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A100man |
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Posted: 11:54 - 10 Nov 2021 Post subject: Strange Home Radiator blockage |
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I've been cleaning my rads out one by one and the last one I took into the garden for the hose treatment was blocked solid with some weird white chalky substance. Not hard like limescale but softer like school chalk. I removed the rad tails and rodded it all out but I'm confused how it got there. Horrid 'black as your hat' treacle in the other rads but not this stuff. Biggest piece I extracted was teh size of a broad bean - half the lower 'rail' of a 1.5m radiator was solid with it. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Freddyfruitbat wrote: | Could it be plumber's mait, applied over-enthusiastically by the original system installer? |
too much of it.. and not hard enough - that stuff sets like rock! ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Posted: 17:30 - 10 Nov 2021 Post subject: |
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Have you checked the water/heating medium, yet? Hard water causes limescale.
There are test kits for hard water, limescale inhibitors etc. If you used your tap water as your heating medium, then there should be other tell tale sings all over your house (kettle, boiler, the faucets...) ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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JackButler wrote: | At a guess it's rust inhibitor, either poorly added to the system or by bad luck it's collected there & coagulated.
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Indeed, one of my theories also. I don't suppose it matters just wondered if anyone else has seen such a thing. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Did you take a sample and test it.
Leave it for a day or so to see if it tries hard.
Wipe it on a piece of paper, let it dry, Hold it up to a light and check if the paper is 'sorta' transparent-ish (grease/fat/oil test.).
Test it for flammability. (Justfuckinaboot)
Fernox have a heating water sample service.
https://fernox.com/product/system-health-check/
Do your duty and get it done.
BCF massive needs to knows now. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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MCN wrote: | Did you take a sample and test it.
Leave it for a day or so to see if it tries hard.
Wipe it on a piece of paper, let it dry, Hold it up to a light and check if the paper is 'sorta' transparent-ish (grease/fat/oil test.).
Test it for flammability. (Justfuckinaboot)
Fernox have a heating water sample service.
https://fernox.com/product/system-health-check/
Do your duty and get it done.
BCF massive needs to knows now. |
Thank you for your keen interest. I do have some samples as it goes.. (it does dry hard). I'll take some tests and update this fascinating thread soon. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
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Posted: 18:55 - 18 Nov 2021 Post subject: |
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A100man wrote: | MCN wrote: | Did you take a sample and test it.
Leave it for a day or so to see if it tries hard.
Wipe it on a piece of paper, let it dry, Hold it up to a light and check if the paper is 'sorta' transparent-ish (grease/fat/oil test.).
Test it for flammability. (Justfuckinaboot)
Fernox have a heating water sample service.
https://fernox.com/product/system-health-check/
Do your duty and get it done.
BCF massive needs to knows now. |
Thank you for your keen interest. I do have some samples as it goes.. (it does dry hard). I'll take some tests and update this fascinating thread soon. |
It's held my attention for days now.
With the additional thought of the A100mans all sat huddled the gither in their winter woolens as dad does his best to get to the bottom of the fascinating, radiator gloop issue. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 158 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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