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pbrehmer (CT)
For several weeks at least we have had black flecks in our tap water. It is only in the kitchen faucet, not the bathroom faucets, and is with both hot and cold water. The flecks are small and smear like grease. City water supply, not a well. From my google searches it seems this would be because of a deteriorating rubber hose. Today I was finally to the point of bypassing the landlord and calling a plumber myself but decided to check the water one more time. No black flecks. Like I said, we have had this problem for at least several weeks (husband noticed a funny taste long before we paid attention to the specks) and have been filtering the water before using. Sometime in the last week since checking it just cleared up. Does that still sound like a hose? Is there anything we can do about it now or do we just wait and see if it comes back?
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Wheelchair (IL)
From the time the water leaves the water source until it arrives at your faucet, passes thru miles of similar and dis-similar pipes, tubes and elbows. For some, the efforts are not worth the time to search.
Best Wishes
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Ric_T (CA)
Here’s my experience…
Same problem here, black oily specks in the hot water when it fills the tub. Some of it floats, some of it sinks to the bottom of the tub. And EXCEEDINGLY difficult to remove (I used a mechanics abrasive hand cleaner, not much else would touch it). The other thing I have in common with several of the above messages, I was using Brasscraft connectors with black braided exterior sheath and apparently a black rubber interior. When I removed the connector tubing, it was rather obvious this was the source of the black greasy soot-like particles. I replaced them with high quality corrugated stainless-steel connectors, flushed the tank and ran several tubsful of hot water. The water is now squeaky clean. According to the manufacturer (Brasscraft) they are only good for the cold-water side, not for hot water above 118 deg. (There was no such label when I purchased them several years back). The negative reviews of these connectors on Amazon tell the same story. Not good for hot water. Lesson learned the hard way. …and THANKS to all who shared their story here, that saved me a lot of grief (such as replacing anode, HW tank etc. like several others here with the same issue).
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