Check valve

[ramsey]

I'm looking for a small check valve. It needs to be 1/8" I think. It's for my ATO/kalk reactor. Does anyone carry it locally?

[txav8r]

Grainger

[txav8r]

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SMC-Spring-Check-Valve-4DHX8?Pid=search

[txav8r]

and the addresses

4924 Northwest Interstate 410 Loop Frontage Road, San Antonio - (210) 521-7861


or

5011 Rittiman Road, San Antonio -(210) 654-4020

[ramsey]

Perfect! Thanks Jack!

[ramsey]

They didn't have on in stock. I checked Texas Tropical and Lowes as well but no dice. :(

I have an airline check valve, do you think it would work for water?

[txav8r]

not too sure about that one.
Airline check valves have really soft springs so it won't take much to close them but I don't know how good they seat.

[ramsey]

Hmmm, well that sucks. I have an RO line check valve too so I may see if I can get that on to work.

[Gseclipse02]

not too sure about that one.
Airline check valves have really soft springs so it won't take much to close them but I don't know how good they seat.

im using this with my tunze on a kalk reactor and works fine so far ... 3 months or so

[ramsey]

HA! That's exactly what I need one for Tunze + GEO kalk reactor. I guess I'll give it a try. I have another question. Are you using the GEO kalk reactor or something else? If you're using the GEO, did you have to put a flow control on the line or something? The Tunze pump seems a bit too powerful and it ends up stirring the kalk up and dumping it my tank.

[Gseclipse02]

i have a deltec which is always stirring ... it also has a control valve on it but i run mine wide open

[ramsey]

Yeah, I'm going to have to mess with mine. I dumped some kalk into my tank last night and clouded up the water and freaked out. No ill effects so far but I'm going to dump some new carbon in my reactor just in case. Lesson learned, I'll be using something else (like a bucket) to test it next time.

[Gseclipse02]

did u let the kalk settle before letting the top off start up ?

[ramsey]

Yeah, never even plugged it in. I did move it though but it should have had time to settle. When the pump came on, it was like a kalk slurry. I'm wanting a check valve because I thought it may be due to the reactor being 3/4 full instead of completely full. I'll just have to mess with it I guess. I hope the kalk didn't hurt anything but I think I lucked out.

[kkiel02]

HA! That's exactly what I need one for Tunze + GEO kalk reactor. I guess I'll give it a try. I have another question. Are you using the GEO kalk reactor or something else? If you're using the GEO, did you have to put a flow control on the line or something? The Tunze pump seems a bit too powerful and it ends up stirring the kalk up and dumping it my tank.

I almost crashed my 180 because it stirred then the tunze ato came on and the kalk flurry entered my tank. I was scared but everything survived. If I still had a kalk reactor I would just use a controller so they wont turn on together.

[Gseclipse02]

I almost crashed my 180 because it stirred then the tunze ato came on and the kalk flurry entered my tank. I was scared but everything survived. If I still had a kalk reactor I would just use a controller so they wont turn on together.

this is why i dont like those types of kalk reactors i would only use one that stirs all the time

[ramsey]

It's working as expected now! I cleaned it out really good and it's not dumping kalk. The airline check valve worked and I think that's what did it because it slowed the flow a little. I stirrer would have been nice but they're expensive. :P I did turn the pump on and it seems to do a good job keeping the kalk in the bottom half. Thanks for the help guys!