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Posted by dpb on April 18, 2008, 7:43 pm
man@privacy.net wrote:
>
> :
> :A filter would probably solve the problem -- it's pretty clear it has to
> :be in the hot line. I'd not rule out the recently completed work has
> :disturbed old piping and still getting some particulate from that.
> :
> :It would, imo, be highly likely that removing the galvanized would
> :probably solve the problem although w/ time it'll either go away as
> :finish flushing out the system completely or it'll get worse if you
> :actually have a portion of that line that is actively deteriorating and
> :is the source.
>
> "A filter would probably solve the problem..."
>
> There IS a filter at the about-one-year-old Noritz Model N-069M-OD
> tankless gas-powered externally installed water heater. They said to
> clean it out occasionally, maybe every 6 months. I've cleaned it at
> least a couple of times. I'm going to go out there now and clean it
> again. Don't know that it will do any good. It's a fine metal screen.
>
> I just cleaned it out. It's a very fine screen, but it's installed just
> before the water enters the heater. It had a fair amount of particles in
> it of varying sizes, from very tiny to relatively large. Nowhere near
> enough to slow down the flow, though. I'd have to think that what's
> causing the drip didn't come through that filter, though. Well, I'd be
> surprised if it did.
If it isn't a 10-20 micron cartridge or wound filter, I'd suspect it
likely what you've described would make it through in no more quantities
than you're apparently getting...
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