RE: [Killietalk] flow through systems?

[Chris <cgraseck at optonline_net>]

The only problem with the stainless tubing in your heated 55gallon drum
is that you have to pay to heat the drum.  I presume you are doing that
electrically?

Aside from the temp problem I like the Idea of having frequent automatic
water changes.  That would still leave me heating individual tanks
though.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Killietalk] flow through systems?


In a message dated 10/26/03 12:15:35 PM, cgraseck at optonline_net writes:

<< Flow through systems, obviously do not make
tank sterilization an easy task. >>

But, you also flush out the system with "near sterile" water. The cold
water 
problem I have considered and these are my observations and conclusions.
Last winter, when I first started working on this system the tap water
was 
about 50 degrees and I tried warming it by putting a coil of the plastic
tubing 
in my 55 gallon drum of stored water (heated to 78 degrees). It did a
little 
but not much, so then I mixed hot and cold water at the sink and did
that for a 
few months until I heard Rosario LaCorte describe his problems with zinc
from 
his hot water boiler. By that time the tap water had warmed up to 65
degrees 
and warmer later in the summer, so I stopped using the hot water. Now, I
need 
to decide - SOON, what to do next. Some folks have advised me that the
cold 
water would not be a problem if the flow rates and volumes replaced were
as low 
as I have been using. The other option is to make a stainless steel
tubing 
heat exchanger coil and immerse it in my 55 gallon drum. If I can find
some 
appropriate size tubing at a reasonable price, I will do that. Otherwise
I can 
return to using the hot water and ignore Rosario's advice -- not a good
idea, 
generally.

Lee Harper
Media, PA

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