Skimmer
 

Well I have the new skimmer up and running... Looks great! I am a little short on room, so I have to get someting built for auto top off... any suggestions?

The skimmer looks awesome.. not sure on how it is working yet... I will wait until morning to give it a rating!

Thanks ro dez and harvey for the u-tube idea, its working amazingly!

I would love to post pictures, but the boyfriend says the craftmanship was done quickly not nicely, so I am not permitted :P He is already talking about building me a fish room! I think I may have an addict on my hands *cheer*

Talk to Harvey about the Auto-Top-Off.
He has been making a number of them lately... :mrgreen:

I am looking at making a shelf in my stand that will hold a two or three gallon container and just use air tubing or something like it for the water to get in to my sump.


Brad

Well i had auto top off, its the container size I am worried about.. not even room for a shelf... prolly ony 12 inch diameter... not a pretty thing to be sure =(

Run it straight off the r/0 unit from the basement to a float valve.

No room required, and hook it to a solenoid just in case.

des

Her tank isn't basement plumbed though Dez.

My 180 wasn't basement plumbed at all but my top off came from the basement with a 1/4" hole in the floor of my closet.

Des

PS, are you back yet?

Auto top off
 

Hooked up my auto top off last night and it works great. Directly from my ro unit to a float valve in my sump. Still need a solenoid though. I drilled through the kitchen cabinet and through the apartment wall :eek: . Lol, I then ran it along the wall to the tank.

Hey Des do you know where I can get a solenoid?

Stan

i have an extra one =)

Soleoid
 

Do you want to sell it. How much do you want for it ? :mrgreen:


Stan

Well, lets make sure its a celenoid first..... it has bolts in it and attaches to a cord that you put a pump in.. turns off when the water gets above the doo hickey.. sound right?

This is a solenoid:

http://www.autotopoff.com/products/S/images/S01_JPG.jpg

You can pick one up at McMaster-Carr for ~$18. There are 3 versions, 24VAC, 120VAC and 12VDC. The part number for the 120VAC one is 7877K53.

Where is this Store located ? When does the solenoid kick in ?

Mcmaster-Carr is an online store. The solenoid is normally closed, so when you plug it in, the solenoid opens up (thus letting water through). I currently have mine hooked up to a float switch. If the water level in my sump gets too high, it trips the float switch and turns off the power to the solenoid, cutting off the freshwater supply.