Hey Jim, If I'm not mistaken, the "safe" plastics are #1 and #2, as identified in the recycling triangle logo, but I'll check around. I pulled my reservoir, and it has no triangle on it, and says on the side: "Per Alimenti Made In Italy CE"
A quick translation on iGoogle gives "food", so I'm assuming this means "for food", i.e. food-grade. However, since all the bad plastics were also considered food grade, I'm not sure this answers the question. Ira did a conversion some time back, where he replaced the reservoir with a clear plastic one. His purpose was to put in a float without destroying the original reservoir, but it might give you some ideas on options for yours. If you find the perfect container, let me know! Look in the files section of this group, under Ira's Brutus-2.zip. take care, bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > From: JimR <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:40:55 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Resevoir safety > > > Hi guys, > > I rarely post, but I've had my B II for almost 3 yrs now. > I have the one with the plastic resevoir. I know many of you have > yours plumbed in and this doesn't apply, but I'm kind of concerned > about the chemical in plastics bisphenol A (BPA) that is getting a lot > of press about causing health problems that leaches into water > containers, especially when exposed to hot conditions. > > Does anyone know anything about the plastic container in the BII, as > far as being made of the right kind of plastic? Supposedly, the > "wrong" kind of plastic is opaque and the right kind is hard and > clear. (if there IS any "right" kind). > > I had a glass container made, but it's so heavy that it defeats the > switch to turn off the boiler if it's empty. > > Looking for ideas and input. I'm not really keen on sending my machine > back to WLL to get switched over to a plumb-in and not seeing it for 6 > weeks or more... > (WLL - feel free to jump in here also) > > Thanks! > JimR > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
