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| Sea.dog:
Definitely, Phil. It'd make a right mess of your dreads :clap: |
| awemawson:
Last night I wired up a 'mini-ring main' to give me some local power sockets, and this morning fitted the 'universal coupler' to the Grundfos feed pump, hopefully eliminating that tiny drip. I also re-worked the bore hole pump output fitting that had developed a tiny weep - I love rigid plastic threads - NOT! Having tested that the chiller pump pipework was now sound I fixed the temperature sensors to the appropriate pipes, using thermal compound and Ty-Wraps. Sensor leads not long enough for nicely run cables so a bit of a spiders web. Having now labelled the temperature display I think that this new chiller is now finished - hopefully ! |
| mattinker:
Great! So now you can chill out! Looking good! |
| awemawson:
Very good Matthew :clap: So the longer running nipple was delivered at lunch time so I was able to dry assemble the components of the bore hole flow and return panel, offer them up to the verticals that I welded on the other day, and drill and tap the mounting holes. As I was at it I also mounted the panel for the 16 amp three phase socket at a high level to be away from any water leaks, although the 3 phase sockets still haven't been delivered. Once I was sure that everything was suitably accessible for tightening up, I pulled it all apart and re-assembled it with Loctite pipe sealant on all except the plastic MDPE connectors where I used thick 'gas rated' PTFE tape. A bit of careful measurement re pipe lengths, a couple of snips, and the deed was done - panel now fixed awaiting wetting up. I've done a bit of a re-think where the burn out kiln will be placed - needed to decide as another 16 amp 3 phase socket needed - it's now spun round 90 degrees and crossed the door way ! While all this was happening, the loctite on the bore hole pump was hopefully curing but hadn't had the full time intended, but as a certain person wanted to water her poly tunnel I took the risk and turned things back on - phew no leaks (yet!) |
| awemawson:
Having set over night the Loctite pipe seal on the water panel 'should' now be Ok so I connected the borehole pump output initially via the existing temporary stop cock 'just in case' and did a leak test - all seems good. So pipe cut to length and connected directly and again tested - all good so far. And the really good news is that the troublesome joint on the pump controller output that I re-sealed yesterday has so far NOT leaked despite the Loctite 542 being prematurely stressed :thumbup: . . .so the flow and return for the new chiller are up and running in the foundry, just awaiting the 16 amp three phase sockets and the flexible umbilical water pipes (water panel to machine) |
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