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UV disinfection unit
Our old well is shallow, so it is inevitable that some form of bacterial contamination will get into the well water. We use injected chlorine to oxidize the ferric iron present in the water so that the...
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Well Pump Pressure Switch
I like lots of water pressure… remember the episode of Seinfeld when they were buying and installing large wasteful shower heads on the black market? I am that guy. I like my showers to have an average...
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Water Logged Pressure Tank
I wrote a post about our new pressure tank, which has an air bladder installed in it. Our old pressure tank does not have a air bladder installed. Pressure tanks work under the principle that gases can...
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Maintenance of a DWS-7 UV disinfection unit
The other day I was driving to work and thinking to my self; you know, I just don’t have enough problems, I wish somebody would give me some more problems. Well, apparently “somebody” was listening....
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Solar Hot Water System mounting and location
Perhaps one of the most important factors in installing any type of solar powered system is locating the solar energy collectors, be they photovoltaic panels, or thermal collectors in an optimum place....
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Solar Hot Water installation update
Update:Todd asked for a schematic, I drew this 2D basic system diagram (click for hi-res picture): Perhaps I was a little optimistic to think that I would get all the plumbing work done in one weekend…...
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Smelly Hot Water
Update and bump: I finally got around to replacing the anode rod today with a zinc aluminum rod purchased on line. I took this picture of the old and new anodes: As you can see, the old anode is pretty...
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Changing the Potasium Permanganate bottle
I posted once about our iron well water. Basically, without a good filtering system, our water would be an orangish brown color. Lots of Iron, everyone around here has it. To get rid of the iron,...
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Installing a deep sink in the basement
Anyone that know me knows that I am a great advocate of reusing things. We throw a lot of stuff out in this country. Some of it really should be trashed, however, a great deal of what we throw away is...
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Unclogging a bathtub drain
About once a year the bathtub drain gets a little slow. If I ignore this problem, unfortunately it does not seem to go away, it only gets worse. We end up taking shower baths, which is really...
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