sneaky2 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 75mm refrigerated panel former 2m by 2m by 1.2m deep water 1m deep.15mm toughend glass front window. beefing up the former support with posts concreted in then 6 by 2 top plate then sleepers(not in pic) liner installed,window installed slab. starting rock and root work. filters 44 gal drum for mechanical running 8000 litres. over flow filter bath with 2 bins and uv. not tropical yet.need wetsuit mask for setup,or a can of harden up! hinged heat trans in night time mode for front window insulation. heat trans in daytime mode.cooling thermostat switches on at 22 deg 2 dial switching so off for 3 mins then on for 1 min to maximise heat buildup. up and running,turts and some fish in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 awesome, great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 straight jacket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likoma Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Fantastic. That is awesome. Where are you based. All that is missing is a little tin to collect gold coin donations for viewing rights. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Goood stuff!!!Super cool :gopo: :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 if the straight jacket fits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Is the day/night transition automatic or do you have to manually lower it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 manualy at the moment,automation is on the to do list along with compost bin heat trans.and automated lids. :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Wow, that is amazing. What are the fish's and turtles in that? Want to build one at my place..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 nice build K those panels are good to work with butyl liner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 cheers m. used that firestone rubber liner.20 year rated,cheaper than butyl n way easyer to join ect. home made panel,using spirals meens could jam 60 meters in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Also if you don't mind me asking, as I am thinking about doing something similar, about how much did it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 second hand panel $160 ish glass $100, aluminium angle , end and top cap and profiles for glass about $250 rivets,quelosa glue about $100,liner n glues n joiner tape about $200, a cube of builders mix n much cement about $150 the sleepers I already had along with the posts.pumps around $140. that's about were I stopped counting but gota b at least $500 for misc hardware n plumbing. proberbly owes me around 100 hours labour....not divorced yet! :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 next build = sneaky2 makes bed on couch :rolfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 wa haa haaa...id have ta be a water bed :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Great skills as per usual. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 its a ssssssicknesssss :fshi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 See if you can infect her that will be obeyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 spent 25 years tryin.....so far.....notsomuch......still no hurry aye :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reuben.a Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 man, your seriously talented! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 manualy at the moment,automation is on the to do list along with compost bin heat trans.and automated lids. :digH: So your heating via pumping the water through warm compost? Do you have a backup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 na got a 500 watt backup heater on thermostat,then heat transfer panel,the third stage is gona be compost trans. because the enclosure is basicly a giant chilliy bin on sunny days the backup heater dosent switch on at all, the compost heat trans will take up the slack for this crappy auckland weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 man, your seriously talented! missus thinks idiot savant! :digH: :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaky2 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 hinged heat transfer is simply a sheet of ply, some 3 by 2 frame painted black,60m of cheap irrigation pipe. cheap is good cause thin wall pipe transfers better being that plastic is an insulator not a conductor,if I had the coin it would be copper pipe painted black. then old ranch slider window on top,have since replaced with quality plastic house film,much lighter to hinge so less counter weights. the trick is to stall the water so it has a chance to heat up.got a switch off trademe for $22 with 2 dials so you can set the off stage anywhere from 8 seconds to 8 miniuts,and the same for the on stage. cooling thermostat so it only switches on if the water in the pipes is over 24 deg.could proberbly loose the dial switch and just have the thermostat but I like the gizmo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Cool build man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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