stale saltwater

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11489711#post11489711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cp3823
^^ where do I get a food grade barrel at?

Farm and fleet for one.. RW zeller for another..

http://www.rw-zeller-sales.com/

Jeni, have you ever put a lid on that container and let it sit for a week or 2? and then took a whiff?

If you dont cover it, and let it breath, the smell wont build up and it will go unnoticed.

 

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488188#post11488188 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kawicivic



hope you dont mind me snagging your post rod

I would have rather seen a link to that post .

 

[PSam]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11488652#post11488652 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cp3823
I have a small empty closet in my apartmet that I would really like to put a tall skinny tank to hold premixed saltwater. I'll have to scope out menars and farm and fleet.

Check out those tall skinny rubbermaid containers for wrapping paper. Now is the time of year Target or Walmart may have them. Scroll down partway, Melev has a photo of one.

http://www.melevsreef.com/plumbing/auto_topoff.html

 

[kawicivic]

I don't know the policy about posted threads that are on other forums so I chose to be cautious.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11489862#post11489862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rod Buehler
I would have rather seen a link to that post .

 

[klm2500hd]

i got mine online, but I cannot find the receipt for where I ordered it from, sorry. I found mine by doing a search for FDA approved drums.

if you order online find a place with free shipping, UPS oversize applies.

 

[Pufferpunk]

in my case i think that the uncovered can picked up contaminants from the air.

I always have a fear of that & keep all my buckets containing RODI water, covered. Since we have removed any antibacterial chemicals (like chlorine), there is nothing to kee[p contaminants at bay.

 

[cp3823]

^^ good point

 

[rj ripetide]

Food grade drums...
Check with any local food companies that may get thier syrups or flavors in them...
I got my from the local distillery that makes flavored liquors.
I paid $10 each for 55 gal and I have seen them in 30 or 35 gal sizes.

 

[pescadero]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11490774#post11490774 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
I always have a fear of that & keep all my buckets containing RODI water, covered. Since we have removed any antibacterial chemicals (like chlorine), there is nothing to kee[p contaminants at bay.

good point. i have a hole punched in the top of my trashcan so that the top can go on the can and the cord can come out for the pump. of course, the system doesn't work if you forget to put the cover on for an extended period of time...

while i've got your attention -- do you heat any of your storage water? i leave the RODI water cold, and keep the SW heated. with the heated SW i've noticed diatom blooms, which has led me to water polishing.

 

[BlakDuc]

I put the lid on upside down. This allose for no particles to fall in, and iit also allows the water to breathe. I am also looking for a place that has the big blue HDPE 55 gallon drums. I used to get them from a cheese factory in California when I lived there for $5 each. Best thing about them is that they were used for them to get calcium chloride in. I would love to find somewhere around here that I can get the same deal.

 

[Fuppets]

The problem I have with the HDPE containers is that I can't seem to find one as convient as the Brute. I like the lid and wheels on my brute. I haven't been able to find a HDPE with wheels.

With a HDPE container does it matter what it last contained? I ask because, this time of year I noticed that local gas stations have 55 Gal HDPE containers filled with washer fluid for their window cleaners. I was thinking about trying to get an empty one next time I saw it.

Shawn

 

[pescadero]

good idea. washer cleaner is very water soluble and would rinse out well, and shouldn't leave any residual contamination. i'm going to ask at my gas station.

i just realized that we have a gummy bear factory not too far from me. they've got to have plenty of those drums that contained sugar.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I heat my mixing SW to the temp of my tank but use only cold water for my ro/top off water. I bring it upstairs to warm up to room temp (my office is around 78 degrees all the time), before using for top off.

 

[Kmiec123]

Washer fluid is VERY BAD!!! I have one empty in the garage if you want to try, but I don't recommend. Ethel glycol based and Cemtrec said...not way, the poison will leach out of the plastic...that's why they don't reuse them.
hope this helps. Just my exper. I have been wrong before so don't quote me on this.
Carl

 

[Kmiec123]

PS...If you drink washer fluid....you will die. Or come pretty darn close.

 

[clevername]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11493826#post11493826 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Kmiec123
PS...If you drink washer fluid....you will die. Or come pretty darn close.

Oh man, i have a new years glass full right now... good thing i read this post first. I just thought the Skull and Cross Bones were a joke...

 

[Kmiec123]

Posion #6 Placard...What's that????

 

[cp3823]

well, i'm gonna call that plastics company and get a price quote on a 55 gallon drum.

 

[sasscuba]

Rubbermaid Brute containers are food grade and do not leach phosphates. No smell from mine either and I leave them covered for weeks and notice no smell.

 

[cp3823]

really? everyone else has been saying that they have had problems with it?