That sounds like a serious scale problem. Have you got an inline water softener? If not, may be a good idea at looking to get one.
Would suspect you may be in need of a big descaling session, I usually use citric acid but suspect you may be looking for something more aggressive. JohnB On 21 Apr 2014 19:33, "Benjamin McCafferty" <bmacpi...@me.com> wrote: > > Hey guys and dolls, > > The screen on the water wand has long since clogged with scale; even a week-long soak in descaler makes no difference. > > This morning I went to do my usual once-a-month dump of the steam boiler via the water wand (I dump a few times to reduce TDS since I never use the water wand) and nothing came out. And I mean nothing--not a bit of steam or otherwise. > > Is it possible that the valve for the wand has clogged? I presume only replacing the valve will fix this? > > I am not thinking this bodes well for the boiler. > > best, > bmc > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
