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[lindnova]

Anyone use a y strainer in their water line? 

I just installed one thinking it would be a good idea.  I have a bypass with valves to clean during service or if it starts restricting flow too much.  After 4 years, there was a lot of black sludge coating the pipe.   Hopefully this will avoid having a clogged heat exchanger.

[Ridgekid]

Dealer did not install one on mine.  I recently did a sample drain on the low point of OWB and nothing came out so I hope I'm ok.

[willieG]

Anyone use a y strainer in their water line? 

I just installed one thinking it would be a good idea.  I have a bypass with valves to clean during service or if it starts restricting flow too much.  After 4 years, there was a lot of black sludge coating the pipe.   Hopefully this will avoid having a clogged heat exchanger.

here is mine

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h308/billie_boy7/P2180002.jpg

[fireboss]

I just put one in a month ago to, never new i needed one!

[gmviso]

Well I put one in to protect my 20 plate heat exchanger. Not sure how I will know when to clean it though.

[willieG]

gm...i use one filter a year on mine. i usually start my stove in mid to late october and run on last years filter untill some time in november. i figure this should give the old filter a chance to catch all the little "clinkers" that accumulated in the boiler in the summer months from being idle. Then i use my bypass valves and put in a new clean filter for the "heavy burning" that is to come in the coming winter

[Scott7m]

gm...i use one filter a year on mine. i usually start my stove in mid to late october and run on last years filter untill some time in november. i figure this should give the old filter a chance to catch all the little "clinkers" that accumulated in the boiler in the summer months from being idle. Then i use my bypass valves and put in a new clean filter for the "heavy burning" that is to come in the coming winter

Willie do you ever find much in the filter?  What kind do u  use?

[willieG]

the filters i use look like a woulnd up roll of about 3/16 string (like you buy at the hardware store) when i started//teh replacement filters i get now look like they are pressed or molded out of some type of plastic or hard fibre

i have never really seen and chunks so to say (but some specs)  but the white string (the color it goes in when new) is a rusty color.

also when i replace my underground pipe last year it looked like a thin layer of black (thin like ciggerette paper) all around the inside of the  kiteck lines. however i have never noticed any cooling of the rads in my house///yet

[lindnova]

The strainer I installed is nothing more than #10 mesh.  It looks more like a brass check valve, not a sediment filter bowl.  I tried to post pics, but couldn't get the file small enough.  After 24 hours, I checked it and there were no large particles and a couple small specs caught in the bottom.  I don't expect to have restriction problems and probably will only need to check & flush it a couple times a year.