ya, now i leave the vinyl hose attached to the valve and use it to dispense
cold filtered water for me and my dog and my house plants!
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Benjamin McCafferty
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 2:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Boiler Descaling
Cool idea. My next project when I have a minute. Ha!
b
On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Dennis wrote:
hello, i use food grade usp citric acid. get it at a home brew supply
store cheap for about $4 a pound. on my setup, i included an additional
tee
in the mains input line after my filters and regulator, but before the
pump
and motor. then i used a 3/8" ball valve with some 3/8" vinyl hose
attached. i mixed th solution in a gal container and insert the hose. use
the valves to stop your mains and allow the tee'd in hose otherwis,
disconnect the mains when you descale and reconnect. - Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Benjamin McCafferty
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 9:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Boiler Descaling
Search the archives on this, and you'll find a lot of threads on the
topic.
Most use citric acid. I hadn't thought about the plumbing issue, since
I've
just plumbed mine also. Couldn't you just mix up a batch, disconnect your
plumbed line and put it into the batch to draw it in, then reconnect to
house water?
As to process, I'd probably put the line in the citric solution, then run
the steam boiler out the hot water wand, let it reheat, and do it again.
That should get 3/4 or more of the water exchanged for the citric
solution.
For the brew boiler, I'd just turn on the lever and let it run for a
while,
i.e. maybe catch a quart of runoff and then you'd know you had the citric
in
there.
I'd recommend then shutting the machine off, and prop it up for several
hours (or more) in each direction, i.e. tip to the right, the left, to the
rear, to the front and let it soak--this will help capture the water line
scale.
Be prepared that you'll need to flush a lot of water through to get rid of
all the blue water and acidic taste.
b
On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:26 AM, wiseguy wrote:
I have a BII that is a few years old. The boilers have never been
descaled but it brews great shots. My Q: should I descale? If so, I
could use some suggestions for cleaning agents and how to get the
descaling soln into the boilers as I've plumbed the supply side.
Many thanks,
wiseguy
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