Show me your auto top off / holding tanks / saltwater mixing systems on large setups

[Bill Wann]

I just havent posted pics of my buckets and p traps yet , Trust me Ive ot them . It all starts out this way .

 

[ReeferMac]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6753256#post6753256 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bill Wann
It all starts out this way .

Heheh, ain't that the truth.
Somewhere's back there, there's prolly a goldfish from a carnival that's really to blame.

- Mac

 

[Mind_nl]

Wow nice setup Bill! 3200 gallons a day RO? Can you send some over my way, I don't want to wait a full week for my RO system to fill up my new tank. lol

 

[dgasmd]

Bill:

Can you run me through the different stages and features of your RO unit?

 

[TheCoralNabber]

Dude I'm green with envy with Bill's RO unit, that thing is just NUTS!

Hey Will, what ever happend to your tank? Get too busy?

 

[dgasmd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6821612#post6821612 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TheCoralNabber
Hey Will, what ever happend to your tank? Get too busy?

Will was banned from the site a while back.

 

[TheCoralNabber]

Really.... well that sucks, no wonder he doesn't talk about his tank any more. Thanks man

 

[cmhollis]

Why was Will banned?

 

[jnfallon]

Bill Wann has a way of making me feel like i have a really tiny d*ck.

(good thing it's HUUUUGE)

 

[alien9168]

WOW!
-alien

 

[DirtySouth056]

any new setups?

 

[reefsahoy]

auto top off

auto top off

here is mine cheap and simple

I used a test tube and a mercury switch tied to a vertical post. This will make it impossible to mechanically fail. then i used a 24 vac transformer to turn on/off sprinkler solenoid to my ro unit. The solenoid is normally closed therefore if power or solenoid fails there will be no water flow to ro unit. when water in sump is low the mercury switch will turn on solenoid to ro unit. Ignore the mechanical sensor that is made by Kent, it is abandoned and I'm lazy to remove it. I tried using that system and didn't like it so I made my own. Note the wall plate in the last picture there is also one at the sump of my tank. that is how the water travels thru the walls and to the sump using the icemaker hose. There is no pumps on my system because i use the water pressure from the city water to the ro unit. So the needed items are
1. a 24vac transformer (home depot sprinkler unit)
2. a sprinkler solenoid ( home depot}
3. necessary amount of icemaker hose (trusty home depot)
4. mercury switch (got from web for 95 cents)
5. thin stranded wire for connections also for leveling sensor(radio shack)
6. some time and solder

:eek1: :eek1:

 

[Hainer]

 

[reefkeeper2]

Here's mine. Presently I have it set to change 3 gallons a day. It has a conductivity meter and adjusts the specific gravity as needed. The white container in the background contains the salt.

 

[reefinmike]

here is mine. a little "ghetto" but hey, im 16 and all the crap is hidden. my ro unit is in my furnace room which sends a line out to my sump. a t tees off and sends a line to the sump where i have a float valve and ball valve(dont trust the float valve) the other line goes off to the trash can. i have a hole in the sump about half way down which has a ball valve and drains into my furnace room. a bulkhead with ball valve and line leading to the sump is on the trash can.

 

[Bebo77]

mmmmmmmmmm code red mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[818]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7481418#post7481418 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bebo77
mmmmmmmmmm code red mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

LMAO:lol:

 

[GrandeAzul]

Heheh, ain't that the truth.
Somewhere's back there, there's prolly a goldfish from a carnival that's really to blame.

- Mac

This is exactly how I got started. Most expensive $1 carnival game ever!