Re: [SPAM] [AGA-Member] pH shock - how to support recovery?

[Heather J Gladney <hgladney@comcast.net>]

Michael San Jose' wrote:

> It's Mike. You have been batting a thousand with over filled tanks recently blowing out your equipment. I think its getting to the time where you are going to ask for them to connect a pressure gauge to the tank before you leave. It will take only a few seconds for them to do this. I think it will save you some equipment and heartaches in the future.
>  
Thank you, I will certainly try that!  They were very sorry about it, 
and went to extra trouble to find connector parts for my new setup with 
the solenoid to 1/4 No Shok needle valve.  Because they thought it was 
too heavy to hang off the regulator, they also crimped barb fittings 
onto hose to allow it to lay on the floor.
I put some more details in replying to Mr. Hieber, as well.
Thanks for saving my sanity.  I'm hoping that the Victor is okay and I'm 
just nervous!.

>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Heather J Gladney<mailto:hgladney@comcast.net> 
>  To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Member Chat<mailto:aga-member@thekrib.com> 
>  Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:01 PM
>  Subject: Re: [SPAM] [AGA-Member] pH shock - how to support recovery?
>
>
>  Now that I'm deep in the regulator replacement, with the welding gas 
>  supply shop and the Victor Company and the Airgas distributor all closed 
>  for a holiay weekend, I'm finding that the regulator won't shut off 
>  completely when I've barely cracked open the main tank valve.
>  I can't turn on the main tank valve any further without chilling the 
>  regulator and running amazing amounts of gas out.
>  I think I've got a bad regulator, although it's brand new.
>  It's a Victor Medalist SR5B-320 0780-2544 for carbon dioxide, to be precise.
>  The last one got killed by an overfilled CO2 tank.  That blew the 
>  overpressure valve on the Milwaukee regulator/needle valve/bubble 
>  counter setup, and the regulator couldn't be fixed from that.
>  My family is pushing me back toward yeast bottles, and this isn't helping.
>  Any suggestions from any experts in the house?
>
>  Heather J Gladney wrote:
>
>  >
>  > I ran into this problem myself when first dealing with a weird import 
>  > CO2 pressure regulator, and I'm trying not to do it again this weekend 
>  > replacing it!
>  >
>  > Kirsten Klinghammer wrote:
>  >
>  >> I was kind of thinking that, but I wasn't sure.  I will leave the pH 
>  >> alone
>  >> for now - ixnay on further water changes, CO2 use, or anything else for
>  >> today.  I appreciate you sharing your experience, Troy.
>  >
>
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