[alberg30] clorination of ships water

[Jack Vanderloo]

Ahoy Hugh,

Thanks for the practical rule of thumb - especially one that resulted in a
healthy off-spring!

A quick calculation of your ratios:
1 tsp = 5 cc
1 gallon (US) = 4 litres = 4000 cc
5 gallons (US) = 20000 cc
Therefore: 1 tsp/5 gallon = 1/4000 dilution

While, intuitively, that would have been a ratio that I would not have been
uncomfortable using in the past, it does diverge somewhat appreciably from
Marianne's recommendation.

The important aspect of your recommendation is that it carried you safely around
a large part of the world - certainly not something to be sneeezed at.  We'll
see when Marrianne comes in with her test procedure.

Thanks for the input.

Jack


Hugh Freebairn wrote:

> We lived aboard our Islander 36 for 6 years while travelling across the
> Pacific.  Our water either came from different island water supplies or from
> rain catchment off of the deck.  We always treated our ships' water at the
> rate of 1 teaspoon of bleach to 5 gallons of water and we never had a health
> problem even when our daughter was born while we were in Fiji.
>
> Hugh Freebairn
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> >       1. Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >            From: rap1208 at aol.com
> >       2. Re: LIGHTS
> >            From: rap1208 at aol.com
> >       3. Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >            From: Jack Vanderloo <jvdloo at sympatico.ca>
> >       4. Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >            From: Marianne King-Wilson <addvalue at zeuter.com>
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> >    Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 10:30:34 EDT
> >    From: rap1208 at aol.com
> >Subject: Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >
> >Jack, when I was in the army we used to carry little pills to purify water.
> >I've also heard that 10 drops of bleach per gal will make water safe for
> >drinking.  You would have to figure how many gal you put in.  (My alberg 30
> >tank does NOT hold 30 gal)more like 20.
> >Russ
> >
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> >Message: 2
> >    Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 10:34:08 EDT
> >    From: rap1208 at aol.com
> >Subject: Re: LIGHTS
> >
> >Dan, those funky lights were original  on My boat.  I will replace them one
> >day.
> >Russ
> >
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> >Message: 3
> >    Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 17:20:46 -0400
> >    From: Jack Vanderloo <jvdloo at sympatico.ca>
> >Subject: Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >
> >Thanks to all for the advice on chlorinating the ship's water.  Hope to
> >hear
> >from Marianne what the 'test at the tap' comprises (and hope it is cheap).
> >
> >Jack
> >
> >rap1208 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Jack, when I was in the army we used to carry little pills to purify
> >water.
> > > I've also heard that 10 drops of bleach per gal will make water safe for
> > > drinking.  You would have to figure how many gal you put in.  (My alberg
> >30
> > > tank does NOT hold 30 gal)more like 20.
> > > Russ
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> >Message: 4
> >    Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 18:31:07 -0400
> >    From: Marianne King-Wilson <addvalue at zeuter.com>
> >Subject: Re: Chlorination of Ship's Fresh Water
> >
> >Hello, Jack!
> >The test at the tap is as simple and cheap as a litmus, but I don't have
> >the
> >details yet.  However, even fewer than 5 PPM residual chlorine seems to be
> >sufficient.  Apparently as little as 2 PPM of residual chlorine would show
> >that
> >your entire system is clean. With sensitive testing equipment, 1.5 to 1.8
> >PPM of
> >residual chlorine at the tap is proof that bacteria are gone.
> >When business resumes, I should have the details.
> >
> >Marianne
> >
> >
> >Jack Vanderloo wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks to all for the advice on chlorinating the ship's water.  Hope to
> >hear
> > > from Marianne what the 'test at the tap' comprises (and hope it is
> >cheap).
> >
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