Is Your Tankless Heater Banging, Clogging & Giving You Grief?

Alejandra can get you hot (water, that is)

If there’s one thing I see a lot of in my job working with a well-known Laundromat distributor, it's people who have a tankless water heater installed by someone who doesn’t know what they're doing and end up with troubles, troubles, troubles. 

My girl friend Alejandra is married to a man who owns three Laundromats.  Wait... I guess he owns 1 ½ and she owns 1 ½ of the Laundromats, but that’s another issue for another day. See, we always think of Laundromat ownership as an issue of "it's a man's world."  A tip of the hat to James Brown here is appropriate.
                                                                          

Anyway, he (or they) installed tankless heaters in one store, but the heaters were quickly clogged up by lime buildup.  Within three months of installation, the heaters started to bang and failed to deliver enough hot water for the washers.  Of course no one could figure out the problem, but I asked my senior associate (AKA "the Boss") and he told me about pre-filters to catch the lime before it gets into your system.

The screens behind Alejandra's washers were also clogged with what looked like dirt or grains of sand.  The screens would clog up so quickly that poor Alejandra’s husband was cleaning  the screens every two to three weeks.  Being a smart Hispanic woman, my friend found the solution was in a pre-filter.  I hate that she thinks she looks like Julia Roberts.  I hope she gets a pimple on her nose just before the next big family gathering.

However, Alejandra was good enough to bring me a picture to show you what the pre-filters look like installed in her heating system.  Now she doesn’t have the problem, but she is considering installing one of the new Ozone injection systems in her other two Laundromats.  The Ozone heaters will not only save a bundle of money in operating expenses, but give a large advantage over competitors both in other Laundromats and apartment washers by Sanitizing the water.

Anyway, if your current tankless water heater is banging and just not putting out, check out a pre-filter for your system.  The Latina Laundromat Advisor loves to help you solve your problems!

Here's what a pre-filter system looks like:

                                       -The Latina Laundromat Advisor