Anyone wants to build Calcium Reactors together?

[MarkO]

Spectrum, do you happen to have a link or a supplier for the tubes?

 

[spectrum]

Afraid I don't. Mine came from an EBAy group purchase. You can buy 6 in extruded tubes from local plastics companies

 

[spectrum]

Here is another item those of you making reactors will need, O-rings.
I've been buying mine from www.allorings.com

For those of you who want to use flanges for the top of the reactor tubes, these are essential. Here is what I use on a flange for a six inch tube

Website: www.allorings.com (they are in Hampton Falls, NH)


2-258 EPDM O-RINGS 70D BLACK

These are 6.00" diameter 1/8 thick silicon O-rings sutible for very harse enviorments, much greater that they will see in a reactor. (Sorry, I'm an engineer and have a tendancy to over-engineer my projects)

Dan

 

[MarkO]

How long are the tubes?

 

[NateHanson]

Spectrum, do you happen to have a link or a supplier for the tubes?

You can buy them from either USPlastic.com or mcmaster.com

Another supplier for O-rings of any size or material is Marco Rubber in North Andover. They gave me a few 6 1/4" and 4 1/4" o-rings when I stopped in there a couple months ago. Nice folks, and local too.

 

[Armando]

Nate any o-rings hanging around accumulating dust?

 

[NateHanson]

I've got two 4 1/4" x 3/16 o-rings that I don't have immediate plans for. You can have them if they're the right size for you. Marco rubber is also right up here, so you could stop by and get exactly what you need next time you go to aquaaddicts or someone's place up here, if you want a different size.

 

[Armando]

Well this thing about getting Marco's rubber is a bit extreme But in any case, my parts list says 2 6" O-rings so i won't be able to use the 4" thank you anyway.

 

[Scuba_Dave]

Group buy on O-rings...I could use 8 or so...

 

[NateHanson]

Well this thing about getting Marco's rubber is a bit extreme But in any case, my parts list says 2 6" O-rings so i won't be able to use the 4" thank you anyway.

Well, no offense to Marco, but I don't think his rubbers are 6" around anyways.


(uh, sorry about that)

 

[Armando]

I'll be ordering all parts online tomorrow. That's going to be a painful process to find all the right parts and putting them in the shopping cart I'll post SKU Numbers so ppl don't have to go through this.

 

[NateHanson]

Yeah, Armando, I'd like to see that list, incase I ever get around to doing this project.

Nate

 

[Armando]

After picking a bunch of items their web site went down i hope i dont lose the cart information

 

[Armando]

this is what i came up with. if anyone has corrections let me know.

 

[Kim]

Thanks Armando!

 

[NateHanson]

What's the plan you're using for this Armando. Can we see it somewhere?

 

[spectrum]

Armando's reactor will be like all the recent reactors I've made. 2 6' tubes 18" tall, flanges on both. Pump underneath forcing a CO2 enriched water upwards through a diffusser plate and then media and then recirculated. a smallet tube will connect the first tube to the second to assist in the offgassing of extra CO2 from the water, then exit the top of the second tube.
There are a few pics floating around on BRS about one of my reactors

 

[spectrum]

actually the design is a few posts up

 

[MarkO]

Armando, can you tell me where you purchased those items?

 

[Armando]

MarkO that shopping cart is from www.usplastics.com. Make sure you double-check if the list is correct before you order. I am not sure if the john guest fittings are the right ones. The 6" tubes I bought from www.mcmaster.com.