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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Brown slime and water

« on: April 29, 2012, 05:08:24 AM »

I do have a loop for hot water.  I don't have a way to isolate it, but it is worth checking.  If that failed I could be crossing my boiler water and my domestic water.  I will admit to not putting in chemicals/conditioner last fall.  I think I will drain the system, check the hot water loop, fill it up again with new chemicals and see what happens.  Thanks for the ideas.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Brown slime and water

« on: April 28, 2012, 06:24:25 PM »

I have an outdoor wood boiler that I have used about 10 years.  I shut it down a couple of weeks ago and now I have an interesting situation.  Water and brown slime are coming up out of the water vent pipe at the top of the furnace and dripping down the roof of the unit.  I have checked and double checked that no new water is getting into the system.  My only guess is that the slime is actually growing and expanding in the boiler.  Has anyone else ever run across this problem?  Any ideas on what it could be?
Thanks.