Anybody confirm this ??

jCarroll

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mid-Ohio
We had the water softener guy to our place for PM.
In the course of conversion my wife mentioned stinky water on occasion.

The water tech said they had observed that the braided supply lines - both stainless and plastic types -
when used on fixtures with stinky water complaints; that when replaced with the old style gray plastic lines the
smell complaint went away.

His conjecture was that the lining material in the braided supply lines harbored bacteria that caused the odor?

What think you?
 


I would be a bit suspect of that one. But there are rumors every where.



Pending on what your water has in it,, and how much you run through you water filter system, possible at times over loading it as it recharges or gets a filter changed..., and if you have an anode in the water heater reacting with something are much more likely. It your water... city water treated with chlorine and fluoride?? Or just well water, with lots of permanganize, iron and other stinking goo. And are you using a chlorine bleach that really reacts with some of these contaminates??
 
A friend recently put a new water heater in and got smelly water. They switched from magnesium to aluminum anode rods (probably for cost) so he put a magnesium rod in. But with a well, a lot depends on the water. I average 5 to 6 years on a tank. One went eleven years and one only two.
 
Unless he did a specific water test, he's just blowing smoke and trying to sell you something. He is on commission you know. So the more he sells you the more he makes.
I would only trust someone who has been in the water business for many years.
 
If anyone believes that story, I have a bunch of swamp land in the Texas Panhandle I want to sell you. That braided line is smooth as a baby's bottom on the inside. All he is selling is bull butter.
 
X3 here. On a 300 ft well, Bought a new hot water heater ( to heat cold water Old lol) and had terrible H2So4 smell Mom and pop hardware store where I bought, said delete the anode probes. W e will self warrantee it that way. Smell went away. 5 years and counting.
 
The odor comes from the water supply. The water they are getting comes from a source that has algae in it. Ours gets bad when lake levels are low. Their solution is to dump more chlorine in it. Our doctor says the water contains more chlorine than is recommended for a swimming pool. Good for the bottled water companies though.
 
Ours went the opposite way... they had to replace the aluminum rod with a magnesium rod. The smell went away immediately.

The plumbing/heating guy didn't charge us anything for switching it out... but I did daycare for their kids for about 5 years, so maybe that's why he didn't charge us.
 
I remove the anode rod when installing a water heater.
Put in a new A.O. Smith water heater in about 1981 and removed the rod, it has been on a softener from day one, and is still working and not leaking.

Dusty
 
In this area, the water is real hard. A magnesium anode rod in the water heater will make the water stink. I replaced the Magnesium anode rod and have no water stink. I have to change the aluminum rod every two years to protect the water tank. Neighbor didn't replace the magnesium rod and his tank rusted out real fast.
 
I replaced my well pressure tank with one with a bladder. The water stank every morning until fresh water from the well flushed out the overnight water. Removed the new bladder tank and reinstalled the old tank. It was the rubber bladder reacting with something in the water that made the stink.
 

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