[karygate]

it is the coconut resin finisher thats the difference between drinking water ro,s and ours apparently, someone told me somewhere, never , or did i just dream it.

[ftp]

Although not a good idea to have too much algae in the tank i would think the strainer would stop a lot of it. Tends to grow on the tank walls then get washed off with all that sloshing about. Probably caused by working with the van doors open unless your holding tank is exposed to daylight too.

[Mike 108]

Yes - the tank is exposed to daylight. If I cover it, will that stop algae forming?

[CLEANGLASSUK]

DONT DRINK THE WATER OR COULD END UP LIKE THIS!

[windowwashers]

Yes - the tank is exposed to daylight. If I cover it, will that stop algae forming?

it is the sun that does it, you need to block all sunlight m8, you look at a pond with no UV filter and it will be green (same thing)

[Wayne Thomas]

If the water in the tank did have legionellas disease in it, just think of the people who'd be inhaling the water mist carried in the wind on a gusty day whilst you're cleaning windows in public places

[Big Dave @ CWC]

Hi. i had algae in my tank a while ago, caused by using a clear tank uncovered and exposed to the sunlight,

i just drained the tank out, blasted the algae out with pressure washer, refilled with pure water, then put a capful of miltons sterilising fluid to every 300L of pure water. (only the first time you refill after blasting the tank out) 

miltons will send the tds reading skyhigh,

but it did not mess with the cleaning, water still dried clear. dont ask me why it just did. never had any probs after that.   but you're in doubt, test it on your windows first(or just leave in tank overnight then drain it again )

i've since added the miltons fluid every 6 months(just in case)

[djhaydn]

hi all
im not here to tell you what leganaires is , but what i do know through the fire service is :- if water is left in a stagnant state for a while the spores of this disease will grow, hence we have to flush all taps out once a month on station if they have not been used, i think this would be the same with someone who purifies there water and it is left sitting for a while, like it does in my 1000 ltr tank.
as for drinking i would never drink out of the tank, but i have drunk it straight out of the di outlet,
as for the algae. i have just had this problem, i have been leaving the shed door open slightly and the sun had got to it hence sending the tank slightly green and tds reading up.
i have since, pressure washed it out and refilled the tank, tds is spot on, i was a bit concerned as to where all the slim in the tank had come from, may be the ghostbusters had been around on halloween...lol.
anyway thats it from me.
Haydn

[Captain Scarlet]

if you want to drink your water you have 2 options as I can see:

boil it either with a 12v kettle or with a water heater capable of 100c

or a uv filter ( what they use in space, kills all germs and bacteria ) there cheap and effective. you will need to connect it to the battery though, and prob need a voltage converter 240-12v

[dd]

Anyone tried painting their tank to block light penetration? Wondering about doing this but not sure which paint to use.

[djhaydn]

Anyone tried painting their tank to block light penetration? Wondering about doing this but not sure which paint to use.

why not go buy a metal shed from argos, a 1000 ltr ibc tank fit in perfect, keep the sun and fromt out,

[djhaydn]

sorry ment to say frost not fromt

[dd]

Anyone tried painting their tank to block light penetration? Wondering about doing this but not sure which paint to use.

why not go buy a metal shed from argos, a 1000 ltr ibc tank fit in perfect, keep the sun and fromt out,

Mean tank in van. Tank in garage is black, van tank is 10mm polypylene but still get small amount of green growth.