DIY Wavebox! (With modded MJ)

How do you think this would work out? I would imagine the plumbing would have to be pretty large to allow the siphon to refill the wavebox fast enough. I'd think around 1.5" or 2", but it would keep the wavebox out of the tank as well as allow it to be out of the tank without drilling for those who already have established tanks that don't want it mounted inside the display. Thoughts?
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11527698#post11527698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tcmfish
Someone with some crazy DIY skills could design a motor that turns that drives a piston up and down with a pipe connected to the aquarium sucking water in and pushing it out the cylinder would have to be water tight yet have to moved up and down.
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sounds like a wave 2k to me
 
ive heard bad things about the wave 2k's, mostly that they are loud..wich to me = annoying.

Anyone come up with a practical way to control the MJ mod??
chavet timers? what model? anything else??
 
i used the chauvet timer but the ecomod i was using only lasted like 24 hours. the blades broke off the shaft of the propeller and the rubber on the end of the shafts melted away from the start stop, which caused there to be no stop. after they melted, sometimes the pump would start in reverse and not be stopped, which would cause the box to fill with water and overflow the top.

on a good note, the timer was perfect for it. no mods at all. just had to dial in the freq.
but the ecomod couldn't handle it.

the thing was amazing for abotu 24 hours...but then nothing.

I was planning on trying other pumps and everything, but i'm a college student and don't have the funds to be buying and testing pumps. if someone else has a pump that could handle it please let me know!
keith
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11522492#post11522492 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tkeracer619
The brushless motor would be fine with the cycles. They have no wear parts.

Last I was into RC those motors and controllers were expensive. It might be more cost effective to go with the tunze 6055 or similar.

BTW I did some diy'ing and came up with something of interest but havent perfected it so I'm not telling just yet. Here is a teaser. It is not a modded maxijet or tunze and cost less than $50! =P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9JiFR-H3Sw
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Any details yet?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11573794#post11573794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rottface4
Any details yet?
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If things go smooth this week I should have plans out within a week. Last week... not so smooth.



<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11584946#post11584946 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by veurli
LOL it now sounds like you have a shower running 24/7 in your living room :D
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Sometimes you gotta do things you don't want to =]. This pond was a place to put all my corals when my 150 gallon tank burst.
 
Another thought. What about doing a wavemaker, but not using powerheads.

Anyone out there done anything with electromagnets? You could do a opposite pole version http://www.magnetechcorp.com/Opposite_pole.htm

a magnet fitted in epoxy inside a cylinder (or box). You could then control the DC electromagnet through almost any logic controller out there.
 
Sounds as a good idea.

Can you make a drawing how you think this is possible.

And do you think its saltwaterproof??
 
it could all be epoxy encased making it waterproof.....my drawing skills suck, i've tried it before on my forum and didn't get anywhere mocking it up
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11522492#post11522492 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tkeracer619
The brushless motor would be fine with the cycles. They have no wear parts.

Last I was into RC those motors and controllers were expensive. It might be more cost effective to go with the tunze 6055 or similar.

BTW I did some diy'ing and came up with something of interest but havent perfected it so I'm not telling just yet. Here is a teaser. It is not a modded maxijet or tunze and cost less than $50! =P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9JiFR-H3Sw
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There are cheap submersable pumps for $30 on ebay from china. They are 0-6500rpm, 24v. A controller would be easy to make. They are small in output, high in pressure (more for computer liquid cooling it seems, but 100% ceramic/plastic for saltwater). You could either have the pump on a controller pumping water into a small box above the tank (with a small drain hole at the bottom), or, you could remove the pump volute, and make something that would move more water, putting the pump on a controller to make it 'wave'.

Personally, the sinusoidal valve w/ an airpump on a submerged box in the tank has shown the most impact... enough wave to make a tank crack like a reverse carlson surge device.

Otherwise, Im shocked nobody has tried my AC pump w/ fixed output with a diverter system idea (drum rotates between having the water flow in a loop back into the box w/ water being let into the box AND a phase where the box's inlet is closed and all the pump's water is pumped out. All you would need is a low power DC motor that could cover the range from 40-100 rpm.
 
Sorry, my new job has me working all the time =] I did however get closer to releasing the build log. It works and works well. Hopefully I will get some time in the next two weeks to finalize a few things and get it ready to post. I want it to be right so we dont have to fiddle with the thing. I knew I shouldn't have given everone the teaser untill I was closer XD. Soon, I promise, you will all have cheap waves =]
 
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