WarDaddy
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My Monday started like any other Monday morning with my alarm going off at 4:25am. At 4:30 I started down the stairs, gym bag in hand, and then I heard it. The single worst noise a reefer can hear. My main pump was running dry, a noise none of us want to hear, but hear regularly in nightmares. I dropped everything and ran.
Squish. As my foot hit the carpet on the ground floor I felt water, my carpet is soaked. Squish, squish, slip. Water is everywhere. I opened the cabinet, shut off all the pumps. Silence, the second worst sound a reefer can hear, nothing, I should hear water flowing and the gentle hum of the pumps, all I hear is my piulse racing amd my mind screaming, Why, What, How, My Wife is going to kill meââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦
The last thought was weighing the heaviest, back up the stairs I ran. Towels, I need all the towels I can find. After getting the flood under control, 10 beach towels later, I return to the Why, What, Howââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦
My suspension is the cube, it has flooded 2 other times, letââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s start there. The search is a short one, the cube is my problem. To be specific, it is my new RBTA. The RBTA had decided to go free floating, worked its way through the teeth of my overflow, and into the strainer on the outlet pipe.
It is amazing; the RBTA has squished its body through the narrow slits of the strainer and completely blocked the overflow. The water being pumped into the cube has nowhere to go but over the sides, and onto the floor. Final tally is 15 gallons, give or take, onto the living room floor.
I called in sick, ran to Home Depot, rented a carpet cleaner and a carpet drier. The clean up has taken me all day long. I have already modified the cube (pics tomorrow) to prevent this problem from happening again.
What a morning. I have the carpet pulled back yet again, the pad is still wet. I am trying to get it dry over night. Fun Times.
Squish. As my foot hit the carpet on the ground floor I felt water, my carpet is soaked. Squish, squish, slip. Water is everywhere. I opened the cabinet, shut off all the pumps. Silence, the second worst sound a reefer can hear, nothing, I should hear water flowing and the gentle hum of the pumps, all I hear is my piulse racing amd my mind screaming, Why, What, How, My Wife is going to kill meââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦
The last thought was weighing the heaviest, back up the stairs I ran. Towels, I need all the towels I can find. After getting the flood under control, 10 beach towels later, I return to the Why, What, Howââ"šÂ¬Ã‚¦
My suspension is the cube, it has flooded 2 other times, letââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s start there. The search is a short one, the cube is my problem. To be specific, it is my new RBTA. The RBTA had decided to go free floating, worked its way through the teeth of my overflow, and into the strainer on the outlet pipe.
It is amazing; the RBTA has squished its body through the narrow slits of the strainer and completely blocked the overflow. The water being pumped into the cube has nowhere to go but over the sides, and onto the floor. Final tally is 15 gallons, give or take, onto the living room floor.
I called in sick, ran to Home Depot, rented a carpet cleaner and a carpet drier. The clean up has taken me all day long. I have already modified the cube (pics tomorrow) to prevent this problem from happening again.
What a morning. I have the carpet pulled back yet again, the pad is still wet. I am trying to get it dry over night. Fun Times.
How'd you fix the problem?
