[Perfect Windows]

Washed out my hose rags with pure water and, on a whim, tested the TDS.  21!



Love to hear from people who use rainwater that's run down a minging roof, down a filthy drainpipe and into a tank.  Might be low TDS but is it clean?

Vin

[Dave Willis]

I might start using river water!

[SeanK]

That's mostly sediment run it through a sediment filter and it will be O.K. well if you consider 21 O.K.
I would recommend anybody using rain water to run it through a sediment filter.

[SeanK]

Just to be clear I'm not saying 21 isn't O.K. its just that everybody has their own preference on
what TDS they like to work with.

[gary999]

Mine comes off my shed roof which has a nice clean piece of Perspex
on it which I clean regularly as well as the guttering I have aquarium sponge
in the down pipe and muslin type cloth strapped over the opening.

In a good down pour ive had as low as 2ppm but average around 11ppm

the water doesn't sit there long enough to accumulate crap and its clear
I definitely wouldn't drink it though

[Dave Willis]

you got a muslin up yer drainpipe? 

[gary999]

you got a muslin up yer drainpipe? 

Shut up david

[Matt.]

Hahaha

made me laugh

[paulben]

ok in winter but careful of legionaries in summer

[Deangsi]

i have a mate who uses rain water he put a pair of tights over the downpipe with some di resin in there to clean it of as it comes very good idea imo

[Perfect Windows]

i have a mate who uses rain water he put a pair of tights over the downpipe with some di resin in there to clean it of as it comes very good idea imo

Tights would filter out the stuff sitting on the surface of the water in the pic.  The dirt suspended in the water (that you can see making the water brown against the TDS meter) would get straight through it. 

Vin

[gary999]

ideally you want whatever the rain hits to be clean same as the
gutter and downpipe then its going to drag very little with it
Hence the hard plastic on my roof which is kept clean and gutter
and down pipe kept clean as well.

im not sure I would bother if I was collecting off my house roof
it would be filthy before it hit the sponge and cloth.

[Arnold Palmer]

ideally you want whatever the rain hits to be clean same as the
gutter and downpipe then its going to drag very little with it
Hence the hard plastic on my roof which is kept clean and gutter
and down pipe kept clean as well.

im not sure I would bother if I was collecting off my house roof
it would be filthy before it hit the sponge and cloth.

Why bother with rainwater if you can use tap water?

[gary999]

ideally you want whatever the rain hits to be clean same as the
gutter and downpipe then its going to drag very little with it
Hence the hard plastic on my roof which is kept clean and gutter
and down pipe kept clean as well.

im not sure I would bother if I was collecting off my house roof
it would be filthy before it hit the sponge and cloth.

Why bother with rainwater if you can use tap water?

;DHere we go again

because when im using the rain water which averages around 11ppm
I don't have to bother blading any of the glass and with my tap water
that averages in the low thirties I have to blade from a quarter to third of the
properties I clean which I have said before.

so obviously it saves me some time and effort and best of all

Its free

[colin bird]

i have a mate who uses rain water he put a pair of tights over the downpipe with some di resin in there to clean it of as it comes very good idea imo

I personally prefer stockings,over a nicely shaped leg

[8weekly]

ideally you want whatever the rain hits to be clean same as the
gutter and downpipe then its going to drag very little with it
Hence the hard plastic on my roof which is kept clean and gutter
and down pipe kept clean as well.

im not sure I would bother if I was collecting off my house roof
it would be filthy before it hit the sponge and cloth.

Why bother with rainwater if you can use tap water?

;DHere we go again

because when im using the rain water which averages around 11ppm
I don't have to bother blading any of the glass and with my tap water
that averages in the low thirties I have to blade from a quarter to third of the
properties I clean which I have said before.

so obviously it saves me some time and effort and best of all

Its free

If blading is such a problem, why not DI?

[gary999]

ideally you want whatever the rain hits to be clean same as the
gutter and downpipe then its going to drag very little with it
Hence the hard plastic on my roof which is kept clean and gutter
and down pipe kept clean as well.

im not sure I would bother if I was collecting off my house roof
it would be filthy before it hit the sponge and cloth.

Why bother with rainwater if you can use tap water?

;DHere we go again

because when im using the rain water which averages around 11ppm
I don't have to bother blading any of the glass and with my tap water
that averages in the low thirties I have to blade from a quarter to third of the
properties I clean which I have said before.

so obviously it saves me some time and effort and best of all

Its free

If blading is such a problem, why not DI?

Its not but i will take any free advantage i can

[sparkleglass]

try a First Flush Diverter.....

[Ian101]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171467077981?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I got this bargain for my downpipe 

[gary999]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171467077981?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I got this bargain for my downpipe  

Cool will be buying a few of them