silverback Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 hello, we were recently in Benicassim in Spain, while we were there the kettle and other things furred up because of the water, even the plastic glasses discoloured. so i was thinking that the boiler element in the truma boiler most likely will be furred up also, does anybody know of any treatments i could tip in the water tank to try and get rid of this without destroying the stainless boiler or should i just leave it? regards Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Truma have a product called AquaStar 1, it's active ingredient is citric acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocs Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yep, lemon juice will do it. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keninpalamos Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yep, Truma recommended white vinegar for the combi boilers C6000/ 6002 etc but it depends on how bad the lime scale is. Have a look in your water tank. If that's free of lime scale I would leave well alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallii Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 You can buy citric acid quite cheaply on ebay etc. It is food standard so you won't be poisoned! I use it to de scale the kettle ( stainless steel) without problems. It works best when it's heated up a bit. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 thanks everyone, i cant access the water tank, so i will look into suggestions the reason i asked was up here in Yorkshire we don't have this problem so i have never come across it before cheers Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 colin - 2017-03-02 7:09 PM Truma have a product called AquaStar 1, it's active ingredient is citric acid. I have a feeling Truma may no longer market the Aquastar products, though some retailers may still stock it. This video-clip describes the Aquastar treatment process but if descaling is the only objective (as has been suggested above) using ‘ordinary' citric acid powder, or wine vinegar, should be just as effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armstrongpiper Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Looking in the water tank will not help. It needs the water heated to deposit the limescale residue. I use white wine vinegar from Asda, half the price from other supermarkets. I think it has to be the white wine stuff. I have seen somewhere that the ordinary white vinegar should not be used, but I don't know why. I am interested in the comment that in Yorkshire, scaling up kettles etc is not a problem - a lot of Yorkshire is Limestone country which is prime for scaling up, so where in Yorkshire does Silverback chap live? Neil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armstrongpiper Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Oops, if I had looked at his posting, I would have seen Silverback lives in Keighley. Neil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanb Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Being a long time resident of the Selby District of North Yorkshire, I can positively affirm that you do get lime scale in Yorkshire, but the problem is not noticeable in Leeds which lies between us and Keighley. The problem is most noticeable in kettles, as the deposits do not form to such an extent at the lower temperatures of 50 to 55C used in water heaters. I this was not the case most of the domestic hot water cylinders in the area would need regular descaling, which our domestic kettle does need. As to glasses, cups, and the ends of taps where drops of water frequently evaporate in warm weather, deposits will accumulate. My advice to Silverback would be not to worry unless the water that he experienced was so hard that he could not raise a lather when washing his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocs Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 The answer's simple. If the lemon juice doesn't work, move to Scotland. Water's as soft as a baby's posterior - and there's plenty of it. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 armstrongpiper - 2017-03-03 4:06 PM ...I have seen somewhere that the ordinary white vinegar should not be used, but I don't know why... Neil B This Wikipedia entry relates to “vinegar” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar It would appear that “white” (distilled) vinegar is based on malt, while “white wine” vinegar is based on wine. It’s stated that wine vinegar tends to have a lower acidity than white vinegar, which may explain why it’s preferable for descaling motorhome boilers. It may simply be that specifying wine vinegar for descaling reduces the likelihood that people will use one of the other vinegars that might not be suitable (a high strength spirit vinegar perhaps?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil and Lol Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Try speckled hen :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keninpalamos Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 armstrongpiper - 2017-03-03 4:06 PM Looking in the water tank will not help. It needs the water heated to deposit the limescale residue. I use white wine vinegar from Asda, half the price from other supermarkets. I think it has to be the white wine stuff. I have seen somewhere that the ordinary white vinegar should not be used, but I don't know why. I am interested in the comment that in Yorkshire, scaling up kettles etc is not a problem - a lot of Yorkshire is Limestone country which is prime for scaling up, so where in Yorkshire does Silverback chap live? Neil B er I think you'll find your wrong there as I have recently de-scaled my fresh water tank, bits had come adrift and got into the system and affected the submersible pump etc. So checked in my truma manual to see what was suggested, white wine vinegar was to be used and left it a few hours in the system then flushed it out. I had to remove the drain plug on the tank and flush that with a hose as there was so much in there. All working well now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Phil and Lol - 2017-03-11 6:42 PM Try speckled hen :-) he he (lol) would be too expensive buying 120 ltrs of it, i have bought 1kg of citric acid powder off ebay, so will stick that in and see what happens *-) thanks everyone i will report back on what comes out! Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R1664232361 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Citric acid for me - cheap enough on Amazon. Put 500gms - 1kg in the fresh water tank after diluting, fill up with water and fill whole system. Leave for a while with pump switched of and after several hours heat the water with the tap open. Flush through with clean water and Bobs your uncle. Done annually, this keeps the system efficient. Scale does form at lower temperatures - ask those that heave needed to change their immersion heater element when that only heats to 70 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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