DIY KALK TOP UP SYSTEM

[hermit]

HELLO ANYONE CAN SHARE HOW YOUR KALKWASSER TOP UP SYSTEM......

CAN POST HERE..............

[ervine]

Not very good pic but this is my DIY kalkreactor, DIY autotop up and jerry can acting as a water reservoir, all connected together... tank is on other side...

Basically the kalk is stirred by a rena pump every 45mins for 15mins... auto-top up senses the water level in the sump decreasing then turns on an airpump, yes airpump, which pressurises the jerry can which pushes water out of the jerry can into the kalk reactor which then in turn pushes kalk solution out of the reactor into the tank.. voila..

[blueheaven]

sidestrack a bit.

can explain hoe a kalkreactor works?

[ervine]

It's basically a sealed storage cylinder..

What happens is the circulation pump keeps "stirring" the kalk mixture inside to ensure that the mixture stays in motion (otherwise might end up caking or something)...

There's an inlet and an outlet for the canister, fresh water enters the inlet and kalk solution exits the outlet into the tank... simple as that...

[charlie]

Hi

ervine, can you post a schematic diagram? Roughly, can you explain at wat condition the water starts to pump the fresh water to kalk cylinder and to the tank?

As for the Rena pump, how is it being connected to the cylinder to create stirring?

Hope you share more? Thanks

[ervine]

Hi

ervine, can you post a schematic diagram? Roughly, can you explain at wat condition the water starts to pump the fresh water to kalk cylinder and to the tank?

As for the Rena pump, how is it being connected to the cylinder to create stirring?

Hope you share more? Thanks

Schemetic ah... got a lot online leh.. I connect the pump via hoses loh... nothing special.. Sorry ah not much time to do a good schemetic, started work liaos

[alanseah]

It's basically a sealed storage cylinder..

What happens is the circulation pump keeps "stirring" the kalk mixture inside to ensure that the mixture stays in motion (otherwise might end up caking or something)...

There's an inlet and an outlet for the canister, fresh water enters the inlet and kalk solution exits the outlet into the tank... simple as that...

hi,

when u mean "kalk mixture" what do u mean.... the kallk is already mix with water or just the kalk power only...

[ervine]

Kalk mixture loh.. kalk + water mixed...

The reactor basically stores water + kalk and is stirred once in a while to ensure that the mixture doesn't start to cake..

You have to put both water and kalk powder inside the reactor.. the pump stirs things up occasionally and the top up device pushes water out of and into the tank...