Fitting a New 'LIFF' Magnetic Inhibitor to Baxi 105e.
Posted: May 9th, 2018, 5:25 pm
Hi.
As part of an ongoing attempt to generally improve what i think is an 8-year old Baxi 105e ( i inherited it with house ), i want to fit a new magnetic descaler of the type shown in the photo. (in case the photo doesn't upload the descaler is a 'LIFF Shortest' barrel type.)
I'd like to check about shutting off water-flows - will it be dryish in the area of the job if i - a) shut down the main cold water stopcock to stop flow from the left of the unit; and b) on the right side in the photo, close the isolation valve on the cold main supply into the boiler to stop water coming back down from the DHW section of the boiler ?
A small separate query : i can see an earth spade on the side of the gas valve and i see it in some illustrations of the 105 Baxi, but i don't think i have ever seen an earth lead attached to that point on this one - the boiler runs fine after the main heat exchanger was changed recently ( kettling causing complete shutdown ), so is that earth lead not needed on some models ?
Thanks.
As part of an ongoing attempt to generally improve what i think is an 8-year old Baxi 105e ( i inherited it with house ), i want to fit a new magnetic descaler of the type shown in the photo. (in case the photo doesn't upload the descaler is a 'LIFF Shortest' barrel type.)
I'd like to check about shutting off water-flows - will it be dryish in the area of the job if i - a) shut down the main cold water stopcock to stop flow from the left of the unit; and b) on the right side in the photo, close the isolation valve on the cold main supply into the boiler to stop water coming back down from the DHW section of the boiler ?
A small separate query : i can see an earth spade on the side of the gas valve and i see it in some illustrations of the 105 Baxi, but i don't think i have ever seen an earth lead attached to that point on this one - the boiler runs fine after the main heat exchanger was changed recently ( kettling causing complete shutdown ), so is that earth lead not needed on some models ?
Thanks.