beachroadbum
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Thanks Steve,
wow and I thought that was flex pvc...shucks
wow and I thought that was flex pvc...shucks
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Ozone Fittings
Ozone Fittings
Well after three months of using O3, my 12 dollar Ozone Injector from My Reef Creations fell apart.
Below are some pics
Anyone have any ideas of how to make a more reliable O3 injector.
For 12 bucks you think it would be a better design, ie. last longer than, be safer for owners and inhabitants of the home.
Luckly i check my equiptment, very often and found the coroded part, if not i could have O3'd the entire house i would assume.
Ate right through the JG 1/4 fitting
Doesn't aqua C, and Barr skimmers have nice O3 ports?
Ozone Fittings
Well after three months of using O3, my 12 dollar Ozone Injector from My Reef Creations fell apart.
Below are some pics
Anyone have any ideas of how to make a more reliable O3 injector.
For 12 bucks you think it would be a better design, ie. last longer than, be safer for owners and inhabitants of the home.
Luckly i check my equiptment, very often and found the coroded part, if not i could have O3'd the entire house i would assume.
Ate right through the JG 1/4 fitting
Doesn't aqua C, and Barr skimmers have nice O3 ports?
bond007069
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No, it is just a piece of plastic, maybe he will see this
samsfishnchips
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cool MdM31,
yup, JG fittings crack after a few months, but I wouldn't' worry much, that piece is point of suction, so no ozone will escape to the outside air
I assume that piece was broken trying to take it out right?
I check and replace when needed, as with all my equipment, probes, pumps, ect.
we need to find a better insert, if one doesn't want to change it every few months,
ozone is very powerful stuff, even ozone safe tubing needs to be change
just take the threaded pieces out and put a new one,
sam
yup, JG fittings crack after a few months, but I wouldn't' worry much, that piece is point of suction, so no ozone will escape to the outside air
I assume that piece was broken trying to take it out right?
I check and replace when needed, as with all my equipment, probes, pumps, ect.
we need to find a better insert, if one doesn't want to change it every few months,
ozone is very powerful stuff, even ozone safe tubing needs to be change
just take the threaded pieces out and put a new one,
sam
samsfishnchips
Premium Member
steve68,
good point, 200mg at ones is no joke
steve, did you put your unit online?
sam
good point, 200mg at ones is no joke
steve, did you put your unit online?
sam
samsfishnchips
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guys,
found this pic, this type of fitting should do the trick, and or a pvc one, which is ozone safe,
pic by jdieck
sam
found this pic, this type of fitting should do the trick, and or a pvc one, which is ozone safe,
pic by jdieck
sam
bond007069
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steve68 said:
Set at 400 mV on a Milaukie ORP/Ph controller
bond007069
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nunez1980 said:cool MdM31,
yup, JG fittings crack after a few months, but I wouldn't' worry much, that piece is point of suction, so no ozone will escape to the outside air
I assume that piece was broken trying to take it out right?
No it crumbed like old bread
OK quick update... Skimmer is rocking. I'm pretty sure that the problem was that air was getting in somehow through the beckett assembly. Since I tore everything down and put it back together, this thing is easy to adjust and is doing a great job!
Probably not that exciting as most of you already knew these skimmer are incredible
Probably not that exciting as most of you already knew these skimmer are incredible
samsfishnchips
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Ixthys,
the main pieces are pvc, there are unaffected, the issues is just the JG, over time it cracks, and if you try to remove it, it "crumbed like old bread "
I added a another sump, to my setup, I think I getting steve's "adding more water volume every t..." symptoms
and put a cheap power head with a venture to mix ozone and all the output of that tank when it falls into the main sump, is filter with carbon,
like it better this way
Creetin, I hear you, and I got my raiser on its way, sweet
sam
the main pieces are pvc, there are unaffected, the issues is just the JG, over time it cracks, and if you try to remove it, it "crumbed like old bread "
I added a another sump, to my setup, I think I getting steve's "adding more water volume every t..." symptoms
and put a cheap power head with a venture to mix ozone and all the output of that tank when it falls into the main sump, is filter with carbon,
like it better this way
Creetin, I hear you, and I got my raiser on its way, sweet
sam
beachroadbum
Premium Member
Hop thats great,
I am glad to hear the skimmer is kicking butt again!!
take care,
Jared
I am glad to hear the skimmer is kicking butt again!!
take care,
Jared
bond007069
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So it to summarize the O3 injector question
you guys think the PVC is O3 safe.
But the JG is not O3 safe
So change the JG elbow to a PVC nipple?
Thanks
you guys think the PVC is O3 safe.
But the JG is not O3 safe
So change the JG elbow to a PVC nipple?
Thanks
Ereefic
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Re: Quite One 4000
Re: Quite One 4000
It may work, but you'd be handicapping the skimmers abilities. A pressure rated pump is needed to drive the becketts correctly.
With that said, I run a Gen-X 6000 (approx. 1500 gph) on my MR-1 and it works pretty good. Although a pressure pump would work much better.
I ran a Gen-X 8500 (approx. 2200 gph) on a MR-2 and then switched to a PCX-55HP (pressure rated) and it now skims way better. Less tweaking and much more consistant skimming.
Re: Quite One 4000
To-Arbitrate said:
It may work, but you'd be handicapping the skimmers abilities. A pressure rated pump is needed to drive the becketts correctly.
With that said, I run a Gen-X 6000 (approx. 1500 gph) on my MR-1 and it works pretty good. Although a pressure pump would work much better.
I ran a Gen-X 8500 (approx. 2200 gph) on a MR-2 and then switched to a PCX-55HP (pressure rated) and it now skims way better. Less tweaking and much more consistant skimming.
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