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Title: Water - Can anyone explain
Post by: Paul H on September 20, 2012, 04:00:42 pm
Hi all

wondering if anyone can offer an explanation on my water please

so this morning filled up some barrels from my storage tank via my water pump / transfer hose

so the as soon as the first barrel is filling i look and see that that water is clearly not right... it had like a white slight powdery look to it... so filled the barrel and towards the end seemed to return to normal... checked the TDS of this barrel - reading 007ppm.

So then checked PPM of storage tank water ... 000ppm

so filled another barrel water looked as it should... reading 0

filled remaining barrels again reading 0

so can anyine offer an explanation on the first barrel please?

only thing i can think of is the pump / transfer pump (which i havent used for a few weeks) maybe water remnants or whatever in pump / hose from last time...

any ideas anyone...

Thanks
Paul
Title: Re: Water - Can anyone explain
Post by: wfp master on September 20, 2012, 04:07:53 pm
might have been something in the barrel was it clean.
Title: Re: Water - Can anyone explain
Post by: Paul H on September 20, 2012, 05:44:23 pm
Quote from: sfwc on September 20, 2012, 04:07:53 pm
might have been something in the barrel was it clean.

yes ... but second time ive filled n emptied it.. ???
Title: Re: Water - Can anyone explain
Post by: H2GoKent on September 20, 2012, 08:30:48 pm
0007ppm isn't too much of a worry, you'll still get a good clean with that.
Title: Re: Water - Can anyone explain
Post by: Window Washers on September 22, 2012, 01:42:28 am
Quote from: Paul H on September 20, 2012, 04:00:42 pm
Hi all

wondering if anyone can offer an explanation on my water please

so this morning filled up some barrels from my storage tank via my water pump / transfer hose

so the as soon as the first barrel is filling i look and see that that water is clearly not right... it had like a white slight powdery look to it... so filled the barrel and towards the end seemed to return to normal... checked the TDS of this barrel - reading 007ppm.

So then checked PPM of storage tank water ... 000ppm

so filled another barrel water looked as it should... reading 0

filled remaining barrels again reading 0

so can anyine offer an explanation on the first barrel please?

only thing i can think of is the pump / transfer pump (which i havent used for a few weeks) maybe water remnants or whatever in pump / hose from last time...

any ideas anyone...

Thanks
Paul

what colour is the hose, is it clear also what fittings are touching the water ?

Pure water eats into things, it loves cheap fittings if it is sat which it is, I would bet money its the fittings where the water is sat and creating the higher tds on first fill