New wavemaker- awesome!!!

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Typhon said:
NuclearReefs.. yes.. scwd donÃ"šÃ‚´t have seals ,but the internal parts are cheaply made. I have gone thru 2 scwd in 9 months. They just stop working. Before that, I have to retun 2 scwd because I couldnÃ"šÃ‚´t get them to stop leaking.. I really donÃ"šÃ‚´t like scwd. Just a waste of money.

I am gettting a 4 way unit as soon as they are ready to ship..

Just my 2 cents..

Well,, So far I havent had any trouble with them. Im still a fan of over head surges, but the noise is hard to hide.. Cant modify apartment to much so Ill stick with til they give out,, Let me know how the 4 way works.. Thanks,
 
As I said guys I am not going to get into a war over pricing, nor will I knock other products, but I will respond to questions as to these units capacity.

Someone asked about hammering, on the pump.. there is zero

The drum is designed to open at one port while closing on the other, the wash over means no hammering or loading to the pump, if I had to put a number of some description on it I would say thats it almost the same as introducing a 90 degree bend.

The headloss is the same formulea same as a 90 degree bend.

I discuss all sales before shipping, and will not send out a custom application that could harm a pump...I discuss which version the individual requires,ask what pump capacity they want and then port accordingly.

The aim here was first to build a motorised ball valve for less than an industrial one, that I acomplished, and got another 7 outlets for free, the custom drum allows for 2 further versions, that costs no more, I got rid of the powerheads and also found a way to move water at the outlets very inexpensively. with very small and unobtrusive units.

I think I accomplished what I set out to do, you will be the proof.

I have a number of other projects in the works, also the larger model of the 4 way is underway, likely to accept 2" lines.

please feel free to ask any questions or to propose improvements.

Paul
 
How will the night/feeding thing work? Will this be something that can be added on later? Any idea how much additional this option will be? This is really what I want to know about to determine if I want to buy one of these.

Thanks.
 
Hi Rueg
It will be pretty simple, a sensor will read the position of the drum in the 8-way or 4 way, this will eneble you to stop the motor at a desired position, ie at your spray bar etc, this allows you to feed in realatively calm water, this sensor now allows us to stop tha motor at that position if the unit is wired via tha light circuit.

your lights go off, the motor keeps rotating till it sees the correct position and then stops, it resumes again when the lights come on.

hope this helps.... I need to get back to the drawing board.

Paul
 
Very nice U

Very nice U

Paul your system looks great! I was talking to mojo reef about this and as far as I'm concerned I'm sold! Nice Job! Works out well for me too. I will be calling you soon to purchase two 8 vavle systems. Have a 525 gallon system. I'm going to go to a sandless bottom. Have a design to go over with you. Again looks great. Talk to you soon. Breaking down tank in the next 2 weeks.


SalsaKing

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Paul, very nice. I like the new design also. If and when I can, I will be getting in touch. Thanks for the pm a while back. I'm sure you'll do well with these.

I did like the clear "alpha" unit you developed, very sexy.

Good luck to you sir. You are a very motivated inventor.
 
Hey Paul.
A buddy of mine with a 75 gal would like a 4 way wavemaker.
Please let me know when it will be ready for p/u.
 
Wow, great looking device. I'm looking forward to reading more. I tried to read through the whole post, so I may have missed this, but what's the power consumption on these?
 
Thanx for all the positive comments, and other comments too:)

8 ways are shipping and will get some serious critiqueing soon enough, when they arrive

Working away as usual, production is moving forward with few problems other than suppliers who don't seem to know what the word "rush" means, the larger 4-way is in production due to the requests for larger pump capacities 6,000 to 11,000GPH.

I thought 175 was big untill I hear numbers like 35cubic meters.
thats a lot of water.

Serge give me 12 days, I will personally deliver
Mike I sent mail,
and Mushroom boy, its about 7.5 watts, but I must confirm

thanx all

Paul
 
Ok I got mine on thursday. It is in and running!!!! I will have a complete write up/review in a couple days. I am also working on a short video of the flow on my reef, sped up 15 times so you can see the action............BUT first thoughts on it as I held it in my hand were that these things are bomb-proof.

Nice work Paul!
 
Thanx Tracy

You didn't lose any time hooking it up...please keep me posted

I need feedback and suggestions,negative or positive, thanks to all who have written or called, I'm here for the long run!

Paul

ps call me in 2 years!
 
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Aluminum Zinc still corrodes. As I said, it is not as apparent as other metals and it is at a much slower rate, but they both corrode, even as an alloy

I can shed some light on this. I work for a steel mill. You are correct that Galvanized Alum is more corrosive resistent though as the coating ages at about a year their is no difference. The main advanatage to Galv. Alum over Galv. is that the steel can be formed in tighter bends without flaking the coating. As an aside what they are describing is not a test to see how it will hold up in salt water. Salt water due to its highly corrosive nature is used to do time simulations. The salt water does years of damage in days instead of putting product up only to discover defects 5-10 years down the road. Hope this helps.
 
Hi Shappy

Just wondering what affect salt water has on powder coating, anodized aluminum is pretty effective as a deterrent, is zinc di-chromate any better?

Paul
 
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