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PH Level

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Servicewiz_3
Servicewiz_3 Member Posts: 68
in THE MAIN WALL
I am curious to know the proper way to adjust the PH levels on a low pressure
steam boiler.

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,838
    Attending to nly pH is a little difficult, but there are a number of boiler treatment chemicals, such as Rectorseal, which do the job quite nicely.

    Two things: if you don't need to add chemicals, you need to NOT add chemicals. And too much is always worse than too little.
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 8,167
    edited August 2021
    This video is too long, but you can use the timestamps in the description to see the various parts.

    The summary? Add a treatment until the PH is the level you want it to be (I would recommend 10-11). But as seen in this video, with clean water, you can add way more of this treatment without affecting dry steam production.

    No one needs to add treatment IMO, but it's desirable to have a ph higher than neutral to slow corrosion.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JFfO_VgvNQ

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