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y strainers constantly getting dirty
JDill4207
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Have a problem with y strainers getting dirty and blocking up the condensate return causing my steam coils not to heat up what can I do to clean it up
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Take things apart and thoroughly flush your coils and returns. The grunge isn't in the steam -- that's distilled water -- so it has to be coming from corrosion in the returns and, possibly, the coils. You may even find that the grunge is masking some badly corroded returns...Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0 -
Usually when that happens you have a system that is using excessive make up water.
You can put blow down valves on the strainers if you don't have them. Install a larger y strainer bushed down will give you more dirt capacity.
Remove the strainers basket and put a temp blow down line on the strainer open up the steam and give it a good blow,maybe that will get rid of most of it1
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