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Re: Smelly Ice
Don’t knock chloramine as being insignificant, even if it is not the root cause in this case – you might find in a few years time it keeps a few of you busy!
Plenty of reading – Google for Chloramine and Nitrile. I suspect very few manufacturers are using ‘chloramine specific’ seals in their appliances, especially anything manufactured in the far east!
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Re: Smelly Ice
OK, back to water – just because it’s what I know about. Has you local water works changed from Chlorine to Chloramine over the past couple of years? It’s highly underpublicised but it is happening all over the UK, and despite it being quite dangerous to aquatic life in particular not much national press coverage has been given to what is probably one of the biggest changes to our water supply in the last 50 years.
Also it’s a low rainfall year, so dissolved organics may be in higher concentrations than normal as resevoir levels drop.
The reason I ask is because Chloramine is rumoured to attack nitrile based rubber seals (very common), especially those used on washing machine type hoses, and potentially valves and/or plastics used within your refrigerator. It’s not an instant degradation by any standards, but it might be a ‘potential’ explanation of contamination.
When Anglian tested your water did they test the tap water OR did they test the ice itself which had been melted? (That is the best way to check for contamination further down the line, although the water board would be fully within their rights to charge for that GIVEN what happens on your domestic property is basically your problem, not theirs).
The likely suspect is the water itself and all Anglian Water are likely to be able to confirm is if the water is deemed to be safe to drink – not (necessarily) that it’s taste or odour is indeed to your pesonal taste. Your water certainly isn’t free from contaminents and is likely to contain many
different pollutants (some of which would surprise most folks!) – all Anglian will report is that these fall within ‘acceptable DWI limits’ which doesn’t necessarily mean you will not notice them!Certain areas – such as those close to treatment plants – can occasionally be affected worse, since you get the chlorine at full dose (chlorine dissipates over time, so houses nearer treatment works can find the taste of water objectionable especially during periods of high water demand).
We supply fridge filters, but also drinking water systems, and have done for 20 odd years. It’s surprising how many people cannot tolerate the taste of chlorine (and dissolved organics etc), and some notice it more than others depending on the state of the water.
It may also be worth checkng water storage tanks (if your cold water is tank fed) as it might be a local contamination issue.
The older Admiral fridges are usually (or often anyway) with a simply taste/odour filter – identical to the Samsung EF9603/WSF100 i.e. inline ¼” OD connectors. These are cheaply available (including on the UK White Goods shop), and for the amount of time you have spent on this really could be a wortwhile investment if it solves the problem – and if it doesn’t it’s not caused massive financial loss in the process (£13).
Re: Samsung Fridge Connection
Hi Don
Thanks for the offer – we’ve got a picture, it’s just not very clear. If you could post something which shows the connector close up that would be great.
A photograph of the nut would also be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Ian
Re: Samsung Fridge Connection
Thanks – I’ve checked the manuals and can see it’s a compression nut (hexagonal looking thing), but they don’t give any info on the part. It *looks* the same as the cartridge nuts, but it would be great if someone could confirm if that’s the case or not.
Cheers
Ian
Re: Extra long Hose for American Fridge Freezer?
We sell probably the largest number of fridge filter cartridges in the UK, and the price of £24.99 (plus carriage) for what is essentially 6m of tubing, two 3/4″ BSP connectors and a few couplings is a bit steep – it is something which we can supply (or probably most plumbing merchants – John guest do a range of 1/4″ OD tubing connectors), for probably about twelve quid delivered.
With regards to plastic piping affecting the taste of water – drinking water plastic pipework is low density polyethelene (sp?) – the standard tubing used throughout the entire food and beverage industry. You can run installations much further than 6m without any contamination of the water – I am not saying that is the case with Nylon – but with the flexible tubing that all fridge manufacturers supply you can safely extend this by many metres if you so desire (it’s not uncommon for people to have 10 metres of more in some instances).
Remember though it is mains water! Use cable clips or something to affix to the wall and keep the installation tidy (no forced right angles etc – use connectors if need be). Many people treat flexible pipe with less caution than they would copper in our experience.
