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10/20/2010, 12:33 AM
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Float Valve Back Up?
I'm just having my rodi installed inside the house. Can anyone remind me what the back up would be for a float valve?
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10/20/2010, 06:16 AM
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After having a few float valve "malfunctions", I'm using both an Auto Top Off solenoid on the feed for the RO/DI and a secondary drain (last ditch, set the highest in the Brute container) as an extra measure.
http://autotopoff.com/solenoid/ Hope this helps. Cheers, Ray
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10/20/2010, 12:19 PM
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I use the GAP liquid level controller. It has a solenoid, float valve and float switch all integrated into it and a nice hanging bracket. The solenoid is also plugged into a timer.
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10/26/2010, 07:33 PM
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Thanks guys!
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No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock |
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