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12-15-2008, 07:14 AM
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Is there an award for being a reef dummy head?
Well yesterday we were doing a water change in the sump room, and still don't have a huge container and float...
I started filling a bucket with RO water, and well... got distracted for oh, about two hours...  I went next door and came home and cleaned the kitchen and GOSH, I remembered the water.  Needless to say my husband wasn't very thrilled with me. Mind you he was so darned glad it was my move and not his. He was down there when I started filling the bucket so I feel I should be allowed to blame him bey default... he saw it start to go down and forgot about it himself, right?It took about two hours with the shop vac to clean it up. The sump room does not have an emergency drain, since it is originally a hubby room. Guess what I did again tonight.  Not that bad this time, but the making of Sharkwater was on, and I forgot. DO I won a prize people? Anything?
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12-15-2008, 12:53 PM
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i now stick the bucket in the sink (laundry sink) when i make just a bucket at a time.
im gonna go buy a sprinkler timer so i can just crank the time to run for a hour or 2 at a time
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12-15-2008, 02:30 PM
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ahahaha. I wish I had only done it twice. At the start I'd forget it probably 80 percent of the time. I fill 18 litre water jugs and place them in a 5 gallon pail for a little extra capacity. Lucky for me there's a floor drain right there though.
 I've gotten much better now though and rarely forget.
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12-15-2008, 02:44 PM
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Yes there is, and I own it
 done that many times. I fill my water upstairs. One time my son came runn1ng upstairs yelling that the roof is leaking!!! What a mess.
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12-15-2008, 05:31 PM
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That's a wonderful idea!!! Mind you to stay focused on timing out how long we need to have the timer going will be the challenge. There are always a million more interesting things to do rather then watch water into a pail.
 I have made almost to the end, and the dogs wanted in, the phone rang, went to refill my java...The bucket in the sink is a great idea but the lines are not long enough to do it. I was thinking to go to UFA to get a very big water storage drum or plastic rain barrel, but I am not sure if the plastic will leech toxins or not. Anyone use anything aside of rubbermaid garbage cans for water? At least I could probably wait all night before flooding the basement or something. My husband was able to install the sink, but not close to where he plumbed the RO unit. He did not think we needed a sink but changed his mind later in the project. Quote:
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