Walt's 180

[WDLV]

It has a hum inside the fish room but I haven't noticed any noise outside in the viewing area. It's quieter than my washer/drier in the next room.

 

[vair]

Thanks, Frank.



So, there has been more work but little progress on this system and for quite an embarressing reason.

I plumbed the system Friday. I filled it with water and instead of the proud moment watching the powerful pumps in action, I got the down feeling of a dud. Something was wrong. After troubleshooting, I realized I had reversed the intake and outputs for the closed loop.

With the feeling of defeat in my blood, I proceeded to drain and replumb the system. Again I filled the system and flipped the switch. The feelings of pride quickly dissipated as I realized I had just finished replumbing the system the exact same way. Dejected in defeat I decided to call it a night and go to bed. I'll probably hit up HD this week and give it another go.

"Third time's a charm."

Oh my, twice no less! Unbelievable :debi:

 

[WDLV]

Oh my, twice no less! Unbelievable :debi:

Yup. I wanted to throw something or smash something but decided to call it a night. I got it going the third time though. So, it's all good.

 

[worm5406]

It has a hum inside the fish room but I haven't noticed any noise outside in the viewing area. It's quieter than my washer/drier in the next room.

That is good. I was just wondering.

Looks like things are moving along nicely.

 

[WDLV]

Plumbing wise, the only thing left to do really is 1 joint that I forgot to glue.the good in all this is that in this process I decided to put unions at the pump connections so that I won't have to do any cutting if I ever need to change the pump out. If I weren't so lazy, I would do the same to the other pump.... I'll deal with it if I ever need to.

 

[WDLV]

The build is complete. On to the underlying reason for this project. ;-)

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2286879

 

[worm5406]

I have enjoyed the build and I am going to follow your project too! We still have to meet up sometime.