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hot water tank

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:59 am
by blacky
hi
i need advice,i have an indirect feed (two tanks) when i heat up my water for a bath the water comes out brown.is this the water boiler or something else
please advise

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:04 pm
by stoneyboy
blacky,
If its just the initial water out of the tap that is brown you probably have steel pipes feeding the bath.
If it continually flows brown then the hot water cylinder may have failed internally.
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:37 pm
by Skids
Hi Blacky

Have a look at the cold water storage tank (CWST), it may be that over time the bottom has become silted up with sludge.

This will feed both the hot and cold taps therefore if both C & H taps run brown it will need a clean out.

All the best

Skids

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:18 pm
by Cheesie1
Sounds like the coil has gone in ur cylinder! It pins holes and mixes the the heating water with the domestic, which isn't good if ur got chemicals in ur system (brings a whole new meaning to chemical face peel)