cleaning up mud
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Anyone ever had a problem with this, and if so, hoe did you correct it..?
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electrolysis and pin holes in copper pipe.
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Had a problem with this about 20 years ago and we just replaced the copper back then in the carwash, other places in the facilities sch 80 pvc was used. Today we would have used PEX. Another way might be braided/reinforced hose as a replacement.
We found that it was the water being aggressive on the copper, this was after exhaustive search for other cause.
If it is electrolysis from two metals, trace your plumbing to find an unprotected union of two types of metal. Make repairs with a dielectric union. This will greatly reduce the two metal incompatibility.
Are you having this problem facility wide or just a few certain areas?
We found that it was the water being aggressive on the copper, this was after exhaustive search for other cause.
If it is electrolysis from two metals, trace your plumbing to find an unprotected union of two types of metal. Make repairs with a dielectric union. This will greatly reduce the two metal incompatibility.
Are you having this problem facility wide or just a few certain areas?
cleaning up mud
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I dont know about anyone else in the city having problems, another town about 8 miles away we don't have that problem. It always seems to be in a ninty, I have been replacing copper with pex, but the pex connections are copper and one of those just developed a pin whole leak, and it had pex on both sides of it.
