Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Central Boiler => Topic started by: duramax on November 01, 2016, 06:48:56 AM
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Yesterday I took out the water test kit from the basement and checked the water. The PH was perfect but the drop test was off. I filled it with 250 ml of water and added the25 drops of the sulfuric acid. I then start to add the drops in and I notice the drops look black and not the pink I remember. I gave up at 50 drops because the color was never staying. Could the test drops be off? I did this last year with no problem, no reason to think anything has happened it's just a regular check.
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duramax - The purple stuff in my kit went bad a couple of years ago. If it doesn't have the purple look to it, (mine was almost black color) there's a good chance it has gone bad. Your CB dealer should be able to get it for you. If not, you can chance it and try EBay but you don't know how old it is and not know what you're getting. Roger
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Ya, the purple stuff goes bad after a while. I had a 5648 I ran for 13 years. Every 2-3 years I'd have to get some new stuff.
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I suppose they don’t sell the stuff in small enough bottles to avoid having to throw half of it away?
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I suppose they don’t sell the stuff in small enough bottles to avoid having to throw half of it away?
Of course not! That would make too much sense. I end up buying a new bottle every 3 years or so. :bash:
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Yep my bottle is 2 years old. Saw potassium promagnate cheap on ebay but it was a powder and who knows what strength central boilers stuff is. Heck I wouldn't know if I would dissolve it in distilled water or what. My dealer is a hike for me and runs another business during the day so I'll get one off ebay someday, no hurry.
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Does your dealer ship items? Roger
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http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/Products.asp?mi=332713 (http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/Products.asp?mi=332713) Looks like CB PH test is a basic PH test so yo could us the Lamotte kit from any supplier or any other PH type kit from a local source.
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The permanganate has a 2 year shelf life from the date stamp on it. You can order just a bottle of the permanganate for only $6.38 from this site: http://www.ohiowoodfurnaces.com/catalog/search.php?mode=search&page=1
No need to purchase the whole kit. They usually ship the same day.
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The permanganate has a 2 year shelf life from the date stamp on it. You can order just a bottle of the permanganate for only $6.38 from this site: http://www.ohiowoodfurnaces.com/catalog/search.php?mode=search&page=1
No need to purchase the whole kit. They usually ship the same day.
Kept looking at permanganate and kept thinking pomegranate, as in don’t have any contact with the seeds or you’ll be required to spend three months a year in hell with hades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
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Finally ended up with a road trip to a stove store next state over. boilerman your site is a good one I saved for other things but the shipping on one bottle was high. The new bottle is a Jan of 2016. I ran the test and it was good so it can wait until next year unless things change. Cheap SOB"S at Central Boiler sell the replacement bottle without an eye dropper, ya pay around $10,000 for the boiler and they sell you a bottle without the dropper built in. Rinsed and washed the old one out to get rid of the black stuff in it. Didn't want to contaminate the new one.