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06-11-2006, 04:49 PM
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so i took mine apart yet again. i looks as though there is oxidization building up in the valve and seliniod, guess thats why they call them sel..i...niods they sell you anoying.............hahahhmmmm gee i need coffee or something.
Anyway the nearest i can figure is the water is working it's way back into or the gas is not clean. I am going to assume the gas is ok which means i am going to try not using the bubble counter on the valve. maybe put in a check valve as well. it was working fine until i ran out of co2 which may have been when the water seeped back in. it's all just a theory, i am alarmed at how many problems with these things i wonder if it is just Milwaukie product.
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06-15-2006, 03:28 AM
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i'm sure that the problem was water getting into the valve and seleniod. i cue tipped it out, put it back together with out the milwaukie bubble counter, then i built a new inline bubble counter out of acrylic and mounted it above the sump no chance of water now since my sump is elevated. i use a small pump to feed but for the most part the water is fed into the reactor by gravity 1/2" going into reactor on the floor and 1/4" return uses the weight of the water and the preasure of the gas to return to the sump, there just isn't enough head height force to get up to the counter.
Of course i could have just raised the CO2 tank up instead but that would be too easy.... besides who wants to look at a tank and use up valuable shelf space at the same time. hope this helps.
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10-10-2006, 03:56 PM
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I've had nothing but problems with the millwaukie. Even at 10PSI the bubble rate keeps changing. I've got it hooked up on a controller and the darn solenoid got stuck open after an outage 3months ago. When the power came back on the solenoid never worked after. Got myself one of these recently and loving it
 also hooked up a plastic check valve 
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10-10-2006, 09:39 PM
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i'm pretty sure they still carry them http://www.plumbingsupply.com/
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10-10-2006, 09:44 PM
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this one is the best i heard. still waiting for it on the mail
http://www.petstore.com/ps_ViewItem-...-Dennerle.html
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