K.i.s.s.

[Phurst]

Keep It Simple Stupid!

Just got a good reminder of this old adage yesterday. I decided to replumb my tank yestarday in order to incorporate a chiller, to simplify some convoluted plumbing, and to correct some mistakes i made when I first set the tank up.


I now have a single return pump powering everything (return, chiller, UV, Phosban reactors), and my drain has been split to gravity feed my skimmer. I went from 5 pumps in the sump to one. the irony of the situation is, after i removed all those pumps, the tank never got hot enough to trip the chiller . Ah well, I'm sure with summer coming, it will.

Anyway, just a good object lesson in why less is more sometimes.

[lReef lKeeper]

it also gives you less mechanical points of failure !! nice work my friend. to bad we all live so far apart, i would have been glad to help you out if i was closer.

[mike_777]

Good call on less pumps. Gives you less equipment to worry about. That's how I run my entire system.

[Phurst]

Yep, glad to be down to one, even if it is a monster.

The chiller did kick on for a little bit today. I'm guessing it was because in one stupid move last night I managed to soak my clip on fan and one 4" fan in my hood, leaving me with only 1 4" fan running today ;(

[Skurvey Dog]

Good Job Phurst! Will it pull less electricity than all the pumps you had before or will you about break even? Just curious........

[Phurst]

It uses considerably less power. The Mag 18 uses 145w (still a lot in my opinion) compareed to the 247w the other pumps were pulling combined.

[lReef lKeeper]

how many does the chiller pull when it kicks on ?? i bet you are going to be saving some money.

[Phurst]

I don't nkow what it pulls offhand. I'm kinda scared to look . Thankfuly, with the new fans in place, it doesn't come on very often.

[Skurvey Dog]

Hopefully the chiller won't kick on too much and I'm glad the pump changes pull less wattage as every little bit helps.

[CarmieJo]

My 1/6 hp chiller pulled 394 watts.