Transmission Fluid Keeps Plastic Pipe In Good Shape

Transmission Fluid Keeps Plastic Pipe In Good Shape ENERGY Wood Burners 65 “The rust inhibitor chemicals in my outdoor wood burning stove were too harsh and caused a plastic pipe that delivers water underground to my house to become brittle and disintegrate I switched to automatic transmission fluid and that solved the problem ” says Gary Schmitt Croghan N Y Schmitt adds the transmission fluid to the water jacket in his 8-year-old wood stove “The heated water runs through 1-in dia plastic pipe that runs 90 ft from the stove to our house and back ” says Schmitt “About 4 years ago I started to notice we weren’t getting enough heat in the house so I went out to the stove and found the exposed pipe where it comes out of the stove was very brittle In fact when I pinched it between my finger and thumb it crumbled away like a cracker “I thought maybe the pipe wouldn’t be as brittle underground so I dug up about 6 ft but found the same problem there too I ended up draining all the water and replacing the entire 90 ft of pipe I knew that transmission fluid is a good lubricant and I happened to have 7 quarts on hand so when I refilled the water jacket I added the transmission oil in I haven’t had any problems since “The replacement pipe I installed is made with a layer of aluminum sandwiched between 2 layers of plastic and is guaranteed for 30 years I bought it from my local plumbing dealer ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Gary Schmitt 11286 State Route 812 Croghan N Y 13327 ph 315 767-6070; vgschmitt@gmail com

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