water butt?

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  1. Alasdair

    Alasdair Gardener

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    finally a 3rd daft question,

    i have a brand new copper hot water cylinder, can it be used as a water butt or will the copper taint the water
     
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    You drink out of them...so why not?
     
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    Drink from a hot water tank? But, having said that, I don`t think it would hurt as a butt, the amount of copper leached would be minimal.:thumb:
     
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    cheers peeps,

    tweaky, never thought about it like that.
     
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