Check the feed isn't block as well
Vent a rad / bucket under mag and does the tank run ?
Feed not blocked. Drains down normally, so I assume feed okay anyway.
Discuss Where oh where is this air coming from? in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board area at PlumbersForums.net
Check the feed isn't block as well
Vent a rad / bucket under mag and does the tank run ?
I have close coupled systems myself without an air separator without having this problem, but the close coupling and pumps were on the ground floor, not on the first floor.
I think that's an important difference[....] When 2 litres of water at 20°C at zero gauge pressure is increased in pressure to 2 m H20 (as it moves down the expansion pipe) and is then heated to 70°C in the boiler about 16 ml of air can be released.
I'm not sure whether the surface area of an expansion tank and the mixing due to the hot water flowing into it is enough to keep the water fully saturated with air but the argument still works down to about 50% saturation levels.
Chuck - a thought: if the boiler is kettling then some of the water is boiling, thus its ability to hold dissolved air drops to zero. This will increase the quantity of air being released when the boiler heats up.
Thanks, Chuck. You've really made me see open-vented systems in a new light. I was of the opinion that a good open-vented system didn't have air in it, once it had been bled and any dissolved air had reacted with the steel in the system. But now you have me wondering whether a good open-vented system simply has less air in it, and appears to have no air in it because the air gets out easily.
Not totally convinced by your comment about the textbook, as the ONLY close-coupled system it shows has an air separator, but I suppose the point is that the design of my system is such that microbubbles will always find their way to Magnaclean after the system is at rest, and from there they can only escape if the vent is opened.
In any case, Chuck, the basic problem is, in your opinion, that the water in the F&E is moving into the system (by eddy currents, if nothing else) and will inevitably bring air with it as the water in the F&E is able to absorb air. So either I need to put a layer of paraffin on top of the water in the F&E (but oil in the system is bad news, so that rules that out), or a de-aerator on the boiler flow, or an air separator as you suggest.
I would definitely not try putting oil or anything like that into the tank.
It is my opinion that installing an air separator, as shown in the text book, where your 'H' is should be high on your 'worth trying' list. It's a conventional thing to have, will cost about a tenner and should be easy to install. If it doesn't work you can leave it in place and it won't be doing any harm.
Fernox only slows corrosion?! And there was me thinking that quality inhibitor is 100% effective in preventing rust and cures cancer if you rub it into your skin on a Tuesday . Or so Sentinel's online 'training' would probably like me to think lol.
I found the original Fernox back in the day to be exellent on open vented systems, often with little corrosion present after many years. But the modern Fernox seems different.
What puzzles me is the 4 litre Fernox is not the same as the concentrate.
I recently tried the 'nail through a piece of pipe in a small jar of water' test[...].
I assume that's to test the effect of dissimilar metals too?
Watering it down mate
Reply to Where oh where is this air coming from? in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board area at PlumbersForums.net