Hi,
We've had major problems with well water and manganese filters in an old cottage, and the water engineers have suggested that maybe the water pipes are not adequately earthed. They seem to think that the whole water system may be acting as a huge battery and causing copper from the pipes to be ingested into the water. This ends up turning my wife's hair green, turning the water blue when we add soap, no soapy suds in the washing up bowl and making the washing smell awful.
I've been around the house and cannot find one earth to a water pipe, but thats not to say that it's hidden away somewhere. How can I test that the water pipes are adequately earthed?
Is this a plausible theory or just clutching at straws?
We've had major problems with well water and manganese filters in an old cottage, and the water engineers have suggested that maybe the water pipes are not adequately earthed. They seem to think that the whole water system may be acting as a huge battery and causing copper from the pipes to be ingested into the water. This ends up turning my wife's hair green, turning the water blue when we add soap, no soapy suds in the washing up bowl and making the washing smell awful.
I've been around the house and cannot find one earth to a water pipe, but thats not to say that it's hidden away somewhere. How can I test that the water pipes are adequately earthed?
Is this a plausible theory or just clutching at straws?