flushing new rad's

zx|muppet · 29 Jun 2012 at 14:15

i have seen people use water filters for this... thing is what is it im actually looking for? i know there big things and want to get hold of one tomorrow if i can when all my new gear turns up!!!

minicle · 29 Jun 2012 at 18:19

You can flush/rinse with tap water until you have removed any gunk, then give our a final rinse with distilled/pure/dionised. Drain and add to your loop.

Five litres of dionised to rinse out is a few pounds. That would be my recommendation.

Rossdh · 29 Jun 2012 at 19:18

I'm flushing mine right now. I have the sink filled with hot tap water and have set up a small loop. Running it for a few hours. After that's done, empty the sink and refill with dionised water and, again run for a few hours.

zx|muppet · 29 Jun 2012 at 23:14

i know of that way of doing it already.. i just have also seen people using water filters to do this also. at least then i can setup the loop and let it run and all the bits get stuck in the filter!

gatecrasherlok · 30 Jun 2012 at 00:52

This is what i did

Submersive garden pump

Tub of sorts preferably with opening big enough to drop a garden submersive pump into.

Inline water filter

some di ionised water

Leave for a few hours cycling through

and your good to go

zx|muppet · 30 Jun 2012 at 08:46

now to find somewhere to get an inline water filter! thats what i wanted to know

jinxpad · 30 Jun 2012 at 08:59

I got mine from B&Q, £18

minicle · 30 Jun 2012 at 09:37

ha, okay I misunderstood you. Admittedly I was scratching my head wondering why you wanted a

zx|muppet · 30 Jun 2012 at 10:28

minicle said:
ha, okay I misunderstood you. Admittedly I was scratching my head wondering why you wanted a

roflmfao!

Schizo · 30 Jun 2012 at 10:30

gatecrasherlok said:
This is what i did

Submersive garden pump

Tub of sorts preferably with opening big enough to drop a garden submersive pump into.

Inline water filter

some di ionised water

Leave for a few hours cycling through

and your good to go

would you be willing to share that filter

price of posting would only cost a few £££,could come in handy for quite a few people,i have 2 quad rads that need flushing,mail me if your interested.

zx|muppet · 30 Jun 2012 at 13:36

my setup is nice and gheto now. flushing a new 360 atm

Schizo · 30 Jun 2012 at 13:53

pictures ?

Toothy1911 · 30 Jun 2012 at 17:59

Just flushed a radiator for the first time. I filled it with hot tap water and shook it around for a while and then drained it. I used a clear glass to check how clean the water was coming out. From the first flush it seemed really clean to me. Maybe the odd specs of dust. Nevertheless I repeated that flush method 4 or 5 times, then flushed it with deionised water a couple of times.

Will that be okay? Or do I need to run it in a loop for a few hours like people have suggested here?

Schizo · 30 Jun 2012 at 18:01

Probably a loop will be better,or at least some water pressure running through it pushing the gunk out of it.

Toothy1911 · 30 Jun 2012 at 18:55

The only thing i have will be my D5 pump. Surely all the bits wont be any good for it? Or do I have to stick a filter on after the rad?

Schizo · 30 Jun 2012 at 19:09

try it like this,pump with the inlet in the sink,the outlet from the rad can go into a pot and the clean over flowing water will go back into the sink

zx|muppet · 30 Jun 2012 at 19:49

ill get pics next week

i will hopefully have my WC gear monday

Toothy1911 · 30 Jun 2012 at 20:20

Ahhh of course. All the rubbish from the rad will sink to the bottom of the tub, and stay out of the sink! That genius haha. Thanks

Schizo · 1 Jul 2012 at 01:05

You could always use a tea strainer or a pair of tights

Toothy1911 · 1 Jul 2012 at 02:30

Did think about using a pair of tights too. Wouldn't hurt to use both really hehe