"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"0tterbot" wrote in message


i was interested to read recently that one MUST have a flush-diverter
for "safe" rainwater. we don't have one of those (although i do want one,
to keep the tank cleaner, but we don't have one yet).

Those flush diverters also remove a lot of water that could be going into
your tank. We don't have one and never have and when I asked a firend
about his, he was very dismissive of it because by the time it was full
and ready to allow water into his tank, the shower had often passed on and
he was not getting the run off into his tank. He eventually disconnected
it.

I put in 3 (my own design) the gunk that is in the bottom after a rain event
is quite disgusting. Mine are just lengths of 90mm plastic pipe recycled
from the tip. Takes about 0.2mm to fill them, so there is not much waste.
Had to pump another 8000 litres into the cooling tank to make room for
todays 30mm after yesterdays 29mm. So the shower will be running on 100%
rainwater instead of 50% rain & 50% bore water.
Jim