best auto top off valve?
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Topic: best auto top off valve?
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Subject: best auto top off valve?
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 9:09am
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Which is better, less apt to fail? The swamp cooler type of valve or the electronic float valve? ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Xacttech
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 10:39am
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I haven't had my electronic Float for too long, but I love it!
I've only had one Swamp style float fail on me, (stick on) don't know what happened just came home to five gallons on the floor. I still use that style on my cooler, and my RO unit. Niether of those have failed for me. I would guess the electronic is more likely to fail. They use a reed switch and very very small guage wire, like a 20awg But their failure I'd imagine would be in the OFF position. |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 12:13pm
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I've never used the swamp cooler type, only the electronic. If done properly, I don't think there should be much difference in failure rates. ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: jordanh
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 2:17pm
| You can get switches from floatswitches.net for really cheap so you can put two or more of them in series so you shouldn't have any catastrophic failures. |
Posted By: ewaldsreef
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 11:53pm
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I have been very happy with my kent float valve. It is an all plastic design vs the swamp cooler style ------------- Contact me for professional aquarium maintenance and localy grown coral frags. [URL=http://www.aquatitranquility.com][/URL] |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 10:18pm
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What does it look like, how does it work? ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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