Comments on: Yucatan Plumbing

By: Lindasita

Lindasita — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:32:37 +0000

Thank you for the diagram and pictures . Makes it easy to identify for me when I look down into the tank. These articles are my favorite. As a single woman, home maintenance is so important in Merida.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:56:35 +0000

I can’t stop laughfing!
You guys are great!
LOL, I prefer to read your articles than read the news paper….lol.

By: Eric Chaffee

Eric Chaffee — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:15:23 +0000

¡Esplendido! On our farm near Buffalo, I employ many of these methods, having several wells. I was told by an engineer that the magnets were mere witchcraft — but I can attest that they truly do the job. We are in a high limestone area; I use several powerful donut shaped ceramic magnets bought from Edmund Scientific which surround a .75″ copper pipe at the entrance to our holding tank. The system is free of scale now for over 20 years. And so is my point-source water heater.

One problem I don’t like is the fungicidal aspect of the tinaco. I would add a charcoal filter on the exit side of the tank to remove any residual chemicals, and then add a uv Sterilight to kill organisms in the line, to enable drinking. This works effectively for our shallowest well, which I, and snakes and mice, are able to crawl into. Our water tests as potable by a credible testing outfit. ~eric.

By: Stewart Dean

Stewart Dean — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:37:00 +0000

FWIW, an extremely hard-nosed, practical, no BS engineer I know who retired from IBM after working in computer hardware at the highest levels for 35 years, tried one of the magnetic water softener thingies as a last resort and was astounded to find that it worked. For him it was in a class with perpetual motion and anti-gravity, but he said he had to face the fact that, in a very hard water system, it worked. Note that if you get one of the wraparound systems for existing pipe, it won’t work with gavlanized metal pipe.

This is a great tutorial…I’m an ex-mechanical contractor and was curious how everything worked here…..and this answered all my basic questions.

By: CasiYucateco

CasiYucateco — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:21:54 +0000

Mary,
Every day or two, I come across something and think, “Wow, this never could have been possible before.” Before what? The Internet and Google. And, of course, The Working Gringos’ website too! Seriously though, look at the information and connections available on the Internet. It’s like the lights were turned on in some ancient buried library, except everything is up-to-date. It’s just amazing.

Kids born these days will have so much information available to them and be able to use it in ways we cannot even imagine right now. Let’s hope they are wiser than us in many ways too.