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showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:43 am
by leechapman
hi guys
a quick question to all with showers on quarantine systems.
do you return just over the shower even when heating.
regards lee
Re: showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:26 pm
by ajm808
lee i do but i have a slide valve that shuts the spray bar of and diverts the flow through a return in the pond, i find this way if i want to heat ramp i can go up 2deg an hour over the shower it's about 11/2 hours hope this helps.
Re: showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:05 pm
by Bob Hart
Lee,
I do and I know Gazza does
Re: showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:12 pm
by Gazza
Hi Lee,
Yes i pump directly from the bottom drain over the shower with just the heater in line and nothing else and i run around 1600gph so a fair old rate.The QT is well insulated and in winter i have polycard on the top to help.
Re: showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:08 pm
by eds
Mine's in a greenhouse so the whole thing is insulated. I heat the water directly with aquarium heaters.
Re: showers on quarantine's
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:14 pm
by tomc
I divert some flow from the bottom drain back through the heat exchanger and into a pond return. The rest goes over the shower. Probably about 800 gallons per hour through the heat exchanger, 1500 gallons over the shower from that pump. Then a mid-level feed pumping another 2,500 gallons over the shower. On a 2K gallon system.
Tom