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Unread 05-13-2004, 07:33 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by pauldenton
maybe i'm being obtuse, but if you flush the system and filter the water before/when filling, just where would the stuff the inline filter is designed to catch originate??
Yes, this is true. I use an in-line filter with my Cascade in a closed loop only because I was an idiot and when I spray painted my radiator I didn't block the tubes and got spray inside the tanks. Every now and then a particle of paint dislodges and decides to run through the loop and that's what the filter is for, otherwise I wouldn't even bother.

Filters are mostly for the paranoid in closed loop systems which haven't been prepared properly, or for open-to-the-air systems.
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