wtb: nurce auto top off

[nilo]

does anyone still have any of these? let me know. thanks.

nilo

 

[eghatchny]

My friend still has it, and I'm also looking for one.

 

[beyondnp]

The gents from Island Reef and Fin have created an auto top off for me and it was pretty cos effective.

 

[House of Laughter]

I would be carefull with the NURCE system.

The way Nurce works is based on a siphon/vacuum - meaning when the water in your sump goes down, the water for the refill hose gets pulled through and levels it off -

The problem with this is that the fresh water is in constant contact with the salt water - now, you all know about salt creep, right, well, this is the same thing - the ionic transfer of salt to fresh continues to happen - this will eventually (albeit slowly) decreae your overall salinity, and then increase it again as the water tops off and evaporates - I know what you are saying . . . well, the float switch system does the same thing, right - well yes, but the float switch usually puts in like a quart or so, perhaps 2 - since the Nurce's are ually a few gallons large, this can dramatically effect your salinity and have it in a constant state of flux -

I have a friend who has one (I think it's 8 gallons) and he has had few problems with it - nothing major, but it lost its siphon a couple of times -

I would post an additional string to RC to see what some others have to say about it -

Just my $.02

House

 

[nilo]

thanks for the replies.

beyondnp, do you have a pic of your auto top off? is it DIY or did you buy it from them? how does it work?

 

[beyondnp]

My wife broke by digital camera so I just ordered one yesterday...

Anyway, it is a custom one (DIY) they created that ties into my RO/DI water supply. I guess it is similar to how a sump pump would work...

All parts were bought at home depot and I assume they could do it for you relatively inexpensively...

Good luck,