minchton Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 I run my sump outside in a plastic tool box type box. Whenever I lift the lid there is a fair amount of condensation on the lid. My question? I appear to be losing 5- 10 litres of water a day out of the sump. Do you think this would be atributable to the condensation. I have checked all my pipes and the main tank and cannot find any sign of leaking to account for this loss. The sump tank is now a plastic tank as the glass tanks kept breaking (3 tanks in 4 days). Any urgent thoughts would be apreciated as I am quickly running out of my limited amount of hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Must have cold nights in inglewood. Try covering your sump up as much as you can and insulate the box as good as you can. Wouldn't be surpised if it is all condensation. If you want to collect more salt water I will have the bilge pump in the back of the car at work (last unit of professional centre at Nobs Line). Cheers, Jeroen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 That is not an uncommon amount of evaporation. Assuming you have normal overflow type arrangement in your main tank, the drop in level will show in the sump not the tank. If you are not losing salinity, just fresh water, and topping up with fresh water, then that may just be the amount of daily top up you have to live with for your system. But if you are losing salinity then salt water is leaking somewhere, you will have to go find it. I'd say just replace it with fresh top up water, and monitor salinity daily so you can figure if it is just evaporation, or if it is an actual leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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