[tribaloverkill]

Nov-25-2005

First,... these reservoir are being designed mainly for larger OD systems such as 1/2" and 3/8". 1/4" system will still work, just not as well. Take for instance this spinning reservoir. The 1/4" will most likely be spinning it slooow. I want slow but it might be slooow. I dont know this for sure just yet. But as I said I have lrager OD systems in mind. This first video,... is 1/2" OD system. It's a DD D4 pump and the reservoir,... nothing else. With everything else attached it will be spinning alot alot slower, how slow I dont know. I have to hook everything up once the revised is done. If I hooked this one up with everything it would probably still be spinning to fast so the revised has been slowed down a bit by changing the port positions. This is a 1/2" system,... OH and the video is crap! It doesnt even look like this in person,... so much better. My camera isnt all that good with video but you should get the idea.
http://www.tribaloverkill.com/studio...005_12Barb.wmv

3/8",....
http://www.tribaloverkill.com/studio...005_38Barb.wmv

1/4",...
http://www.tribaloverkill.com/studio...005_14Barb.wmv

Now,... heres a problem. The bubbles. They are constantly cycling through the pumps. The overal size of the bubble is about the size of a dime if that. But when broken up,... it seems like alot. The shaft is helping the bubble make its way down to the exhaust port. SO,... something needs to be done
http://www.tribaloverkill.com/studio...arbBubbles.wmv

Heres with the lights on and no UV light.
http://www.tribaloverkill.com/studio...bNoUVLight.wmv

As for the revised pics,... say ello to ma litle,... still chamber Spooky!!!


What a still chamber is,... is a chamber where everything is still! It will be a part of the reservoir body up at the very top. When you fill your system make sure the water pushes past this disc and takes all bubbles with it. You want as little air in the system as possible. Once the air is in the still chamber,... it aint going nowhere! All the water below the dic will be apinning as usual and everything above will should be fairly still. Even if the water in that chamber was to spin a bit,... water being heavier then air would mean the water would push the air to the center of the disc whre there are no holes for it to move down. All the holes are up against the wall of the reservoir The holes are just big enough to have no problems getting the air through them and not to big that it would cause more activity up there then wanted. I think it will work, what about you?


Chamber ring. i forgot how tall it is but I know its bit over a 1/4" so you have a good amount of room for air


Time for the bubble test!!!


Blue tape is the reservoir body. Everything above the disc is the still chamber.


Whats the test testing? I am testing the holes to see how hard it would be to ge the bubbles through the holes. Pot of water represents all the water inside the reservoir.


Completely submerge the little disC,... thingy. The air when submerging came through very quick. To quick. Now see the bubbles you are left with? fish them through the holes,...


... and done. Very easy. came through as soon as they hit he holes. The actual reservoir will be even easier becase the holes are right up against the walls so all you need is a little tilt and your done I could of made the holes a bit smaller but I thoguth nah. This is good. Test,... SUCCESS!!!


So yea,... thats it. Enjoy Oh,... the tribaloverkill home page has been updated. I have a new ACRyan email now,... tribal@tribaloverkill.acryan.com. You can email me using that. I can only shcek that email when I am home so you can also PM through the forums if you have a question or comment. I get those everywhere. So yea,... Bye!