Magnaclean question

[sPoNiX]

Fernox do an alternative called the "Boiler buddy".

Anyone know of alternatives?

sponix

[Doctor Drivel]

Spirovent which has no magnet....and is expensive.

[Doctor Drivel]

Chav, the magnaclean grabs the sludge if the inhibitor is left for too long. You are slow.

[Doctor Drivel]

You will when it sludges up.

[nrh]

In news:43be65f1$0$24251$ [e-mail], Doctor Drivel scribed:

but...but it won't with a Magnaclean in place, will it?? Otherwise there's no point in me getting one, and which seems to concur with Ed Sirett's complaint about it.

Nigel

[nrh]

In news:43be65ef$0$24251$ [e-mail], Doctor Drivel scribed:

So which is the best one for not only prevention but cure?

Nigel

[Doctor Drivel]

I didn't hear a complaint from him.

[Doctor Drivel]

expensive and you need pump valves too. The Magnaclean can be DIY cleaned.

Magnaclean does work. I have no feedback on the Fernox. Spirovent is used extensively in commercial systems. Alpha boilers now have a spiral (cyclone) filter fitted as standard in their boilers. Solids in CH water is a big problem.

[nrh]

In news:43be6be8$1$14843$ [e-mail], Doctor Drivel scribed:

Thanks ;-)

On a related note, would you know how Sentinel X-400 Desludger actually works? Does it dissolve the rust particles, or merely cause them to remain in suspension so that they can be more easily flushed out?

Nigel

[nrh]

In news:43be6be8$0$14843$ [e-mail], Doctor Drivel scribed:

I assumed the following statement contained in his post of yesterday 5th Jan @ 2246hrs:

"My beef is that, it is unnecessary, and where needed most it will neither have been installed already nor will it work."

...was not exactly a ringing endorsement of it. ;-)

Nigel

[EricP]

You are talking to the Group Idiot.

The trade regs in here keep him around to have a laugh and unwind after bad customer days.

He has a passion for gadgets and strange cars.

[Doctor Drivel]

He is wrong on two points, unnecessary and nor will it not work. They work. That is clear. How many systems have their inhibitor changed every 4 years? Very few indeed. The Magnaclean will stop sludging.

[Doctor Drivel]

It is supposed to dissolve all sorts. I find it is OK for lightly affected systems and useless for heavily sludged systems. Fernox DS9 (?) is far more potent and can only be left in a few days. Put this in and a magnaclean before changing a boiler and you catch the lot.

[John Rumm]

It does not stop corrosion - it just collects some of the mess that results, so you are simply treating a symptom and not the root cause.

[Doctor Drivel]

Sludge can solidify and cause problems. I have come across many where the flow on the ground floor is slow because of solidified sludge. No Fernox could remove it.

[Ed Sirett]

Since you've fitted one and I haven't I'll defer to your opinion. I suppose they could be useful where proper flushing and draining is not an option but something needs doing right now. I just can't think where that would be the case?

[nrh]

I have now located the obligatory (82 megabyte!) video!

have to say that watching it reminded me a little of one of those knife-selling type demonstrations you see at trade shows or in department stores, & which make you feel that you cannot possibly manage without one. But, just exactly *what* was in that black sludge that so obligingly clung to the magnet? Freshly ground iron filings? If I don't go right ahead and buy one now, am I to be considered neither a "perfectionist" nor a "professional"? Dear me, can't have that! Now, where's my credit card?......

:-) Nigel

[Doctor Drivel]

In 5 years time when the inhibitor is not renewed.

[Andy Hall]

. and the damage continues?

What a stupid idea.

[Andy Hall]

If treated properly with inhibitor it won't sludge up.

This device, used alone, simply masks a serious problem.

Bad idea.