TANGOMAN
10-06-2003, 05:02 PM
I rarely have much wisdom to share but but when y'all need someone to laugh at, I like to do my part.
This morning I began to tackle the project of installing an additional electrical circuit in the basement "laboratory". The tanks down there are sharing a circuit with the upstairs living room and there are a couple of tanks,t.v, stereo, lights etc. and I feared it was just too much. So I flipped the main breaker and tied in my new circuit. With the power back on I figured I should do the "walk-about" and ensure all pumps were runnin'. As I began to walk up the stairs I suddenly remembered an earlier project I had been putting off because it was time consuminig...cleaning a check valve. My sump on the 60g cannot handle the back flow so I installed one of those evil things until I got around to upgrading the sump.(I've been puttin' that off for five years.) Well, the check valve failed, flooded the sump and spilled into the cabinet. Fortunately the cabinet base has a sealed holding capacity of about ten gallons. I guess we've done our water change... It was also a good time to remove the check valve and give it a vinegar bath.
Thank god for Shop-Vacs !
Maybe next week I'll tell ya' abaout the basement flood when I left the transfer pump runnin' while I had supper. I store fresh water in a garbage can and transfer it to the salt water can. Fortunately I had just done water changes so I was transfering lot's 'o water... :rolleyes: 20+ gallons covers a lot of concrete eh ? I've been puttin' off, hmmm, there's that word again, installing an overflow drain on that pail because this has happened before. :redface: . Like I said earlier, thank god for Shop-Vacs.
And that my friends is the story hobby essentials. The Shop Vac.
This morning I began to tackle the project of installing an additional electrical circuit in the basement "laboratory". The tanks down there are sharing a circuit with the upstairs living room and there are a couple of tanks,t.v, stereo, lights etc. and I feared it was just too much. So I flipped the main breaker and tied in my new circuit. With the power back on I figured I should do the "walk-about" and ensure all pumps were runnin'. As I began to walk up the stairs I suddenly remembered an earlier project I had been putting off because it was time consuminig...cleaning a check valve. My sump on the 60g cannot handle the back flow so I installed one of those evil things until I got around to upgrading the sump.(I've been puttin' that off for five years.) Well, the check valve failed, flooded the sump and spilled into the cabinet. Fortunately the cabinet base has a sealed holding capacity of about ten gallons. I guess we've done our water change... It was also a good time to remove the check valve and give it a vinegar bath.
Thank god for Shop-Vacs !
Maybe next week I'll tell ya' abaout the basement flood when I left the transfer pump runnin' while I had supper. I store fresh water in a garbage can and transfer it to the salt water can. Fortunately I had just done water changes so I was transfering lot's 'o water... :rolleyes: 20+ gallons covers a lot of concrete eh ? I've been puttin' off, hmmm, there's that word again, installing an overflow drain on that pail because this has happened before. :redface: . Like I said earlier, thank god for Shop-Vacs.
And that my friends is the story hobby essentials. The Shop Vac.