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Old 12-15-2008, 06:50 PM
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Doesn't anyone have timers in thier houses? It takes me roughly 73ish minutes to fill an 18L water jug, so I set the timer on the microwave for 73 minutes and go down and wait 2 more min for the last 3 inches or so. Haven't spilled a drop yet.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:12 PM
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The day before I spent time downstairs with my iphone stopwatch timing how long everything fills. Then an alarm would go off when the time went by... The next day were downstairs and I didn't bring the phone down with me.

Its a no brainer to time things, but I never said I had much for brains to begin with.

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Doesn't anyone have timers in thier houses? It takes me roughly 73ish minutes to fill an 18L water jug, so I set the timer on the microwave for 73 minutes and go down and wait 2 more min for the last 3 inches or so. Haven't spilled a drop yet.
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:26 PM
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Oh ya, I would go to bed and flood the kitchen floor with RO, the worst was when a prestage filter burst in the RO unit and the flow rate went up 400%, my 2hr brute can fill took 30mins, and I noticed it an hour too late
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Old 12-15-2008, 07:48 PM
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I am solving my problem once and for all, I just got back from the plumbing store with a soleniod water valve that will hook up to a float switch, when the reservoir is full the water is automatically shut off, total cost $35.00.
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hmm, I have one of those solenoid valves in the humidifyer on the furnace...maybe I'll 'borrow' it!
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Old 12-15-2008, 08:03 PM
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lol i must say ive done that about 6 times where everything floods. its at the point now where if my boss suddenly cant find me he knows i must've left the water on at my house hahaha. im lucky though everythime i left my sump filling to top it off i catch it about 1/2 an inch from the top
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