ojustaboo
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Hi all, me yet again.
Last night I finally got my reg leak free and everything set up and working, using my home made reactor as per my thread
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15107
I've got it set up as follows.
Regulator output into one way valve.
One way valve into bubble counter. Bubble counter into my reactor.
Filter output into top of reactor, bottom of reactor into fish tank spray bar as per rough drawing below
I only had it on for an hour or so last night before the light went off (it's on a solenoid and goes off with lights) so just set it up, checked for leaks and decided to play today.
First problem was the bubble counter. Last night it was 2/3 full of water, today it was filled to the top. As I've cable tied the pipes onto the connections, easiest way of emptying a bit was turning it upside down and turning the CO2 up to force some out of the counter, I imagine I'm going to get told why this is a bad idea in a min
2nd problem is, I set low pressure at 1.5 bar and the bubble counter to be approx 60 bubbles per min and after 2 hours, the drop checker was still completely blue. My wife is convinced it's gone slightly green, I'm not.
I've moved the drop checker to a different part of the tank that obviously has flow from the filter over it.
I've upped the bubbles to approx 140 per minute. So far it still isn't changing colour, will get back in a couple of hours to let you know if there's any change.
Not having much luck so far
Last night I finally got my reg leak free and everything set up and working, using my home made reactor as per my thread
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15107
I've got it set up as follows.
Regulator output into one way valve.
One way valve into bubble counter. Bubble counter into my reactor.
Filter output into top of reactor, bottom of reactor into fish tank spray bar as per rough drawing below
I only had it on for an hour or so last night before the light went off (it's on a solenoid and goes off with lights) so just set it up, checked for leaks and decided to play today.
First problem was the bubble counter. Last night it was 2/3 full of water, today it was filled to the top. As I've cable tied the pipes onto the connections, easiest way of emptying a bit was turning it upside down and turning the CO2 up to force some out of the counter, I imagine I'm going to get told why this is a bad idea in a min
2nd problem is, I set low pressure at 1.5 bar and the bubble counter to be approx 60 bubbles per min and after 2 hours, the drop checker was still completely blue. My wife is convinced it's gone slightly green, I'm not.
I've moved the drop checker to a different part of the tank that obviously has flow from the filter over it.
I've upped the bubbles to approx 140 per minute. So far it still isn't changing colour, will get back in a couple of hours to let you know if there's any change.
Not having much luck so far