Ca Dispensor 5074 questions

johns

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Roger-

thanks for sending me the Osmolator and Ca Dispenser instruction sheets. I have a better feel now for what is going on. I may not know 100% yet. So if you'll excuse just a few more questions.

It seem the Ca Dispenser basically works by storing a slurry/solution of Ca Hydroxide inside this dispenser, then storing the dispenser inside of another bucket of RO water. When the Osmolator turns on to pump water, the tubing directs the water to the Ca Dispenser. This displaces the Ca Solution from the dispenser, and it is forced through the outlet tubing into your tank. Do I sorta have it right there?

And so the way I was kinda thinking about using the dispenser wouldn't really work. I was just going to fill the dispenser with a Ca Hydroxide solution manually and leave it sit beside the tank or something like that - and just keep filling it as needed (this is all for lack of space under the stand if you'll recall). According to the instructions, the dispenser has to sit inside of another bucket or container. And there is the question of leakage over time as well.

Do you have any other comments? Antything I'm missing.

As I said before, I may still buy the osmolator anyway. Just not sure if/how i'll use it to dose kalk yet. other than just using it directly in the kalk solution and ruining pumps deliberately.
 
and it sounds like it might be kins dangerous to store the dispensor INSIDE your sump. that was another thought that i had for a while.

what do you think?
 
Yes. There is always the possibility a hose will come disconnected or a seal leak.
 
Do I have the rest of the story right? At least kinda right?

Does the water sent via the osmolator hose enter the Ca dispenser at the bottom of the container and then exit out the hose at the top of the container? I'm trying to understand how the kalk get mixed properly. Now I'm thinking about finding a different sort of container, other than that bucket, that might still fit under my stand to house the dispeser.
 
Try US plastics- they have so many containers I would be surprised if one didn't work for you. You have the concept correct. The water is injected at a tangent to make a stirring action.
 
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