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Unread 02/06/2018, 07:40 PM   #10
mborn
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The outlet is fairly wide and accommodates wide tubing. I’ve had no problems with it blocking from precipitate. My outlet is above the water so precipitate does form but the outlet tube is wide enough that it doesn’t plug. I clean the precipitate off maybe once a month or so, or whenever I feel like doing it. I haven’t had issues with CaCO3 forming and building up in the chamber. The Ca(OH)2 I add (Two Little Fishies Kalkwasser) dissolves completely in about a week using RODI water. Water comes into the reactor at the bottom and exits from the top, so the top of the water that would be exposed to CO2 from the outlet is being pushed out of the reactor and into the sump. So, I don’t think significant amounts of CO2 get into the chamber that way. I haven’t submerged the outlet, but I assume that would work.


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