I find the pure water - attacks ? I don't think so.

Chlorine and such will. H2O is stable. If they have
electric current flowing in the pipes - possible - it can
break down H2O into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.
The hydrogen will attack steel. The oxygen will attack
almost anything.

I bet they had a mixed iron and copper system and did themselves
in without using current breaks - plastic joints.

Martin

Wes wrote:
"Tim" wrote:

IIRC,
our machines had to use deionized water.

I heard a horror story where a facility put in a reverse osmosis system to take all
impurites out of the feed water. Then they started having even more problems. Really
pure water attacks the alloying elements in the plumbing.

Wes
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