jeffw Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 What are people using for boiler chemicals? Our original chemical company is not longer around and just ran out of chemicals a little while ago. Got a quote from a new company but seemed crazy high that a 5 gallon pail is quote for $800. I see Chem World listing boiler chemicals for $140 for 5 gallons. Anyone have a go to source and recommendation on what to use? I figure I can build a flow meter linked to a raspberry pi board that will auto-dose on water usage, but not sure precisely what chemical to use. All help is appreciated. I don't want to neglect one of my most expensive pieces of equipment, but don't feel like getting ripped off either. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HottyToddy77 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Chemicals depend on water and boiler. What chemicals were you using? i have a Seller’s boiler with cooper clad tubes, soft water and we direct inject steam so we don’t use chemicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcat Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 A 5 gallon All in one such as #2210 Made by Power Engineering costs us $99.90 for the bucket. Its good to have a water chemstry expert from one of those Chem Sellers to take a look at your water and your system. At the very least its good to have a TDS/PH meter and a Sulfite reagent test kit on hand which should be read minimum of once a week with Blowdown schedule every day the boiler is run to maintain Conductivity, PH, TDS, and Chemical PPM. Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 We use steam injection too, hence no chemicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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