My E-140 Wood Gun will be arriving soon and I'd like to get started off on the right foot. The closed system I'll be using takes about 80 gallons to fill. I will not be having any other storage. Should I use distilled water or try to treat tapwater? I know it's important to have the right "mix" and I'd like to know what any of you do and long term results of your techniques, i.e. corrosion, sediment, etc. Thanks
Distilled Boiler Water?
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gunderwood said:
I would probably go with tap-water unless yours is REALLY nasty, and then look at the appropriate boiler chemicals to treat it... Most tap water is reasonably low in minerals that would be a problem, so I don't think distilled would be worth the trouble, especially since you would probably need to add stuff to adjust the pH and so forth anyway... I would see what Woodgun reccomends for treatment chemicals or use the search for "Boiler Chemistry" or "boiler water treatment" to see what others have used.
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