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Pinhole leaks in Copper Cylinder

  • 28-09-2017 6:41am
    #1
    Mule_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Help needed!!

    I have recently had a pinhole leak in a copper pipe and I now have 2 pinhole leaks in the copper cylinder. The house was only built 9 years ago so the piping and cylinder are not to old.

    Water from the house comes from a well. I have had the water tested and it has been determined that it is not corrosive and ph is neutral etc. Although copper levels in the water appear to be quite high.

    I have looked inside the cylinder and I can see what appears to be corriosion inside pipes and cylinder it is quite green, with deposits of maybe lime on coil which appear green in color.

    Can high levels of copper in water cause these leaks?? Anybody else ever experience anything like this??


Comments

  • #2
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    Common problem with well water, replace it with a stainless steel cylinder.


  • #3
    Mule_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭Mule_IRE


    aujopimur wrote: »
    Common problem with well water, replace it with a stainless steel cylinder.

    Thanks, stainless steel tank has been recommended!


  • #4
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Sometimes a sacrificial anode is needed with a stainless steel tank and well water.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #5
    roy rodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭roy rodgers


    Wearb wrote: »
    Sometimes a sacrificial anode is needed with a stainless steel tank and well water.

    That's right all joule stainless steel cylinders from a well need an anode. They are called wellmaster.
    Now they do cost another 300 euro!!!


  • #6
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    roy rodgers wrote: »
    That's right all joule stainless steel cylinders from a well need an anode. They are called wellmaster.
    Now they do cost another 300 euro!!!

    Are they the glass lined cylinders?


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  • #7
    EHP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭EHP


    roy rodgers wrote:
    That's right all joule stainless steel cylinders from a well need an anode. They are called wellmaster. Now they do cost another 300 euro!!!

    Joule do require an anode and if you don't service the tank and replace the anode regularly they won't stand over the warranty. Check out dejong cylinders they can be fitted to any type of water supply no anode or no need to service yearly for warranty.
    Dtp1979 wrote:
    Are they the glass lined cylinders?

    No joule cylinders are stainless


  • #8
    roy rodgers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭roy rodgers


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Are they the glass lined cylinders?

    No proper stainless steel.. I believe there can be some impurities in well water that attacks the stainless steel (according to joule) and they will not cover their cylinders if it's not a well master.

    I was in one of the suppliers and they were telling me this as it has come back up a few of their cylinders leaked after a year or 2 that was fed off well water.


  • #9
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    roy rodgers wrote: »
    No proper stainless steel.. I believe there can be some impurities in well water that attacks the stainless steel (according to joule) and they will not cover their cylinders if it's not a well master.

    I was in one of the suppliers and they were telling me this as it has come back up a few of their cylinders leaked after a year or 2 that was fed off well water.

    Think it's the same for artificially softened water


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