Archive for November, 2009

Is it safe to drink water from a kitchen faucet without a filter?

Friday, November 27th, 2009


Usually. Definitely if you get water from a water company.
Though not in Las Vegas, so it depends where you live.

I live on Long Island. Our tap water is bottled, unfiltered, and sold nationwide as spring water. Though we do have very good water.

What is the best way to clean tubs & glass shower doors when you have very hard water?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

we have a whole house filter and iron machine but our well water is still full of minerals, sulfur, and iron

Use a wiper blade after every shower to remove water – so reducing the problem to begin with.
Try vinegar, an oven cleaner, or even Brake Cleaner from a car accessory shop. (spray lightly onto a cloth). Regards. UK

My water dispenser on my fridge no longer works. How can I fix this?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The fridge is getting water because my filter inside it is being filled up (I removed the filter and replaced and it added water immediately). My ice machine is getting filled up too.

I have a GE side-by-side fridge. It is no longer under warranty. Here is a link to one that looks very similar:
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100625619&N=10000003+90156+501005+780+4294966122.

Any help on ways to get the water flowing again would be very appreciated!

you might have bad switch or selenoid,if your refrigerator is like ours the water line for the dispenser also runs through the refrigerator side and if the temp is to cold or if the door is left open to long the line freezes

How do I fix this water faucet?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

I have a new faucet in our house and the thing where you push up and down and left and right to direct the water is loose. (See the picture in the link below, ours is like this one). When I push it up the lever comes back down. Any ideas?

http://www.guide4home.com/dec-fau/images/water-filter.jpg

If you look just under the handle you will see a part with vertical lines on it that are all the way around it. wrap this with a rag and tighten it with a pair of channel lock pliers. The rag will keep the pliers from gauling up the finish on the faucet.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REMOVE THE FAUCET, as some others have suggested.

we have a well, and the water smells terrible is there any kind of filter that can eliminate this foul water?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

We have tried almost everything, a water softener, new pipes, numerous filters, Please help

you must have something very wrong with your water.you should’nt have a bad oder to it.i have well water also and it does’t smell at all.something is going on there, are you sure your sewer is’nt draing into the well? i would certainly have it checked by a proffesional. you could get "very" sick from it.good luck! susyq47

What to do about iron-eating bacteria???

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

I think that my well water has this problem….any ideas? Water is high in iron to start with. We have a water softener and a filter. I still notice an iron taste, but recently noticed a subtle sulfur smell, which I believe may be from iron eating bacteria.

The iron can be managed with a filtration system. I don’t know about your financial situation, but there is a system that injects your water with potassium permanganate. This chemical allows the iron molecules to clump and are filtered through a sand bed filter. This filter has to be backwashed periodically. They do make home units that will do this, but it can be spendy.

A larger filter unit with the proper filter may take care of that problem.

As for the sulpher, it you smell it in the cold water, your well may need to be shocked. This involves the addition of chlorine into your well, let it sit for 8 hours minimum, and then you flush the system until you can no longer smell chlorine. Just about any well driller will do this for a fee. It isn’t that bad considering it will eliminate the problem.

Good luck!

My 2005 GE Profile Arctica Refrigerator turns on and off continuously. Turned power off for 12 hrs. Still same?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

I checked control module in the back, water pipe seems to be fine, filter is ok, heater coil is not broken, fuses on control module and temp control panel are ok. But I could not know if two sensors near the heater coil are ok or bad. How do you check those or what could be wrong with my refrigerator? Any ideas, I would appreciate.

read the manual or easy,, call the hotline customer service..

Home Made Water Filter

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

http://www.squidoo.com/Homemade_WaterFilter – Discover How to Make Your Own Water Filter And Why You Souldn’t Drink Bottled Water

If you are searching for an affordable solution that would show you how to make your own water filter for less than $80 then you have to check my site ^ ^ ^.

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Salt Free Water Softener.MPG

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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My 300 litre aquarium ( 1st day using co2 setup)

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

As already stated i upgraded my tank with a co2 system to help my live plants trive more in my tank.

Update from last vid is i added 2 albino cories making them 3 and 2 julii cories, changed the whole setting of plants ( plus trimming those swords ) and decorations ( tried some aqua scaping ) and added 3 new plants :

Echinodorus el diablo
Hygrophila corymbosa XL
Cryptocoryne walkeri

as for Co2 setup, the pet shop owner told me to start with 4 bubbles a second and then ajust daily, so wish me luck any tips are really welcome.

Now for the tanks:

Jebo New R3126,

dimensions : 4ft, x 50cm x 58cm 300 litre ( 66 uk gal )

Filtration: Trickle filter conected to a powerhead 1500litres/hour
Support canister filtration Eheim classic 2213 which helps filtration up to 116 gallons/hour
2 filtration systems is to help do all the mechanical chemical etc.

Lighting :
3 jebo super light tubes 2 45w bright white and 1 35w blue

Water Parameters:

No3: 25 ( think the iron supliment and plantmin plus crypto fertiliser had something to do from 10 – 15 to 25 but its still safe )
no2: under 3 g/l
amonia- 0
ph 7 daytim 7.5 night
kh 6
co2 18ppm ( according to a calculator)

Air stone running only when lights are off and co2 is left always on to prevent ph fluctuation ( did my home work :P ).

Fish:
Fish:
6 angels ( assorted ) 1 koy 2 half back ( 1 veiltail ) 2 platinum and 1 black
2 bosemani rainbows
2 red rainbows
1 synodontis
1 royal pleco hiding under drift wood ( hes not in this vid but the other )
3 blue ( 3 spot ) gouramis 2 female 1 male
2 pearl gouramis ( still a bit shy as they have been there only 2 days )
3 clown loaches
2 bala sharks
1 peacock eel ( have a vid were i hand feed it blood worms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C10qZz… )
5 kuhli loaches
3 albino corys
2 julii cory
2 flying foxes

I am just over stocked but with hard maintanace i keep everything in check.

thanks for watching please leave comments and rate to your liking, comments and tips are really welcome to a beginer in co2 injection.

If i see improvments in plants i will upload another vid next week

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