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spit.fire 03-26-2016 06:34 PM

Kalk stirrer 2.0
 
First one failed horribly, the magnetic stirring bar wore through the bottom of the reactor a lot faster than I thought it would (I knew it would, just thought it would last longer)

Version 2.0 now has a brushless led fan (so I can see when its on), a larger stirring bar, and a thin glass plate glued to the bottom to prevent it from drilling a hole through the bottom.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psq5nqhxjq.jpg
By turning the speed up I can agitate it from top to bottom, in the pic its running at half speed so fan speed is not an issue.

Version 3.0 will have a variable speed motor with speed controller and hopefully be made from a new style vertex reactor

shiftline 03-26-2016 06:50 PM

Put glass on the bottom :)

straightrazorguy 03-26-2016 07:20 PM

Did you make it? Where did you get the magnetic stirrer?

spit.fire 03-26-2016 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by straightrazorguy (Post 986948)
Did you make it? Where did you get the magnetic stirrer?

EBay, I bought an 8 pack

shiftline 03-26-2016 07:43 PM

I ordered some stir bars off eBay too. Still waiting for them. Going to use a glass jar if I can find s good way to seal the lid or an o ring. Other wise plastic ones work but you need glass or something on the bottom so the stirrer doesn't wear though the bottom of the plastic

spit.fire 03-26-2016 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shiftline (Post 986951)
I ordered some stir bars off eBay too. Still waiting for them. Going to use a glass jar if I can find s good way to seal the lid or an o ring. Other wise plastic ones work but you need glass or something on the bottom so the stirrer doesn't wear though the bottom of the plastic

I cut I thin round class disc out of a piece of scrap glass and orca glued it to the bottom, took awhile to get my stirrers off ebay

shiftline 03-26-2016 07:55 PM

Perfect! I ordered mine off eBay about 3 weeks ago so hopefully they show up soon


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