On Wednesday 22 February 2017 09:09:08 Dave Cole wrote: > On 2/21/2017 11:44 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:45:46 Dave Cole wrote: > >> Build a vacuum transfer system! :-) > >> An old shop vac and some PVC pipe should make it work. > >> > >> Dave > > > > Chuckle. That may in fact be the best idea yet if the vac didn't > > collapse that thin walled salt tank. Just put a couple sink > > strainers w/o the strainers in the lid, turn on the vac and go stick > > the hose in the bag! But while the tank may hold its shape when its > > full of water, that lid is awful flimsy. Might have to add some > > reinforcing fins on the underside. Doable I believe. Except I just > > recalled there is a good sized vacuum leak where the plumbing to the > > cat-ion tank comes into it. Certainly worth investigating if I > > decide to re-enable it. Leaks can generally be plugged with enough > > siliglue and ducktape. :) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Oh I think you could figure some way around that. Suck it into an > intermediate vessel etc.. > Or reinforce your brine tank?
With the tank full of brine, I don't think thats a problem, but sucking the lid wrong side out is a worry. That would certainly need re-enforcement. > It could be very simple. > I've thought about doing this because my brine tank is buried in my > basement behind the furnace is a room which is shorter than I am. > > Dave > Mine is beside the furnace, and because of the hookup hoses, fairly portable, but the cat-ion tank is behind the furnace, with almost enough space for be to turn around in. Almost. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
