Hi all, I have been burning a Solo 60 with 1200 gallons of pressurised storage for about 3 months and today I wanted to check my water quality. I dont have any exprience with water testing. A friend with a Central Boiler let me use his Nitrite Test Kit. I started by checking the PH ,which was between 7 and 7.5. I dont have any corrosion inhibiter in the system yet. Second, I did the Nitrite test which included putting 25 drops of sulfuric acid into the water sample out of the system. Next , I added Permanganate Reagent (p/n 403) with a dropper one drop at a time. I was supposed to add one at a time until the water sample went from colorless to a faint pink. The problem was after I put one drop in, the entire vial turned dark pink or purple and stayed that color. The directions say it should take between 20 and 30 drops to achieve a pink sample. After a little more investigating I realized that my auto fill and backflow are tied into my soft water line instead of my hard water. The system runs off of a well water.
I am in the process of draining the entire system. The same friend that gave me the test kit gave me 2 gallons of Central boiler Corrosion Inhibitor (p/n 165). So how do I know if I damaged my system? Should my system be filled with hard water or soft water or doesnt it matter? Is the Central boiler Corrosion Inhibitor ok to use in my Tarm? Please respond.
I am in the process of draining the entire system. The same friend that gave me the test kit gave me 2 gallons of Central boiler Corrosion Inhibitor (p/n 165). So how do I know if I damaged my system? Should my system be filled with hard water or soft water or doesnt it matter? Is the Central boiler Corrosion Inhibitor ok to use in my Tarm? Please respond.
