KH Director

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

scuzy said:
My last read is 10.9 way of not sure what I'm doing wrong

That's strange. While mine is reading lower than my hanna, it is very consistent. Do you have the doser heads on the correct speeds? I'm not sure what would cause the readings to vary so much once you've ran a couple tests?

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

Apparently there's a "new" blue reagent. Maybe that has something to do with your readings? I have 2 bottles of reagent and both are white/clear. Here's the short discussion...
http://forum.aquariumcomputer.com/showthread.php?13360-New-reagent-with-different-color

scuzy · Mar 7, 2018

I was reading the instruction and not sure why the length of tube to reagent cannot be longer than 19" that makes placing the reagent bottle right under the Doser and cannot be next to the Doser.

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

scuzy said:
I was reading the instruction and not sure why the length of tube to reagent cannot be longer than 19" that makes placing the reagent bottle right under the Doser and cannot be next to the Doser.

Yeah that threw a wrench in my plans as well. Still don't have a permanent solution. I had my reagent line a little over 3 feet, but cut it down to 19 inches after I read that. Not sure why that is the limit?

scuzy · Mar 7, 2018

Ok another test 9.6 again within range. Waiting on another test to finish

dragon99 · Mar 7, 2018

scuzy said:
I was reading the instruction and not sure why the length of tube to reagent cannot be longer than 19" that makes placing the reagent bottle right under the Doser and cannot be next to the Doser.

That's one reason mine isn't installed yet. My original install location is out because it would have been a 30-40" run to the reagent. The other reason is I'm a procrastinator.

scuzy · Mar 7, 2018

Nyos 10, director 9.6 and Hanna 8.9

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

dragon99 said:
That's one reason mine isn't installed yet. My original install location is out because it would have been a 30-40" run to the reagent. The other reason is I'm a procrastinator.

I'm thinking about buying a cupholder at autozone or walmart and screwing it inside my cabinet.

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

scuzy said:
Nyos 10, director 9.6 and Hanna 8.9

Sounds like it's being consistent for you now!

reefwiser · Mar 7, 2018

One need Reagent as close as possible One of the reasons I moved all my dosing pumps to the garage to leave room under my stand for the KH director and one dosing pump set up

dragon99 · Mar 7, 2018

WWIII said:
I'm thinking about buying a cupholder at autozone or walmart and screwing it inside my cabinet.

That's not a half bad idea. I was hoping to put it on a cabinet next to the tank, but it's too far to the floor. A cupholder might do the trick...

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

I wish I would have read that in the manual earlier, I could have designed it into my cabinet. That's where I'm thinking the cupholder deal would work out. I may use a big hole saw to make a cupholder out of wood. Here's my work in progress now...

scuzy · Mar 7, 2018

I had 1000ml and 500ml reagent mixed into a large oxo glass cylinder with air lock but the line would be 25" since it's a 2.5 quart container. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/2-part-and-kalk-container.html

scuzy · Mar 7, 2018

20" see so short

WWIII · Mar 7, 2018

scuzy said:
20" see so short

Yes I agree. The 1000 ml reagent bottle is probably around 10" deep on its own. That gives us very little room for where we can set the bottle. I assume it's for the best, but maybe GHL can give us some more insight on why the 19" maximum length?

Good news is I've seen no air bubbles in my reagent line at 19".

scuzy · Mar 8, 2018

Also anyone else have constant disconnect from the ghl connect app on iOS?

Janci · Mar 8, 2018

WWIII said:
I wish I would have read that in the manual earlier, I could have designed it into my cabinet. That's where I'm thinking the cupholder deal would work out. I may use a big hole saw to make a cupholder out of wood. Here's my work in progress now...

Nice, can we see what is behind the panel?

WWIII · Mar 8, 2018

Janci said:
Nice, can we see what is behind the panel?

I still have to build the "cabinet" for the powerbars and figure out how to secure the reagent bottle. Then organize!

WWIII · Mar 8, 2018

scuzy said:
Also anyone else have constant disconnect from the ghl connect app on iOS?

Mine doesn't stat connected when I stop looking at it. ie. When I put my phone back in my pocket or do something else for awhile. It usually doesn't disconnect while I'm looking at it.

I'm using android, bu it doesn't stay connected all day, or even for longer than 10-20 mins. It's so fast to reconnect I haven't asked about it.