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Hi there I'm wondering if someone can advise me on the best way to clean the magnetic filter that's fitted on my sons central heating system. it's an easy thing to access, just by closing off aa inline valve and then removing the fitter for cleaning.

I've done it once about a year ago and I think it needs doing again. Trouble is last time I got in a real mess. The sticky black gunge just won't easily come off the magnet and when you scrape it off it sticks to everything it touches (like the sink). It turns what should be a few minutes work into an endless trauma.

I'd have thought it would have some method whereby the magnet could be kind of 'switched off' so that the gunk releases and comes off easily.

Any suggestions on the best way of going about it would be much appreciated.
 
If its a spirotech, it self cleans when you drain it... And unlike the plastic junk will never leak
 
ive only cleaned out the magnaclean ones, the magnet part slips out of the sieve. quickly learnt to take them outside into a bucket of hot soapy water too ;) saves the customers carpets getting black spots and also time from cleaning the sink out
 
Decent magnetic c/h filters should come supplied with a non magnetic dedicated
cleaning tool.........my commercial ones all have a heavily enginnered aluminium
cleaning 'spanner'.............centralheatking
 
why not follow the manufacturers instructions or as suggested get the gas safe engineer to do it when the boiler is serviced.
 
bspareltd said:
SimonG if you were to clean the centramag filter out and show it on youtube ,you could win a holiday for 2 to spain worth £1000 but only to centramag users .Check the trapppex website for competition terms and conditions
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Should get my first one fitted early next week. I've then got to go back at the back end of April to do some bathroom works for the same people.
 
bspareltd said:
SimonG if you were to clean the centramag filter out and show it on youtube ,you could win a holiday for 2 to spain worth £1000 but only to centramag users .Check the trapppex website for competition terms and conditions
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I fitted mine yesterday. Will try to make a video today when I go back to clean out but I have a sneaky suspicion it's quite a clean system.
 
make sure you have a spare lid o ring otherwise adey will charge you a tenner and just check how old the filter is because if the valves are of the old filter the valves will start leaking
skewett said:
I've had my son check it and its a Magnaclean Professional Filter - Product Code 22002

Any advice before I go down to clean it next week would be much appreciated.
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skewett said:
I've had my son check it and its a Magnaclean Professional Filter - Product Code 22002

Any advice before I go down to clean it next week would be much appreciated.
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there is a youtube video i believe.

its unlikely to have any leaks tbh, just go for it.
 
let us know how you get on and post a picture of the gunk you get out of it. :)
 
why is he taking the lid off I understood you could just flush them clean!
 
this is a brand new central heating system with a brand new boiler after 6 weeks ,centramag has performed well
 
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Got my video here:

Trappex Centramag - YouTube

I should win for sheer comedy value.

And here it is installed

https://www.************/photo.php?...556.1073741825.367242633370027&type=1&theater
 
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