[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #1674
>
>
> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:31:36 -0800
> From: "Jim Miller" <jim at jtmiller_com>
> Subject: CO2 Calculations
>
> >Snip<
>
> At 86.4cu.in. per day this should last 800 days. What's wrong with this
> picture? I haven't seen anyone claim 2+ years on a 5# bottle.
>
> Some ideas: no one really bubbles at 1bps, bubbles must be much bigger,
> significant leaks are pretty common, improper fills shortchanging
> customers...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> jtm
>
Well, I don't know if you're calculations are correct or not, but at 1 bps, my 5# bottle lasts 9 months. For the last 4 years, I've refilled this bottle every 9 months.
Bob Ashcraft
Pittsburgh, PA