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Rory Breaker
November 11th 03, 07:45 AM
i have a trigon 350 / 90 gal tank
i am topping up with 5 gals of r/o water a week.
no leaks from the 3 externals, no water anywhere outside
is this level of evaporation right?
thanks
Gary V. Deutschmann, Sr.
November 11th 03, 04:13 PM
Heat and wind (fans) can evaporate one heck of a lot of water in short
order.
When I was running three uncovered sumps, I was losing almost 10
gallons a week from a 75 gallon tank, but I had close to 125 gallons
of water in the whole system.
Once I buttoned everything up, covered the sumps, etc. Evaporation
dropped to about 3 gallons per week, which is par for 125 gallons.
TTUL
Gary
CJK
November 11th 03, 04:13 PM
It depends on where you live, but I top with as much as 5 gals a week in my
55long in the winter in Kansas (RH is about 15-20%) in the summer I usually
only have to top 2-3 gals a week (RH 55-60%)
So sounds right to me, but YMMV
Christian
"Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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> i have a trigon 350 / 90 gal tank
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> i am topping up with 5 gals of r/o water a week.
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> no leaks from the 3 externals, no water anywhere outside
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> is this level of evaporation right?
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> thanks
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Dragon Slayer
November 11th 03, 07:32 PM
My 180 w/ 100g sump has about 6 gallon per day evaporation, I only wish it
was that much a week.
kc
"Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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> i have a trigon 350 / 90 gal tank
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> i am topping up with 5 gals of r/o water a week.
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> no leaks from the 3 externals, no water anywhere outside
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> is this level of evaporation right?
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> thanks
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Dragon Slayer
November 11th 03, 07:32 PM
My 180 w/ 100g sump has about 6 gallon per day evaporation, I only wish it
was that much a week.
kc
"Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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> i have a trigon 350 / 90 gal tank
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> i am topping up with 5 gals of r/o water a week.
>
> no leaks from the 3 externals, no water anywhere outside
>
> is this level of evaporation right?
>
> thanks
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Dragon Slayer
November 12th 03, 06:52 PM
buying your own ro/di unit will save you money in the long run.
kc
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> ah so nothing to worry about then
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> cool
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> good job the r/o water is only £2.50 for 5 gallons
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Ct Midnite
November 12th 03, 07:12 PM
Is there any particular brand of ro/di unit you would recommend?
Ct Midnite
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:52:17 -0600, "Dragon Slayer"
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>buying your own ro/di unit will save you money in the long run.
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>kc
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>"Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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>> ah so nothing to worry about then
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>> cool
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>> good job the r/o water is only £2.50 for 5 gallons
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>> "Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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>> > i have a trigon 350 / 90 gal tank
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>> > i am topping up with 5 gals of r/o water a week.
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Dragon Slayer
November 12th 03, 07:16 PM
check with Marc Levenson at
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/ro_di.html
kc
"Ct Midnite" > wrote in message
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> Is there any particular brand of ro/di unit you would recommend?
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> Ct Midnite
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> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:52:17 -0600, "Dragon Slayer"
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> >buying your own ro/di unit will save you money in the long run.
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> >kc
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> >"Rory Breaker" > wrote in message
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