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Default Safe to drink boiled water from hot tap?

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John Savage wrote:
First I've heard of copper dissolving in hot water. How long does it
take for the pipes to disappear?


No one knows; we throw out the HWS as soon as one tiny spot in the copper
coils corrodes all the way through. Wasteful innit?


But often caused by impurities in cheap tube?

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