Archive for March, 2011




Why does tap water boil in a microwave within 2mins 50 secs and refrigerator dispensed water comes to a boil at 3mins 40secs? The refrigerator water isn’t cooled at all.




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What does thermal expansion of the water and the corrected volume have to do with it?




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would boiling it help or are there other ways? also? does any one know where in New York City I can find water that doesn’t have flouride in it?




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Looks as if (it has happened before) the pipes that face the backyard in my basement may have frozen. I dont know how to keep this from reocurring, but one plumber has replaced 2 kitchen faucets before, when the pipes froze. He told me the faucet cracked from beneath. I once waited till the weather warmed up again and saw my previously non-working faucet work again afterward. What can I do besides call a plumber? Is there no other solution?




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The pizza pan sat on our white counter top for two days, and it was wet underneath. When I lifted the pan, there was a big black and orange rust spot! I was able to scrub the black part out, but the orange stain remains. How can I get this rust stain out of my counter top?




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I am sure that water can be heated, but I’m not sure about the others.
Please explain why,
**my mom won’t let me use the microwave to "experiment" these materials, even though I can use for anything else.




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The water is very hard here and I cannot put in a whole house unit at this time.




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I just got home for the night and it’s about 3:30am. I am nervous to go to bed… I don’t know if there is some sort of harmful leak.




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I just moved into a new house. The people before us remodeled the bathrooms but when they put in the faucets the let the glue get all over. Is there anyway to remove it?




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I have flourosis which is a condition caused by too much flouride in your water, that causes your teeth to discolor and decay. (I’m sure you can find pictures with a web search.) If it does this to your teeth (calcium) what does it do to your bones (also calcium)? It has also been shown in studies that flouride can cause many conditions, including arthritis. I have switched to non-flouride toothpaste, and despite claims that flouride whitens your teeth, my teeth are whiter now that I don’t use it. I bring this up because new parents especially need to beware of giving their children too much flouride, although it ‘probably’ is not good for any of us.
First of all, about the spelling…OOPS…I wrote this at like 4 a.m., and if you start out your whole argument by attacking me, what does that say? Secondly, it was a rural area that I grew up in, with a private well, both my sister and I have fluorosis. No one IS ‘more’ or ‘less’ susceptible to it. How can you say that normal amounts of fluoride are ‘good’ for everyone, when it has been shown to be an industrial pollutant and VERY toxic to the human body? I hope you are doing some research outside of the regular medical/dentistry channels, because if you look at who makes money from the conditions caused by fluoride, why would they tell us its bad? Now, get me straight, I’m not anti-medical or dental, I used to be a nurse, and both are very important. As to ‘mineral or bottled’ water being unhealthy for us, this is not true–its distilled water that is not good for us as it leaches beneficial minerals from your body because it has none in it.
Personally I *will not* give a substance to my children, when I have any, that has been proven in scientific studies to be extremely toxic. Having already done thorough research on this topic, as it has affected me greatly, I suggest that you do some more research on your own, perhaps written by someone who is not trapped under the medical/dental regime so badly that they are afraid to speak out for what is best for their patients, and perhaps something by a scientist who specializes in toxicology. Why would they put a warning on the tube that if more than a ‘pea-sized drop’ is swallowed, to contact a poison control center. How many ‘pea-size drops’ do we and our children swallow when drinking water? As for the specialist- been there done that- know what they said? Don’t use fluoride….
Also, your mom not drinking milk, multiple fractures and bad teeth…have you been checked for osteoporosis?




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I have just started growing some veg eg lettuce, chives, sprouts in pots, they are established with the leaves etc and i have them in my greenhouse. I’m just wondering how often should I water them in the spring/summer months when the sun is strong.

Thanks!




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Kinetico water softner?




My kinetico water softner is not working.
I can manually run it through cycle, with the screw on top. I never hear it run a cycle on its own. The water level in the salt tank is above the grid at the bottom. Where should it be? where should the float be set? any other helpful suggestions.




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Faceplate only lists type not volume. Owner’s manual and internet ressearch on manufacturer’s web site have turned up nothing.




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I have a hot water dispenser around the size of a blender that i want to carry on with me. Will that pass the tsa security at the airport? Also, would a bag of miniature coffee creamers similar to the ones given with coffee at McDonalds pass as well? Answers are greatly appreciated. Thanks!




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