where is the water going

Rory Breaker · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

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

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CJK · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

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$_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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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
>
> is this level of evaporation right?
>
> thanks
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>
>

Dragon Slayer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 440

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$_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>

Dragon Slayer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 440

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$_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> 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. · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

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

Dragon Slayer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 440

buying your own ro/di unit will save you money in the long run.

kc

"Rory Breaker" wrote in message$pR1.6@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> 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
> $_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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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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Ct Midnite · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

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.
>
>kc
>
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>"Rory Breaker" wrote in message
>$pR1.6@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> 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
>> $_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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>> > 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?
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>> > thanks
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Dragon Slayer · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 440

check with Marc Levenson at
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/ro_di.html

kc

"Ct Midnite" wrote in message@4ax.com...
> Is there any particular brand of ro/di unit you would recommend?
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> Ct Midnite
>
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:52:17 -0600, "Dragon Slayer"
> wrote:
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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
> >$pR1.6@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> ah so nothing to worry about then
> >>
> >> cool
> >>
> >> good job the r/o water is only £2.50 for 5 gallons
> >>
> >>
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> >> "Rory Breaker" wrote in message
> >> $_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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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
> >> >
> >> > is this level of evaporation right?
> >> >
> >> > thanks
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Rory Breaker · Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

ah so nothing to worry about then

cool

good job the r/o water is only £2.50 for 5 gallons

"Rory Breaker" wrote in message$_H4.1470@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
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> 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
>
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