water filtration

[ric]

Update, I figured what's not working, now all I have to do is figure how to fix it. The charcol filter is working okay but I am going to recharge it this week. The chlorine injector is the problem even though it's working and injects chlorine it's not pumping against pressure for some reason and the chlorine is running down the outside of the feed line. It has done this off and on for two years but always injected chlorine into the water correctly until about a month ago. I chlorinated the cistern and almost right away the chlorine levels came up. PH even went down some. The so called vendor who installed this to start with plumbed everyting too short and used the wrong fitting so I'll need to cut everyhting apart and start over. Anyway when the chlorine came up I loaded all the house lines with chlorinated water to kill whatever might be in the lines then turned the filter back on and so far no smell. We'll see how long this lasts. More later, ric

 

[heehaw]

run the hose until I smell chlorine!! i know i sound like a
broken record, but hear goes again; according to the clorox co., if you can smell the chlorine, it is older/weaker than if you cannot smell the chlorine!!! they have a toll free number;800-292-2200; and are usually very helpful with questions about uses of their product.
heehaw

 

[Devildog]

Ric, Glad you found the problem. Usually the venders are more helpful than that. Here we have 3 machines that inject chlorine into our system which is 130 psi but we treat about 14 million gals a day. Also here in Va, the rule of thumb for proper well chlorination is 50 PPM and let it set 24 hrs to flush the system thoroughly. 2 PPM (parts per million) kills but we carry about 4 PPM in ours to make sure/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif They dont teach to much on cisterns here because there not allowed for drinking purposes unless they have been grandfathered in. But there is nothing wrong with them at all if properly cared for, our neighbor has one that he uses with no problems at all.


On Edit: I was in from 1978-1984
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Take care and let me know the outcome, Jim

2001 B7500 HST 302 Fel R4 Tires, Befco BRB60
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[ric]

HeeHaw, I am not exactly sure what you are referring to regarding the chlorine odor after adding it to the cistern. Could you be a little more specifc, seems as though I have missed your previous posts on this subject. Thanks. ric

 

[ric]

Jim, 1969 to 1975: grunt, motor t, mechanic, armor, PFC - private f*****g citizen. 64 ounces to 7,000 gallons gave me over 10ppm on my tester. City water around here is 2 to 5 ppm that I know of at the tap. At home after injection we have about 2 ppm usually, after filtration it 0 to .5 ppm. More later, ric

 

[Devildog]

Im checking in to cisterns now, I dont know if my comment was right about not using them anymore for drinking purposes?

I was a 0361 morterman/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif At the time you dont think about it but it was some of my best years growing up, Living paycheck to paycheck and the biggest decision was which club to go to.
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Take care Bro, Jim

2001 B7500 HST 302 Fel R4 Tires, Befco BRB60
Semper Fidelis

 

[heehaw]

several years ago, i noticed that i could not smell the clorox when i mixed it in our chlorinator;i kept adding more and more to try to get the "smell": i thought it was my smeller; but the a friend that uses it in his pool told me the same thing; so i called the clorox company; if you can smell the chlorine in the clorox; it is not as strong as it is if you cannot smell it; the older the clorox gets, the weaker it gets and the stronger the smell; so be careful trying to use your nose to adjust the amount to mix. if your not using clorox as a chlorine source, this probably does not apply.
heehaw

 

[ric]

Jim, Got all the plumbing parts I need to lay this out this week. Pickup the charcol and new injector tomorrow. Have an idea how to add a couple ball valves in the line so I can shut off everything with very little mess or time lost waiting to drain off the lines. Cistern is still holding at 10+ ppm and no mold smell.

Mortarman, talk about a tough job. Which was the heaviest, the base, the tube or the round? Never looked like you guys were having any fun humping that stuff through the boonies. There were good times for sure, seen and done things and been places I'll never forget, but once was enough.

More later, ric

 

[ric]

HeeHaw, I get it, very good point, never really thought about the shelf life of Chlorox. We use it regularly and only what we need so very little sets around getting stale. We did purchase some pool chlorine which is 12% instead 5.25% like Chlorox and it does not have all the additives like Chlorox does. It also mixes up easier than Chlorox because it's in 1 gallon jugs like Chlorox used to be. With the old Chlorox we mixed 1 gallon with 4 gallons of water to fill the injector tank. The new concentrated version of Chlorox in less than gallon jugs makes it messy to fit the right mix in the tank. The pool version is 1 gallon to 8 gallons of water which allows us to run the injector tank almost empty, flush it out then fill it full very easily. Thanks for the very useful and timely tip. ric

 

[MikePA]

ric and Devildog,

Thank you for your service to our country!