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G'day - T500 odour?

Postby Shetyler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:28 pm

Fellas,

Me best mate and myself have purchased one of these boilers a few years ago as newbies without doing much research haha but seriously she's done us well...

She had ceramic chisels in the column and we pull it apart and clean it every 5 boils or so but lately there has been a horrible odour in the column that no amount of vinegar and bottle brush can rid!

Is there any other options we can try as I'm about to turf the bloody ceramic and replace with stainless scrubbers...

Any advice is well recieved and any wisdom i can take from you fella's the better!!
Last edited by Sam. on Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: T500 odour?

Postby db1979 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:39 pm

Perhaps it's an accumulation of long chain carboxylic acids, vinegar won't help with them. Try soaking them in bicarb and see if that helps.
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby Sam. » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:48 pm

Welcome here mate, moved your post here as it's your first :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby Shetyler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:54 pm

Sam. wrote:Welcome here mate, moved your post here as it's your first :handgestures-thumbupleft:



Thanks mate never been on a forum before, i had no idea what i was doing haga
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby Doubleuj » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:56 pm

Gday mate, welcome here, first up those ceramic saddles are just nasty after a while, replace them with stainless scourers stainless saddles.
Also, have you read running a t500 the proper way?
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Re: T500 odour?

Postby Shetyler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:57 pm

db1979 wrote:Perhaps it's an accumulation of long chain carboxylic acids, vinegar won't help with them. Try soaking them in bicarb and see if that helps.


It's the columns that still have odour man, I've tossed the chisels in the bin.

Unless your saying to soak the columns in bicarb?
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby Shetyler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:03 pm

Doubleuj wrote:Gday mate, welcome here, first up those ceramic saddles are just nasty after a while, replace them with stainless scourers stainless saddles.
Also, have you read running a t500 the proper way?


I read that the other night, it's what made me sign up to the forum and the reason im tryin to clean my columns (I've got 2 T500's) putting in the stainless scrubbers and giving it a go.

I will definitely be upgrading stills one day but will master this one before i do
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Re: T500 odour?

Postby db1979 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:50 pm

Shetyler wrote:
db1979 wrote:Perhaps it's an accumulation of long chain carboxylic acids, vinegar won't help with them. Try soaking them in bicarb and see if that helps.


It's the columns that still have odour man, I've tossed the chisels in the bin.

Unless your saying to soak the columns in bicarb?

If it stinks and won't go away it's likely an acid or a base. Vinegar will take care of bases but not acids. If it's the column that stinks, soak it in bicarb. If that doesn't help, I'm not sure what you should do.
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby bluess57 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:59 pm

I'd try boiling the ceramics in water for 10mins or so
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Re: T500 odour?

Postby Shetyler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:13 pm

db1979 wrote:
Shetyler wrote:
db1979 wrote:Perhaps it's an accumulation of long chain carboxylic acids, vinegar won't help with them. Try soaking them in bicarb and see if that helps.


It's the columns that still have odour man, I've tossed the chisels in the bin.

Unless your saying to soak the columns in bicarb?

If it stinks and won't go away it's likely an acid or a base. Vinegar will take care of bases but not acids. If it's the column that stinks, soak it in bicarb. If that doesn't help, I'm not sure what you should do.


I just put the columns (empty) in the bath with bi-carb and the odour has already gone! I wouldn't have thought to do that so thank you for insight man solvered my problem :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: G'day - T500 odour?

Postby db1979 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:45 pm

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