Hi all, friends ch system is a bit gunged up so he's fitting a magnaclean as suggested on here. Only problem is there are three returns that are joined together onto a horizontal piece before going into boiler. So fitting it to the return into boiler is not as straight forward as it seems. Do I pick one of the returns and eventualy all the water will pass through it? Also how much sentinel x800 do We put in? There are 36 radiators, lots of towel rail rads, it is a B and B thanks
Hi The filter must go on the common return, ie. no connections between filter and Boiler, No water enters the boiler without passing the filter, If you need to reconfigure the pipes, so be it. Regards Peter
It needs to be on the ONE return . Therefore needs alterations to pipework to be able to do that! Probs couple of bottles!
They say need two 1ltr bottles for larger systems,but with 36 radiators, you probably want three bottles, drop sentinel a email & see what they say. https://www.sentinelprotects.com/uk...systems/sentinel-x800-jetflo-ultimate-cleaner
The boiler is a floor standing beast, no access to rear without serious kitchen removel. The return is t off behind the boiler and the other two ts are where it comes through a wall. Is it pointless putting the mangaclean on one of the t s ?
For best performance, it's better on the CH return collecting crud BEFORE it enters boiler, totally mad sending crud through a boiler, will block it for sure.
Is the system fully pumped ? The boiler flow temperature could at times peak above the magnaclean maximum operating temperature so its best on the return,another advantage cutting into the return pipe is any sludge or crud can be extracted. 36 radiators if the property is 3 floors then 1L of sludge cleaner injected into a radiator on each floor level will speed up cleaning,done it that way a few times and it works.
Good idea. And good point about boiler flow temperature could at times peak above the magnaclean maximum operating temperature. The Magnaclean Pro 2 has a maximum working temperature: 95°C, maximum working pressure: 6 bar & maximum flow rate: 50 L/min .
One other point we presume system is on 22mm pipe work, any chance it could be 28mm pipe work, so OP would need a MagnaClean Professional2XP. https://www.adey.com/product/magnaclean-professional2xp
Any chance of a photo of the setup, DVD? If it requires a slight re-routing of the final return - diverting it a few feet to get to a Magna - that's got to be worth it.
If its a pain to rearrange the return piping, might it be cheaper to put a Magnaclean on each return?
What you trying to infer ? Agree about temp...but realistically ..all debris will not be caught on first pass...and may take weeks to filter out which means the debris will be passing through the Heat ex.... anyway. Capice ? Rs
Exactly RS... in fact no more crud will pass through the heat exchanger than when the Magnaclean weren't fitted.
Agreed, the x800 will loosen lots of debris...but not instantly and the fluid will pass through the HE numerous times and the Mag will need to be cleaned often (as you both wisely advise)... so I suggest that the positioning (flow or return) is more about temp than efficiency ? Always best to heed the makers "advice" if possible. Will be treating my system very soon so will keep you update as to the results. RS