Gas + water faucet......

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Hi all would like to tap the wealth of knowledge out there. I flushed my 2 x90L water tanks with 4%chlorine. sploshed, emptied, refilled with clean H20, sploshed, emptied & refilled Making sure to clear lines to faucet also. Put gas on for cuppa. Burner is about 30cm from faucet. Filling kettle from tap air is expelled from faucet as lines were empty (splutter, splash, splutter splutter) then the air being expelled from faucet IGNITES??? This has happened twice after cleaning tanks. Chlorine breaks down over time & I was informed to use 7% strength. Van is new Trakmaster. Needless to say will not use Cl again but has anybody heard of this b4? Installers I spoke to said I made it up!!!
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Reply By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 18:27

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 18:27
We always add chlorine to every water fill. It stays in the tank until removed by the filters.
Gas is not a product of chlorine breakdown.
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Reply By: Member - FSH00 - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 19:55

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 19:55
Pete, what rate do you does your water at & any special filters required to remove the chlorine?

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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:23

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:23
Depends on the quality of the water, temperature and the time before next dosing because chlorine breaks down quite rapidly on its own.
We use swimming pool chlorine (12% ?). About 10ml/100L of water, or more. If you can not detect it in the water, you need more.
Any decent carbon block filter will remove it. We use 10" 0.5um after a sediment filter.
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Reply By: Member - Jim S1 - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:28

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:28
Now that I’ve stopped laughing ( sorry ), I wonder if it has nothing to do with the tank flushing.
Could there be some gas leaking somehow into the water tank plumbing ?
Certainly does seem a pretty dodgy way to get hot water. ??

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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:09

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:09
I think you are on the right track Jim, the water heater has a gas leak maybe.
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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:59

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 20:59
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Hi Michael,
When chlorine is mixed with water it is possible for some hydrogen to be generated. If this were to accumulate in your tank then be ejected at the faucet in proximity to a flame it may ignite. It is a factor that we were aware of in the chlorine manufacturing plants that I have worked in.
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Reply By: Gronk - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:15

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:15
I haven’t had a camper or van longer than 6yrs, but have never emptied a water tank ( only ever filled ) or added anything to the water.
Water doesn’t go off, unless light can get to it, but most towns in Australia already have chlorinated water supplies, so don’t see the advantage of adding more ?
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Follow Up By: Peter_n_Margaret - Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:33

Monday, Jul 25, 2022 at 21:33
The water pumped from the Murray at Morgan to the mid north of SA and Whyalla is chlorinated before it sets off through a steel pipe.
Twice in my memory that water has been declared undrinkable before it reached its destination. The towns along the way were left without a potable water supply.
Chlorine breaks down and disappears, faster if it is hotter, and faster if the water is contaminated. And bugs certainly do grow in the dark.
The solution was to double the chlorine level added at pumping during the summer.
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022 at 17:31

Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022 at 17:31
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The Murray water actually goes via Pt Augusta to both Whyalla and Woomera. If it was "declared undrinkable" and those towns left without potable water, I wonder what alternative water would be available to them. I would believe that there are no domestic rainwater tanks in Woomera and few in the other towns. Must admit, I had one in Whyalla until it broke!
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Reply By: nick g1 - Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022 at 07:28

Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022 at 07:28
Cannot offer you a solution but l'm still getting over you calling a tap a faucet!
American terms creeping into our language. Resist please.
Reminds me of an amusing time when l was camped in the Flinders Ranges in the 1980s and a Yank pulled up beside me.
I could tell he was a Yank, complete with Big F Series Truck( another Yank term), loud demanding voice and broad accent.
His question to me was "where's the faucet"? I had no idea what he was talking about and he got increasingly annoyed and pulled out a map and showed me the little tap symbol on it.
I broke out in laughter, which got him further annoyed, and said that only means there is a source of water somewhere here, as in a creek not necessarily a tap or faucet as you call is.
He just roared off in a huff leaving me in a cloud of dust!
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Follow Up By: Member - Outback Gazz - Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022 at 17:51

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