On 19/01/2021 01:55, Fredxx wrote:
On 18/01/2021 23:08, Roger Mills wrote:
On 18/01/2021 19:29, Peter James wrote:
I de-aired the Central Heating system today, a thing I need to do
about once a
month.Â* I did so from the towel rail in the bathroom, the highest
point in the
system.

Following a suggestion from someone on this NG I lit the escaping air
with a
match as theÂ* air was flowing out following the loosening of the
drain screw.
It lit up like a gas welding torch and caused me to all but jump out
of my
underpants.

Is there an expert on this NG who can tell me what this would
indicate?Â* And
any cure for the constant need to de-air the system.

The system is 20 years old from new, but with a new Worcester Bosch
Greenstar
25i boiler that is one year old.
Peter


As others have said, it's hydrogen - which indicates corrosion.

But if you had a new boiler a year ago, didn't the installer do a
system flush and then add inhibitor? If that had been properly, you
shouldn't have this problem after only a year.

Is it a vented primary system, or is it pressurised? If the former, it
could be leaking and introducing fresh oxygen in the top-up water. Or
it could be pumping over and introducing air. If the latter, there
could be a problem with the pressure vessel. In this case, you would
be aware of having to re-pressurise it frequently.

Pump over would aerate/oxygenate the water and the last gas I would
expect to come out of a vent would be hydrogen.

Yebbut - the oxygen would encourage corrosion which, in turn, would
produce hydrogen.

I would also suggest adding inhibitor pretty smartish, perhaps by adding
a magnetic trap if the system doesn't already have one and filling
through that if the system is unvented.


Agreed.
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Cheers,
Roger