the pump inlet improved by 23 degrees C.
Cowboys! Grrrr

Is that an aquamax in the background?

 

[transam]

..... was on a magna clean but now on a Fernox TF1 ......

Any reason for the change, Transam?

Had several of the magna cleans leak , several on here have complained about similar problems B'G have now stopped useing them & gone over to Spiro's , some one else on here has said several time's times that the magna's are only tested to 1 bar & therefore are not suitable for sealed systems ?? we buy the fernox filters in 10's from plumbcentre & get them for £55 each , the problem with the fernox filters is or was that they were supplying them with O ring kit's for vertical up , horizontal BUT not vertical down so u have to ring fernox to send u the correct O ring kit it is free !! like the spiro's u can clean them without taking them apart , time will tell with these , ultimately I suppose the Spiro's are the better quality all brass lifetime of boiler ect the new one with the magnet looks the part ?

 

[MIGEM]

Transam
I have only had one, of lots, of a magnaclean leak on the isolation valves, and when it did, oh it did!
That was an early one though, when the concept was new, which is the same one that i drag around on my pump hose and it no longer leaks. Magnaclean now supply replacement O rings in the box, to get you through the 2 year guarantee
Its the devil you know though and the results are simply demonstrated.
Ill look into the ones that you buy bulk though.
Cheers

 

[MIGEM]

Is that an aquamax in the background?

Same as....
Branded by a different seller through PTS