Dez' Tank Journal

[subman]

Wow Dez it's looking awesome! 2" plumbing

[Skimmerking]

hey there Dez i wold watch out with the wavy sea man, i sold mine when the power cuts out the unit will continue to spin until the unit is reset ok.. just letting you know. that is why i sold mine.. it caused a huge flood with mine same place that you have yours is the place is where mine spit out alot crap load of water......


mike

[Dez]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

hey there Dez i wold watch out with the wavy sea man, i sold mine when the power cuts out the unit will continue to spin until the unit is reset ok.. just letting you know. that is why i sold mine.. it caused a huge flood with mine same place that you have yours is the place is where mine spit out alot crap load of water......


mike

Thnaks Mike, I'll be doing a lot of testing with just fresh water in the tank and testing all situations to make sure that I'll have as little water as possible on the floor . I remember you telling me this a few months ago. It was on sale at J&L so I thought it's worth a shot for tweaking etc..... Hopefully I can work aroudn the bug.

[Dez]

Here's a short clip of the wave that I can get. The sump isn't running in this video, that's why you can see the water line. when it's all runing, the water line is hidden.

I don't know how to post videos but here's the link. I don't know how to rotate it either on quicktime.

http://s600.photobucket.com/albums/t...2009-06-28.flv

Just copy and paste the link to your browser.

[Skimmerking]

right on man

[banditpowdercoat]

Lookin good Dez.

You think you hate threaded fittings. The prev owner used Silicone on all my fittings, and thusly, over tightened them. Just had another fitting break. a 3/4" 90 just shattered. Wife was home, but not in living room. Pumped my entire sump out onto the carpet.. I am not pleased, and I wont be hore for over 2 weeks yet


Yours looks Much dryer LOL

[Dez]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Lookin good Dez.

You think you hate threaded fittings. The prev owner used Silicone on all my fittings, and thusly, over tightened them. Just had another fitting break. a 3/4" 90 just shattered. Wife was home, but not in living room. Pumped my entire sump out onto the carpet.. I am not pleased, and I wont be hore for over 2 weeks yet


Yours looks Much dryer LOL

Ouch....yikes. I couldn't imagine. I'm pretty lucky (or maybe well planned?), my sump is right beside my sump pump reservoir - so theoretically the lowest point in the house. When I had to take my pump apart to load more teflon tape on, I just closed the valves, unhooked the pump and let her drain onto the floor and it just went into my house sump pump reservoir. I know what you mean about silicone.....ugh....I got some used 2" plumbing from a friend for my closed loop that was all glued together already, and when I hooked it up it leaked like a sieve.....argh.... I'm glad it did though because in the end I was happier cause I didn't use any 90s. Hopefully your carpet it dry.

Man, the things our wives put up with hey?

[banditpowdercoat]

ya the things we put them through. Tank is fixed, and now teaching the wife, over MSN, the difference of ATO and SW, and why we dont fill 20G of lost tank water with ATO water. Man, I hope she pays a little more attn now when I tell her how to do thngs...

[apexi]

Looking good so far. Love how you framed the tank to achieve that picture frame hanging on the wall look! I also did something similar as well except mine is see through on both sides, with piping to a basement sump room.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by apexi

Looking good so far. Love how you framed the tank to achieve that picture frame hanging on the wall look! I also did something similar as well except mine is see through on both sides, with piping to a basement sump room.

Thanks for the comments. I don't know if you have read through the whole thread, but mine is see through on both sides as well, there'll be custom cabinet work done on the other side of the "picture frame" and also piping to the basement sump room.