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Turbineguy

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1. I was Chief Engineer on a ship

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Dec 2, 2023, 05:16 PM

Dec 2023

With a circulating, cooled drinking fountain system. One day a member of the crew informed me that the water tasted funny. Indeed, there was a lemony effervescence with a distinctly oily finish to it. A check with a freon leak detector confirmed the presence of R-12.

We secured the system and found the heat exchanger was leaking. Eventually it was fixed.

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Issues in Water Chlorination Toxicology: ID of High Molecular Weight Halogenated Molecules in Drinking Water [View all] NNadir Dec 2023 OP

I was Chief Engineer on a ship Turbineguy Dec 2023 #1

You missed posting key sentence of abstract Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #2

I was simply choosing to describe what is, not what should be. NNadir Dec 2023 #3

I don't see a conflict between "should remove" and "no cheap efficient filter" Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #4

Careful about applying binary thinking to real numbers Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #5

Bull. NNadir Dec 2023 #6

Nice, but doesn't address the main point(s) of my post. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #7