I've often wondered this myself as my cold water comes out the tap at 17C and the lowest i can get my hot is 37C. I'm working on fitting a thermostatic mixer to couple the two together for a combined 26C.
Steve
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I've often wondered this myself as my cold water comes out the tap at 17C and the lowest i can get my hot is 37C. I'm working on fitting a thermostatic mixer to couple the two together for a combined 26C.
Steve
That's not a bad point. The thing to do is test your water before you do the change (if you do the whole tank dose). Then test again a few hours later, depending on the size of the tank. If excess ammonia is being produced it will be showing up by then. If you're anything like me you'll be testing neurotically when starting up anyway
Neurotic... now that I can relate to! I test before water changes and 3-4 hours after to allow for complete "mixing". Probably going overboard, but I'm still learning...
digital thermometer match the temp close the valve. bigger tanks i just use the hose.
you cannot over-dechlorinate as far as I know. the water in the tank is already treated. Treat the water you are going to add to the tank beforhand for its volume according to the directions on the bottle and add it dude. I guess there are no more headaches wrt calculations then. TC
uhhhh.... why not just run two lines together with valves and adjust the flow of each?
you can see my hot and cold(red and blue respectivly) lines being fed into one single line.
FYI, Add the water conditioner to the water stream while its filling, while filling i let the water stream run over the temperature probe so i can monitor the temp, i have a single handle faucet and i know what position the Handel needs to be in, with a few adjustments the water only varies about a degree, its not a big deal, no need to fill pails or preheat water...........
I honestly don't worry too much about it..it really just needs to be close..within a few degrees.
many times adding cooler water will trigger spawns(replacing the rain which is cooler than the water)
I use the 'feel' method..I do check and try to get the temp to be about the same as the tank..but prefer it to be a bit cooler.
remember that you will be mixing the water with existing water which acts as a buffer to the new water added..it works the same for the dechlorinator..the dechlorinator does not work instantaneously ..it does take a bit of time for it to break the chlorine ammonia boind and lock up the ammonia. the tank water buffers the time for this to take effect.
many times adding cooler water will trigger spawns(replacing the rain which is cooler than the water)
I use the 'feel' method..I do check and try to get the temp to be about the same as the tank..but prefer it to be a bit cooler.
remember that you will be mixing the water with existing water which acts as a buffer to the new water added..it works the same for the dechlorinator..the dechlorinator does not work instantaneously ..it does take a bit of time for it to break the chlorine ammonia boind and lock up the ammonia. the tank water buffers the time for this to take effect.
