James77
Team RC
insulating the tank... very interesting idea, would insulating just the back and bottom make a big difference?
I wouldn't say a big difference, but any bit helps. I glued melamine foam to the back of mine.
insulating the tank... very interesting idea, would insulating just the back and bottom make a big difference?
I plan to use a wood stove to help my house/tank this winter, I am guessing it will help some with the electric bill.
I searched and found going to 220 electric on my mh lights and found a return pump that use half the amps as 110
I'm planning something similar - how do you plan to insulate the sump in the winter bud?I'm getting ready to setup a 250g 60x36x27 on the main floor plumbed to a 40 gallon sump in the basement ...
I plan on insulating the 125 gallon sump in the winter and the back and bottom of the 250 year round.
Canoe,
..conserve the water ...
.. reservoir outside underground and recirculating water through the system via a pump ...
... Return as much as possible near the well's source.
... house's main plumbing ... takes from the HE system first?
1.) Get rid of your sumps.
Gravity will feed them with tank water for free, but it takes serious amounts of electrical power to pump it back up in your tank again.
My tank works pretty good without a sump beneath, or at least try to place your sump at the same height as your tank, so you get it done with a smaller recirculation pump.
2.) Another idea would use the heat of your lightning system to heat the water during the winter months. Of course it is bloody dangerous to us hobbyists to mount an heat exchanger inside a MH fixture.....
3.) Forget about SPS and other inverts with high demand in lightning and water flow. Try LPS, shrooms, zoas and the likings........this will lower your bill. With lower wattage lightning you don´t need a chiller...and so on, see how it can turn into big savings??