Cleaning the filter hoses.

[FishyMatty]

its good that you smell a little bit of chlorine in your water.

it means that the chlorine residual is present.

chlorine residual is chlorine that is available to disinfect the water AFTER it has left the water plant (eg. if there are bacteria in the distribution system, you need to have free chlorine available to kill these bugs too before it comes out your tap).

water plants add enough chlorine to first kill all bacteria while the water is at the plant, and continue to add such that a residual is present to ensure that the water stays safe by the time it gets to where you are going to drink it.

do you think that means I should use extra dechlorinator?

 

[J double R]

Brita filters work wonders.. yeah, it's only a carbon-based filter, but it does the job

 

[J double R]

do you think that means I should use extra dechlorinator?

no, use the normal amount. tap water dechlorinators were engineered to handle most if not all of the highest amounts of chlorine in tap water.

 

[12 Volt Man]

no. the usual recommended amount should be fine.

even though you smell chlorine, it doesn't necessarily mean that there is lots in there.

eg. at a concentration of 5 mg/L you will still smell it.

 

[AnDr3w]

a quick rinse under the tap shouldn't hurt the bacteria enough to cause all that.

chlorine takes a long time to work as a disinfectant.

unless you let your media soak for minutes and minutes, it won't hurt anything.

I think it was the hoses that did it.

I too rinse my filter under tap water, and have been doing so for years.

its only when I took courses in chlorine training (used to use it for wastewater treatment where I work) that I realized why it didn't hurt anything:

the contact time is not sufficient with a quick rinse under the tap.

That is good to know.

 

[lolliemck]

Hmm.. the things you can learn on AC!

This chlorine stuff is sparking my interest, I think I might have to go pull out the chemistry books and learn more!

 

[FishyMatty]

Thanks 12 volt man.
This thread is officially CLOSED.
Thanks for all the help.

 

[12 Volt Man]

no problem