grv
08-28-02, 09:47 PM
and Don Ho has nothing to do with it.
I have an Innovatek kit, which ships with small, thin walled 8mm tubing. I was dying to get rid of it, and accomplished this by replacing all the fittings for 10mm (originally 8mm), and then using larger diameter 3/8" ID 1/2" OD tubing. I was also able to ditch some elbows that were slowing the flowrate. I netted a cool 3-4 degrees lower at full load. I'm folding right now for the last 5 days straight at 34-36 degrees C - for me that is good.
The problem is, since the tubing and fittings, I now have small bubbles, and lots of em. In the past, when I filled the system these would eventually get trapped in my res - attaches right to my 1046 pump. It's been days, and they are still here.
Some factoids:
I mixed a gallon of distilled water and water wetter, and have been using the same mix for every refill after a mod. No change there.
I have shaken / inverted everything in an attempt to get any trapped air out.
The one remaining small diameter fitting is the adapter that takes the small threads on the 1046 to the larger threads on the fittings - I know this is bad. Basically an 8mm bottleneck. I wonder if this is the problem.
Just based on how the water empties into the res - things are moving faster. I have a sponge/filter from the pump kit in there to help with the bubbles.
The responses to this kind of thing are usually to add a T trap anywhere, as long as the end of it is higher that the rest of the system, and also to use dish soap or WW to deal with the bubble size. My res is low, but it always worked before. I'm using WW.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I have an Innovatek kit, which ships with small, thin walled 8mm tubing. I was dying to get rid of it, and accomplished this by replacing all the fittings for 10mm (originally 8mm), and then using larger diameter 3/8" ID 1/2" OD tubing. I was also able to ditch some elbows that were slowing the flowrate. I netted a cool 3-4 degrees lower at full load. I'm folding right now for the last 5 days straight at 34-36 degrees C - for me that is good.
The problem is, since the tubing and fittings, I now have small bubbles, and lots of em. In the past, when I filled the system these would eventually get trapped in my res - attaches right to my 1046 pump. It's been days, and they are still here.
Some factoids:
I mixed a gallon of distilled water and water wetter, and have been using the same mix for every refill after a mod. No change there.
I have shaken / inverted everything in an attempt to get any trapped air out.
The one remaining small diameter fitting is the adapter that takes the small threads on the 1046 to the larger threads on the fittings - I know this is bad. Basically an 8mm bottleneck. I wonder if this is the problem.
Just based on how the water empties into the res - things are moving faster. I have a sponge/filter from the pump kit in there to help with the bubbles.
The responses to this kind of thing are usually to add a T trap anywhere, as long as the end of it is higher that the rest of the system, and also to use dish soap or WW to deal with the bubble size. My res is low, but it always worked before. I'm using WW.
Any ideas?
Thanks!