Salt Water Mixing Stations Let's See Them

anyone running a DC pump on their mixing station for pumping upstairs? what model/size? do you feel that it was overrated?
 
Finally implemented my float switches to govern a solenoid keeping my top off bin to fill after it empties automatically....loving it!
 
What do you all do about sealing your stand for your saltwater mixing station? Do you just leave it bare? Or use some kind of wood sealer?

skeeter
 
Just a coat of wood sealer and a half dozen coats of polyurethane since I like the natural wood look on the rolling stand/cabinet I built. A couple coats of paint works just as well, preferably oil based.
 
very inspiring thread, will start building my station in a week, will upload once done, waiting for my BRS RO/DI unit, it will take few more weeks i guess, as they dont provide international shipping, i had to make different arrangement, looking for the storage tank the white one :) difficult to find in my country, wish me luck
 
I made mine out of 2 food grade barrels with large mouth tops. The top is RODI and the bottom is saltwater.
In the bottom barrel I use an old Blueline T4 pump to mix and an Ehime 300w heater.
 

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I built mine in my bedroom closet - plumbed in a utility sink since the bathroom is just on the other side of the wall

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Anyone have a good method of running the electrical pump wires into a somewhat water tight mixing station and sump. My pumps will be internal/submersible. I'm thinking of just drilling holes the size of the cables themselves into the top walls of the acrylic, cutting the plugs off, stringing the cord through the holes, and then reattaching the plugs. Maybe someone has a better idea. I'm about to send my design off to get the acrylic cut. Just now realized I has yet to consider this. That would have been embarrassing!
 
Look at my post #1008 in this thread for an idea. On the top of the left container, next to the lid, you’ll see a small end cap on a piece of PVC. I cut a hole and installed a Uniseal, ran the lines (heater, powerhead, salinity and temp) through the hole, and capped it off with a small piece of PVC with the cap on it. The hole was large enough to fit the plugs through. It seals it rather nicely. If you want exact sizes, let me know and I will check for you later this evening.
 
Alright cushms01...here are some details, along with a few photos. It's a 1" Uniseal, and the PVC pipe and cap are 3/4", which allows room for the various cords. Seals very tightly given my particular situation.

One caveat...it isn't water tight! How do I know...Not long after setting up my system, I was pumping water in to the left container (for salt) and walked away for a moment. Please don't make me finish the story!!!

Anyway, this is just the way I thought of doing it; but, I'm sure some much smarter people will chime in with other ideas.





 
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