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A float valve can’t hold the pressure to keep it off. As pressure escapes, it turns back on. I use two optical sensors to turn it on and off. One when 10 gallons have been used, off when it’s full. You don’t want it turning on and off. You’ll end up with tds NOT being zero in your water.
Sorry man, wish I knew. You can try r2r, more folks there. There has to be electronics professionals who can do this, but its a niche product so that may be an issue....
Thanks man. I'm trying to decide if I want to set it up over a sump, or on a shelf. Any input folks? The obvious answer would be sump in case of any overflows, but where I could put it (pass through or old sump) would still get water everywhere. I was thinking maybe build a shelf on the main...
That new one is rated @ 1500lbs, the other two are rated @ 2500lbs. The bigger ones are really nice, but I couldn’t find a deal and this is plenty more capacity than I need.
It's very easy to do, even without a guide. If you have an old tank to practice on, it may give you the confidence you need for your display tank. It won't take more than one or two practice holes. +1 on the putty damn, unless you want to run fresh water the entire time over the glass/bit.
The salinity checker is nice. I have that same one and it’s great. If I had to buy one today, I’d but the stick type. They make that form factor, and so do a few other mfrs.
thanks!
Each manifold is 1” to the supply line (another manifold I guess). The supply is 1.5. It’s the same size coming out of the pump. The pump is a 2650gph pump. I was getting around 1000gph coming out with 1” hose to the manifold. I would have all of the outlets fully open. I was...