Auto top off! It's a sweet thing!

rklutt · 02/20/2006, 10:55 AM

I have been wanting on one of these for a long time and now that we have moved to a new house and I have my own tank space in the living room and basement I finally got it all hooked up and running this weekend.

I went on the small size for now... I ran a 3/8" plastic refrig water line up from the basement from a 15g top-off tank with a mag7. I bought a pre-made float switch from http://www.top-off.com/. It has a 2 switch set-up just in case the main one gets stuck the second one is the emergency shut off.

All I can say is this is the greatest thing!!!! I no longer need to haul up 3-4 gal of top-off water a day from the basement.

And I even made up 15g of fresh sw this weekend in the tank and then pumped 15g out of the sump to the basement drain and then pumped the 15g of new up to the sump with out a drop spilled on the new carpet!

Next is to go and get some kalk to add in...

Rob

csouv · 02/20/2006, 11:21 AM

Sounds like a sweet setup. I may try something like this. How does the emergency shutoff work? Anyway of that failing?

rklutt · 02/20/2006, 12:20 PM

Well it has 2 different float switches, one on bottom and one on top. The top one is the emergency switch. So if the bottom switch does not break the circuit the top switch is there as a backup to break the circuit.

Ti · 02/20/2006, 01:40 PM

hummmm
I'll need to look into this.
Looks real nice

sjm817 · 02/20/2006, 02:14 PM

People have tanks without auto topoff??

rklutt · 02/20/2006, 02:21 PM

LOL... well I guess you could call yourself the auto-top-off.

JimR · 02/20/2006, 07:52 PM

So how does this work. Do you plug in a small mag pump in to the switch, so when the switch powers on, it turns the mag on filling up the tank. Then when full, it turns power off the mag?

tsaldutte · 02/20/2006, 07:56 PM

Yes

02/20/2006, 10:55 AM	#1
rklutt Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Morrow, Oh Posts: 346	Auto top off! It's a sweet thing! I have been wanting on one of these for a long time and now that we have moved to a new house and I have my own tank space in the living room and basement I finally got it all hooked up and running this weekend. I went on the small size for now... I ran a 3/8" plastic refrig water line up from the basement from a 15g top-off tank with a mag7. I bought a pre-made float switch from http://www.top-off.com/. It has a 2 switch set-up just in case the main one gets stuck the second one is the emergency shut off. All I can say is this is the greatest thing!!!! I no longer need to haul up 3-4 gal of top-off water a day from the basement. And I even made up 15g of fresh sw this weekend in the tank and then pumped 15g out of the sump to the basement drain and then pumped the 15g of new up to the sump with out a drop spilled on the new carpet! Next is to go and get some kalk to add in... Rob __________________ Talladega Nights "The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" The story of a man who could only count to #1 Thunder and Lightning, the most feared duo in the game!

02/20/2006, 11:21 AM	#2
csouv Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 83	Auto top off! It's a sweet thing Sounds like a sweet setup. I may try something like this. How does the emergency shutoff work? Anyway of that failing?

02/20/2006, 12:20 PM	#3
rklutt Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Morrow, Oh Posts: 346	Well it has 2 different float switches, one on bottom and one on top. The top one is the emergency switch. So if the bottom switch does not break the circuit the top switch is there as a backup to break the circuit. __________________ Talladega Nights "The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" The story of a man who could only count to #1 Thunder and Lightning, the most feared duo in the game!

02/20/2006, 01:40 PM	#4
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	hummmm I'll need to look into this. Looks real nice __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

02/20/2006, 02:14 PM	#5
sjm817 On Yer left! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 18,777	People have tanks without auto topoff?? __________________ - Scott

02/20/2006, 02:21 PM	#6
rklutt Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Morrow, Oh Posts: 346	LOL... well I guess you could call yourself the auto-top-off. __________________ Talladega Nights "The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" The story of a man who could only count to #1 Thunder and Lightning, the most feared duo in the game!

02/20/2006, 07:52 PM	#7
JimR Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 247	So how does this work. Do you plug in a small mag pump in to the switch, so when the switch powers on, it turns the mag on filling up the tank. Then when full, it turns power off the mag?

02/20/2006, 07:56 PM	#8
tsaldutte Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Franklin, WI - Home of All-Glass Aquarium Posts: 9	Yes