On Sunday, January 16, 2022 4:01:01 PM EST andrew beck wrote: > Why not just engine coolant
Is that what you are using? I first started out with rv antifreeze, but it spoiled and jelled solid couldn't even bore it out or blow it with 125 psi of air, plugging up the first spindle motor in about 90 days, and If this $200 4 bearing motor is plugged, I'll be looking for an air cooled version, 2 motors in 2 years is not acceptable. This was distilled water with about 2% water wetter & enough lysol bathroom spray, 6 or so oz in 4 gallons to keep it sterile, I thought... This is not a sealed system running at 250F so its not self sterilizing like an auto system is. Its a sorta clear plastic document storage box with a buckle down lid, holds about 5 gallons, is vermin & insect tight, but not air tight. Thanks Andrew. > On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, 09:37 gene heskett, <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > I just fired up the 6040 to make a pocket for a 3mm sq nut. Noted > > that > > the coolant tank was down about an inch from evaporation, but hand > > hand on the tank could feel the pump buzzing so I assumed it was > > working. Its an 80 gallon an hour submersible, probably for > > aquariums and such. So I measure the nut to see how big a "pocket" > > to make to hold the nut. > > > > About 90% done with that, I noted an air bubble in the hoses to the > > top of the motor was still there, feel the motor and it is pretty > > warm, check the tank, cold. Lift the lid and find about 1/8" of > > dirty grey mold sealing the top. So I'm back to trying to clean it > > out so I put half a cup of lysol bathroom spray in it. But haven't > > disconnected it so I can dump the tank in the back yard. Yet. > > > > Obviously the modern lysol isn't the magic twanger to keep it sweet. > > So what do you folks use to keep a closed system sterile, > > non-corrosive and functional? > > 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, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
