Be happy to assist!
Despite the water problems and the re-plumb, it is a bad *** setup!
150 Gallon Build Thread ... From the Start
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Be happy to assist!
Despite the water problems and the re-plumb, it is a bad *** setup!
Coy, to answer your question on the self-sealing teflon/plumbing.....
YES....it's not so much the teflon, but particles in your water that will seal it if there are tiny leaks. They will just settle in between and lock it up.
I'm just plain jealous with that tank you have, but making good progress on my 99.
(I have no leaks.... ;-P )
Keep it up, my favourite thread for quite some time already.
Cheers,
Luc
YES....it's not so much the teflon, but particles in your water that will seal it if there are tiny leaks. They will just settle in between and lock it up.
I'm just plain jealous with that tank you have, but making good progress on my 99.
(I have no leaks.... ;-P )
Keep it up, my favourite thread for quite some time already.
Cheers,
Luc
Just added some to my thread on the 99Gallon...might as well post a part here regarding the CO2-reactor.
As you've seen, I just put it together from scrap I had lying around.
"CO2 reactor is working perfect. Like DrVader's commercial unit (and Coy's unit as well), with the difference that the bleed-line is running back into the water-loop before the reactor and this just takes any air-buildup after a restart away in a couple of minutes.
It might be worth considering this on the commercial unit DrVader, Coy.....Just loop the bleeding valve, plump it in a Y fitting to make sure it 'pulls' air, not pushes water in...then runs into the reactor-chamber again.
Never any gas-buildup during operation, even with a power-drop and restart (tested a dozen times and more yesterday), it will automatically calibrate/empty itself within minutes. Build up air/CO2 is 'mixed out' in about 10 minutes while CO2 keeps running.
(on power-off, I have about 2 inch of air buildup because of back-flow and syphon-break in the line. No problem at all.)
As you've seen, I just put it together from scrap I had lying around.
"CO2 reactor is working perfect. Like DrVader's commercial unit (and Coy's unit as well), with the difference that the bleed-line is running back into the water-loop before the reactor and this just takes any air-buildup after a restart away in a couple of minutes.
It might be worth considering this on the commercial unit DrVader, Coy.....Just loop the bleeding valve, plump it in a Y fitting to make sure it 'pulls' air, not pushes water in...then runs into the reactor-chamber again.
Never any gas-buildup during operation, even with a power-drop and restart (tested a dozen times and more yesterday), it will automatically calibrate/empty itself within minutes. Build up air/CO2 is 'mixed out' in about 10 minutes while CO2 keeps running.
(on power-off, I have about 2 inch of air buildup because of back-flow and syphon-break in the line. No problem at all.)
Luc,
Thank you for the compliments.
Also, great to hear about the little leak ... it was the tiniest of leaks (if it was a leak) - only a couple of little, little drops over 4 or 5 hours. It seems to have stopped now. Hopefully it has sealed itself up!
It's great to hear you are making progress on your 99! Do you have a thread going, or some pics?
Thanks again,
Coy
Some pictures of the CO2-reactor and installation:
1. Reactor before installation
2. Top of the reactor:
- Left line is CO2 input, running to 3/4 down into the reactor
- Middle is water-line
- Right is bleeding-line, 1 inch into the reactor, cut at 45' angle and sealed in the water-direction on the waterline.
3. Installing the reactor, no connection to the tank yet.
4. Installation complete
1. Reactor before installation
2. Top of the reactor:
- Left line is CO2 input, running to 3/4 down into the reactor
- Middle is water-line
- Right is bleeding-line, 1 inch into the reactor, cut at 45' angle and sealed in the water-direction on the waterline.
3. Installing the reactor, no connection to the tank yet.
4. Installation complete
