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Crashj wrote:
"Ka30P" wrote in message ... Crash observed MIgawd, it's dejavu allover again. Okay, I'm slow today, my brain is addled as the band is practicing for the *fourth*straight*day* but I don't get it... The system of mounting and shielding the air pump is exactly what I came up with independantly. Screw it to the post with the electric box on it and put a bucket over the top of the post to keep off the rain and snow. I even left the post extra tall on purpose to do this. "It's like we're twins" "MIgawd, it's dejavu allover again"! OK, not really. I used the bucket but it never occurred to me strap the pump to the post. I'm the really slow twin... -- derek |
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Crashj wrote:
"Ka30P" wrote in message ... Crash observed MIgawd, it's dejavu allover again. Okay, I'm slow today, my brain is addled as the band is practicing for the *fourth*straight*day* but I don't get it... The system of mounting and shielding the air pump is exactly what I came up with independantly. Screw it to the post with the electric box on it and put a bucket over the top of the post to keep off the rain and snow. I even left the post extra tall on purpose to do this. "It's like we're twins" "MIgawd, it's dejavu allover again"! OK, not really. I used the bucket but it never occurred to me strap the pump to the post. I'm the really slow twin... -- derek |
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yup,yup, yup, yup. I had a swee****er with 3/4 inch pvc and it iced shut when the
pump was in the house. now the pump is in the 45oF garage and it doesnt ice up. Ingrid "Gale Pearce" wrote: Hi Bill - There are 2 possible problems with locating the pump inside your basement - condensation and distance - the air in your basement will be warmer than the outside air and will probably cause condensation in the airline to collect and freeze up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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yup,yup, yup, yup. I had a swee****er with 3/4 inch pvc and it iced shut when the
pump was in the house. now the pump is in the 45oF garage and it doesnt ice up. Ingrid "Gale Pearce" wrote: Hi Bill - There are 2 possible problems with locating the pump inside your basement - condensation and distance - the air in your basement will be warmer than the outside air and will probably cause condensation in the airline to collect and freeze up ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Hmmmm ...i only have to run a line about 6 feet from the window in our
basement . it will ice up i'm sure, maybe heat tape could solve that prob when needed ? This sound like all this could be a pain. We dont have any fish ... the frogs loved them. bill "Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Bill - There are 2 possible problems with locating the pump inside your basement - condensation and distance - the air in your basement will be warmer than the outside air and will probably cause condensation in the airline to collect and freeze up (I put my airpump in a small rubbermaid container and locate it on top of my 45 gal bio filter and run the line ( ~ 15') at a constant down slope to the airstone 3" below the water surface so no condensation can accumulate - others here have had freeze ups from loops or low spots in the airline ) - The longer the distance you pump whether air or water, the less you get at discharge, although you could compensate for that with the size of the pump and line Gale :~) "bill" wrote in message ... hi, im new here and have read quite a bit about ice on the pond and wondered if an air pump located in our basement could force enough air thru a tube to keep our pond free of ice with a hole large enough to allow gasses to escape? it gets pretty cold up here 0 to 20 below bill |
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Hmmmm ...i only have to run a line about 6 feet from the window in our
basement . it will ice up i'm sure, maybe heat tape could solve that prob when needed ? This sound like all this could be a pain. We dont have any fish ... the frogs loved them. bill "Gale Pearce" wrote in message ... Hi Bill - There are 2 possible problems with locating the pump inside your basement - condensation and distance - the air in your basement will be warmer than the outside air and will probably cause condensation in the airline to collect and freeze up (I put my airpump in a small rubbermaid container and locate it on top of my 45 gal bio filter and run the line ( ~ 15') at a constant down slope to the airstone 3" below the water surface so no condensation can accumulate - others here have had freeze ups from loops or low spots in the airline ) - The longer the distance you pump whether air or water, the less you get at discharge, although you could compensate for that with the size of the pump and line Gale :~) "bill" wrote in message ... hi, im new here and have read quite a bit about ice on the pond and wondered if an air pump located in our basement could force enough air thru a tube to keep our pond free of ice with a hole large enough to allow gasses to escape? it gets pretty cold up here 0 to 20 below bill |
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mine iced up at the point the PVC left the warm humid basement and hit the cold air
immediately outside the window. heat tape may do it! but dont use pvc then. Ingrid "bill" wrote: Hmmmm ...i only have to run a line about 6 feet from the window in our basement . it will ice up i'm sure, maybe heat tape could solve that prob when needed ? This sound like all this could be a pain. We dont have any fish ... the frogs loved them. bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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