Condensate Neutralizer Basics

You worked hard to get your house. Countless hours of work has finally led to a place to call your own. Like any long-term investment, you want to ensure that you are keeping proper maintenance and the right instruments to make the inevitable degradation of your home happen as slowly as possible.

Your drainage pipes are an incredibly important part of your home and are extremely expensive to repair or replace. Condensate neutralizers are an important piece of keeping those drainage pipes working as long as possible.

How Do Condensate Neutralizers Work?

The likelihood is that you have a boiler, furnace, or domestic water heater that condenses water with high-efficiency. BTUs (British Thermal Units) are a standard American unit used to measure the amount of heat used to raise the temperature of water. When a condensing heating appliance raises the temperature of the water molecules in the gas, additional BTUs are extracted.

If the gas drops below its dew point (130 degrees Fahrenheit), these water molecules condense and form an acidic water mixture that can corrode those precious drainage pipes leading to repair or replacement. Condensate Neutralizers treat this water by forcing the acidic runoff through a neutralizing tube and high-quality media such as calcium carbonate that will raise the PH level of the runoff, leaving it relatively acid-free.

Why Do I Need To Neutralize Condensate?

Over time, even trace amounts of acidic material in water runoff can erode your drainage pipes. Furthermore, most of the materials that also comprise septic systems, sewage systems, and even treatment facilities can be eroded over time when it comes into contact with acidic wastewater.

Obviously, having to replace any pipe, septic, or sewage systems is extremely costly! Even if you have a Condensate Neutralizer, it is important to keep an eye on replacing or refilling the media from time to time as the acidic wastewater can eventually erode the materials.

Do I Need A Different Neutralizer For My Furnace and My boiler?

Some cities will require that high-efficiency appliances have a condensate neutralizer installed. This could be because the city has experienced acidic wastewater damage to their city sewers or treatment facilities. Regardless of whether your city has the requirement, if you are running a high-efficiency heating appliance, then you should certainly consider installing a Condensate Neutralizer to keep your pipes or septic system from being damaged!

Condensate Neutralizer Media Overview

There are a number of different media solutions that are effective for raising the PH of acidic wastewater. Limestone and marble chips are perhaps the most popular media for condensate neutralizers and are quite effective. As long as the design of the neutralizer properly distributes the flow across enough surface area of the media, you should be fine.

If you’re looking for a high quality condensate neutralizer that’s easy to mount and easier to refill, then we have a solution for you. Call us today to learn more about our unique line of condensate neutralizers!

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