Cold or warm water for drip?
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howardhsieh
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i think cold water is fine, if you doing 50% water change weekly then you only need to 225gallon/7days, which is only 30-33gallon per day and thats 30gallon in 24 hrs.
hondas3000
New Member
I am running cold as well, it is safer to run cold then hot because if its get cold the tank heater can heat it up but if you run warm your tank might get over heat. Beside my pump and light is enough to heat up the tank as well.
chen88
Super Moderator
ok....great.....I just have to find out how much cold water flow i need for the filter to figure out what mods i have to do to my cold water copper pipe. Was at Canadian Tire yesterday and found a quick and easy way to connect my cold water copper to the filter similar to how this filter is connected...it's just a clamp that has a self tapping bit that goes right into the copper...similar to how my humidifier gets its cold water so I don't need to hire a plumber to put in a tap for me...hope this is sufficient to get the water through the filter and into my tank...I'll be looking at changing approx. 500-600gals of water per week.
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/Plumbing/WaterFiltration/PRD~0621001P/Rainfresh%252BDrinking%252BWater%252BSystem%252B2.jsp?locale=en
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/Plumbing/WaterFiltration/PRD~0621001P/Rainfresh%252BDrinking%252BWater%252BSystem%252B2.jsp?locale=en
hondas3000
New Member
wow 500-600G a week that is more then your main tank. You'll need lots of carbon filter if you want that much water change. I still think you need to bring the water pressure down to 25psi so it will not burst your connection.
hondas3000
New Member
Gas in BC are expensive, electric is much cheaper here.
skynoch
Moderator
I run hot and cold and gas is way cheaper than electricity out here. I usually look at having 100% waterchangeout for the week and set my drip at that. It is nice to have both at least when ray keeping due to the fact if a ray gives birth you need to do a big changeout so I just up my drip for a while. Now that it is winter remember your incoming water is alot colder than it was. There is no real danger of overheating a tank as even when running the coldwater all day my drip only went up from 81 to 84 and that was running the wash machine and sprinkler. There is probably more dangers with running heaters than the drip due to current potentiel in the water, heater malfunction or controller malfunction.
chen88
Super Moderator
Yeah...I'll probably look at changing approx. 450-500gal per week. I think just running cold is fine for me as mentioned i don't use a heater and only one of my two pumps on my sump and water is generally between 87-89....so if running the cold water brings the temp down slightly it won't be a bad thing.....I just have to figure out how much psi is generated from tapping into the existing cold water copper with the self taping connector through the filter and then into the tank. If I mount the filter fairly close to the underside of my basement ceiling it's a 10-12 foot rise to the top of the tank so it's not a be deal I guess...
