On 1/3/2010 8:56 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:46:53 -0500, you wrote: > > > >> Interesting as I grew up in a house that was 100% galvanized pipe. We >> lived there for 17 years and my father never touched the plumbing other >> than perhaps replacing a faucet. >> That was on the west side of Detroit and the house was fed with Detroit >> City water which is known for being very soft. I didn't know what a >> water softener was until we moved away from there. I prefer copper, >> although PVC is not bad. It will be interesting to see how these new >> PEX systems hold up in 25 years or so. >> > 100% Galvo is no problem, particularly with soft water. Mixed metals and > temp hard water is a bad choice. > > Forget Galvanized fittings altogether, you are just installing > sacrificial anodes, but I'll bet your current problem is mostly > electrolytic corrosion, (excuse pun), particularly if your pump is a > submerged type. > > Steve Blackmore > -- >
>>you are just installing sacrificial anodes Yep, I think you are probably right. I wonder, if I get rid of my "galvanized sacrificial anodes" doesn't the next least noble metal in the system start to dissolve? I think that might be copper? :-( I do have a submersible pump but it is a hundred plus feet from the components that are dissolving/corroding. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
