Fixing a UV Sterilizer
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Topic: Fixing a UV Sterilizer
Posted By: jfinch
Subject: Fixing a UV Sterilizer
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 5:17pm
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So I bought an Aqua brand 25w UV sterilizer in MSM's auction yesterday. It did not work, but appeared more or less brand new. I figured it must be a bad ballast. To get to the ballast I had to cut the end of the ballast housing off. Here's a picture of the various pieces.
I found that the ballast was working, but the starter "glow plug" was burned out. For $1.50 I bought two new starters. Here's a picture of the new one taken apart (on left) and the old burned out one (on the right).
Replacing the starter was simple soldering. It just so happens that the UV housing is 2" plastic pipe. So I replaced the end that I had to cut off with a 2" PVC cap. I cut a hole in the cap and threaded it for 1/2" pipe for the cord holder. Here's a final picture (you can see the cap and the lighted bulb!)
So... now what am I going to do with a filter component that I don't really think my tank needs? ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
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Posted By: Weimers
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 5:23pm
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Sell it? ------------- Renee and Damon Weimer Tankless in Hawaii |
Posted By: ssilcox
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 5:26pm
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You are so cool. I want to be just like you when I grow up.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 5:38pm
------------- Jared Neilsen Lehi, Utah |
jfinch wrote:Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 6:58pm
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So I'm standing next to Jon at the MSM auction and this new looking UV Sterilizer comes up for bid (the others that had been auctioned looked like crap). Out of the corner of my eye I notice some kind of twitch and sure enough it's Jon bidding on the thing.
Something told me he was going to get it but I wondered what would he do with it?  So the bid closes and he turns to me laughing and says, "I don't know if I'll ever use it  "
Gotta like that fix-it guy  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: acerob
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 9:01pm
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Jons the best at this kind of stuff. I'm just hoping to stand next to him so that some of that knowledge might jump off of him and on to me. ------------- Highland, UT 12g Nano 90g Reef |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: August 01 2004 at 10:21pm
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So the bid closes and he turns to me laughing and says, "I don't know if I'll ever use it I'm still not really sure why I bid 25 watts... boy that bulb really generates ozone! I only had it on for about 10 seconds for that photo and I could smell the ozone from 10 ft away ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
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.Posted By: Carl
Date Posted: August 02 2004 at 7:46am
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"I love the smell of ozone in the morning". Jon, that's great that you got something, but a UV? ------------- In Syracuse "I believe that forgiving them is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting." - Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: August 02 2004 at 8:14am
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I've been working on breaking Al-Qaeda secret codes now for the last 6 months... and I've met some new friends
------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
