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should be full acrylic ...hehe... so no need such joints.. yeah....maybe a few such masters around....we may not be talking about the same person but all share same behaviour....low profile and away from the hustle and bustle here to hone their skills to a higher level... dun worry, things i can show, i will show... things i cannot show to protect his interests and his design, i will not show

some APC UPS on auction at yahoo... http://search.auctions.shopping.yahoo.com/...g&p=APC&auccat= but then...not all models are SMART models...the normal models output modified sine wave which will not work well with eheim pumps or tunze streams...tried and tested...dun waste time get the SMART models, but remember to change battery coz the runtimes above are for new batteries...those on auction models, their batteries tend to be quite used already hope to be of help

if running 200W 0:31 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 1U 230V 0:23 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 2U 230V 0:31 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 1U 230V 1:04 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 1:31 APC Smart-UPS 1500VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 1:38 APC Smart-UPS 2200VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 3:05 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA RM 5U 230V 1:46 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 4:51 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V Black 4:47 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V 200W, only if you wanna run return pumps...but my take is that just run the streams enough for those with streams....then can make the UPS give more hours of runtime in case you dunno when the power comes back the best part is that once the power is out, it takes over and provides power for your streams without you having to lift a finger and when the power is back on, it charges itself back...fuss free.. the only irritating thing when it gets to battery mode to power your devices are that it keeps beeping at intervals...just press one button to SILENCE it...hehe

if running 100W 1:11 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 1U 230V 1:00 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 2U 230V 1:11 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 1U 230V 2:16 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 3:05 APC Smart-UPS 1500VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 3:06 APC Smart-UPS 2200VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 5:36 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA RM 5U 230V 3:22 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 7:57 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V Black 7:51 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V

here's a rough guide on APC SMART-UPS (pure sine wave) running 50W power draw -->enough for tunze streams hours: minutes 2:10 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 1U 230V 2:04 APC Smart-UPS 750VA USB RM 2U 230V 2:10 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 1U 230V 4:02 APC Smart-UPS 1000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 5:21 APC Smart-UPS 1500VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 5:19 APC Smart-UPS 2200VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 8:51 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA RM 5U 230V 5:47 APC Smart-UPS 3000VA USB & Serial RM 2U 230V 11:22 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V Black 11:13 APC Smart-UPS 5000VA RM 5U 230V so in theory if i plug in less than 50W worth of appliance....ie.tunze.. i can get the streams to work for 5hours 21 minutes as mine is the 1500VA model...hope it helps bros visualise the usage better tanzy, i am not APC salesman also hor

wun be getting 4 md55s to run it...either 2 mx70s or 2 mx100s because everything has to be in a 24inch by 34inch footprint..including the pumps...that's why designing stage is important not to exceed the footprint more importantly fully utilise the space available probably mx100 to split for 2 beckett.....will run 2 beckett first..and if need to....the other 2 yeah..the stress to the box will be there... maybe use welding like this if necessary at the joints but i think acrylic to acrylic maybe no need to use such joints, abit overkill..unless it is acrylic to PVC... wat do you think?

jie: you haven't seen my tank in person yet...see liao sure disappointed.. better hold your words till you see with your own eyes... yeah...very reputable DIY guru...very befitting... even skimmer designing stage use CAD drawings....

one of my preciousssss have to thank the bro for letting me have this piece

i am not the one making.... no such skills... extremely super duper grateful to my fren making it for me.. he is very busy with his work and family and yet can squeeze time to do it for me, i am grateful beyond words.... maybe it's his way of saying goodbye to DIY with a last project worthy to be called a monument? so bros here no need ask me who is making, coz he wun entertain other requests already all i can say is that it will be taller than most bros in the forum...unless we have over 2m tall bros in here... not much progress yet as still in the stage of procurement.... and yes...i will be using GF pipes and valves for this monster skimmer

nice mud

i tot i show sneak preview on the first page already

colours straight off my cam...no editing

i am seriously drooling

my infatuation with my fren's bartletts, will get them for my tank in due time

fren got it for me at a good price.. if you get from normal retail channels, could set you back between 1k to 2k for my model.. this is an APC SMART-UPS using pure sine waveform

after this short power failure, now i appreciate having UPS now charged back to 5 bars already... from the time of blackout to power restored, used up 1 bar.... the intial surge draw will suck more juice, than the running comsumption

Sengkang partially restored....my block is back with power.... but the blocks across the road are still in darkness.... traffic lights all down... i was in hougang when the blackout occured...came home by taking all the main roads so that i get priority to cross at junctions....even though it meant a slightly longer distance came back to see my UPS in action and taking away one bar of battery off 5 bars of energy stored.... i was telling my gf in the car along the way back where headlamps of cars around us are the lights we see.... "this is the closest thing you will ever get to a near war situation, be thankful this is not iraq" *phew*

planetg: u mean the waiting list for mazda3 is 6months? wow, dun tell me mazda will dethrone toyota as best seller soon...just like toyota dethroned nissan few years back

one of the best ideas i heard so far or rather next time have SRC charge card...go lfs buy things..end of month then settle bills eh..today wanna come bag your baby home?

sure sure.... i sompa! you wun find toyota SEs hanging in the net so often like me... too busy making sales liao... if i am a toyota SE, i would be a fool spending so much time in here

wah liew i already disclaimer above that i not toyota SE lah.. just a satisfied customer but seriously, i realised that sometimes when i stop at red lights, i suddenly panic coz i thought the engine died....then i look at the dashboard din see all the warning lights, then i know it's still running....in other words very quiet lor.. i really wonder how quiet it can be driving a lexus any bros driving a lexus please let me sit in your car one day

last page... i am not a toyota SE hor