How to pour steam boiler cleaner?


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Old 11-12-11, 09:46 AM
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How to pour steam boiler cleaner?

Hello,
I have a Pearson steam boiler in my house. I am trying to pour Silver King Squick cleaning powder inside. It says - remove the safety valve and pour dry. I located the valve, lifted the arm but its not coming of.
How are these valves removed? Can I just open the cap or do I need to unscrew the whole assembly from the pipe?

valve looks like this


thanks a lot!
 
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Old 11-12-11, 10:02 AM
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I'm first curious as to why you want to do this... please elaborate.

'Pearson' ? or perhaps PEERLESS ?

The handle on top is to open the valve, you can't remove that.

You would need to unscrew the valve from the boiler.

If it's over 5-10 years old, buy a new valve, don't reinstall the old one.
 
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Old 11-13-11, 11:07 AM
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Thanks NJ trooper. yes its Peerless. I poured the cleaner and changed the valve. worked fine
 
 

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