Canadian Man,
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Did you have a prefrence or opinion on what worked better, the reef-rat or seasquirrle
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I really like the Sea-Squirrel, it was my first project although more complex. It works great.
The Reef-Rat, although still in development, is much easier to build. The big problem is the torque required to swivel the nozzle. The water rocketing out of the return pipe exerts quite a load on that pivoting nozzle.
Needs more work prior to release.
StirCrazy,
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hmm how hard would it be to link two nozzles to a commen shaft
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The torque loading on the motor and mechanism will probably be too high. The mechanism would fill the box, if it would be big enough.
These motors typically have a 4 or 5 watt rating. As it is many Sea-Swirls had a failing motor problem, part due to heat and part due to motor rating and size, they work hard and wear out after a while.
Probably easier just to add a modified sch40 nozzle fitting on the return nozzle.
Van
03-05-2003, 11:11 AM
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