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Removal of Scale Formation at Brazed Copper Joint
To directly answer, is there a method, yes, you can clean the entire system with an acid pickle, but it is probably cost prohibitive unless the system is large, and the bad joints extensive. The cause was almost certainly bad purge/procedure, and you need to fix that. Other alternatives would...- CerrJohn
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- Forum: HVAC/R engineering
