Chlorine Tablet In Strainer

rcknecht said:
why not just drop pennies in the strainer??
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Because modern pennies are less than 3% copper. Mostly zinc.

Now if you happen to have some from 1837 or before, I want them for my strainer...

MM

P.S. A pure copper penny from then is worth $20 in good condition to $250 for uncirculated. How long in a strainer can it be before it is considered "circulated"? LOL
 
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Lazy Daze said:
Because then you would LITERALLY be throwing money away! Sorry, couldn't resist.

This was actually the first time I had heard of putting copper pieces in the strainer. But to more directly answer your question... pennies aren't so much copper, anymore. I think it was in 1982 that they became mostly zinc (or is it tin? I forget) - like at least 95%. I can verify this since I remember, as a kid, taking a torch to a penny and then all of a sudden the copper bubbled up slightly, then broke open, and a liquid blob of shiny metal dribbled out leaving a very thin casing of copper. Pretty cool science experiment, if you're bored tonight! How did I find out it was 1982? A buddy and I kept torching various year pennies till we figured it out! We didn't have the internet back then so we had to do it the old fashioned way... which was also a lot more fun.
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Actually they have not been pure copper since 1837. But it was 1982 that the 90% copper was removed.

MM
 
i'm not one of those 'holy rollers' when it comes to environmental protection although i do believe it is important....

if copper was deemed to be bad enough for the aquatic environment that is was banned from being an ingredient in bottom paint then doesn't putting copper in the AC drain present the same concerns?....the dissolved copper will be discharged into the water along with the AC condensate water....

cliff
 
MonacoMike said:
In our fresh, salt-free, shark-free, barnacle-free water, biological growth-slime is what we fight. will copper do the trick on that?

MM
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Might help with slime, but not silt or mud. Basically any living organism if too much copper is exposed, then they tend to die.
 
CliffA said:
i'm not one of those 'holy rollers' when it comes to environmental protection although i do believe it is important....

if copper was deemed to be bad enough for the aquatic environment that is was banned from being an ingredient in bottom paint then doesn't putting copper in the AC drain present the same concerns?....the dissolved copper will be discharged into the water along with the AC condensate water....

cliff
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Cliff - I don't want to start an argument, but do you "piss" in the lake when you are floating around? My "hippie" son-in-law says he can't do it because it is polluting!! I'm not sure that a little copper or "urine" will affect our environment in a negative way.

Yes - when I am floating in the lake, I "urinate" in the lake! Sorry!!!
 
carterchapman said:
...do you "piss" in the lake when you are floating around? My "hippie" son-in-law says he can't do it because it is polluting!!.
!
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No argument, but your SIL is correct...I just spent the winter explaining to people in FL that the algae blooms are primarily due to human waste...septic /cesspools / and poor waste treatment plants...Does one piss cause a problem? No, but do you know how many boaters say the same thing? Boaters should be part of the solution, not the problem....Human waste is perfect food for algae and also contributes to the deadly bacteria around our coastlines... The same attitude can be heard justifying why they dump their blackwater tanks just offshore...I can't change everyone's behavior, but perhaps next time you'll think about what I'm saying...I'm no hippie...Not even close.

EDIT : As for the copper, I can't really speak to it...I haven't seen the research behind the damage...But, if it actually inhibits algae growth, it's prob a good thing...Rather have seagrass and mollusks / water filterers...
 
carterchapman said:
Cliff - I don't want to start an argument, but do you "piss" in the lake when you are floating around? My "hippie" son-in-law says he can't do it because it is polluting!! I'm not sure that a little copper or "urine" will affect our environment in a negative way.

Yes - when I am floating in the lake, I "urinate" in the lake! Sorry!!!
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no argument Carter....that is why i started the post off by saying i don't really 'preach' to everyone about environmental protection although i do believe it is important....i was just making an observation about the small environmental impact created from copper being discharged into the water....

it is kind of like one boat owner using a soap to wash his boat that is not environmentally friendly.....we think oh one boat wash won't do any harm....but what if a significant number of boat owners did the same thing?

cliff
 
Hmmmm.......gotta admit.......I pee in the water. No female guests aboard when out fishing or something I pee over the side.
Please forgive me.....
 
You know what's funny about people peeing in the water... they always stop moving and freeze while doing it. If a few people are swimming around and one of them all of the sudden stops moving and stops talking... swim away!
 
KevinC said:
So the Chlorine/Bromine tabs we are running through our systems is actually cleaning the water for all of those pissing in it - kinda makes our boats one big pool filter. So, new add campaign - save a lake - drive a boat ;)

-Kevin
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See, NOW we're thinking!
 
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