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 What is this object?
[#3] Posted: 03/23/2012 - 02:31:44 AM |  |  |
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It might be some type of water filter to prevent scale build up on the heat exchanger.
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What is this object?
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It doesn't look like water actually touches the device- it looks like the piping passes through it.
I couldn't find a photo of the exact unit but a few that were similar returned when I searched "magnetic boiler descaler"
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What is this object?
[#5] Posted: 03/23/2012 - 07:16:00 AM | | |
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I looked like the water pipe passed right through this object.
The outer white shell was styrene plastic and held on by velcro. When I removed it, I saw a cylinder of dense, hard foam and no obvious way of dismantling it further.
A small multi-conductor cable passed from the heat pump into this foam.
If it's a descaler, why encase it in foam?
My hunch is that the foam is there to provide thermal insulation. But if so, why?
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What is this object?
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Maybe there's a temperature sensor in there being insulated by the foam?
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