Looks great! Is it printed in 2 pieces or do you have a giant print bed?Have prototype for my reefer 525xl. Still need to tweek a few things but the majority of it is all set. Will have it up and running middle of next week when I get back in town.
What tank you have???That looks great! Wish I knew how to design for a 3D printer. I could use the piece directly over the socks- not that extra side piece - for my tank if it is for 4” socks.
Its unfortunately 3 pieces. The adapter is 1 piece at 230mm, I need it to go to 235 but am working around it. Thus had to make the wall out of 2 pieces as well , about 25mm short. Total length is 486mm I think.Looks great! Is it printed in 2 pieces or do you have a giant print bed?
Have you tried using a 3D doodle pen to "weld" the parts together? I've also seen people use a short length of filament in a Dremel to friction weld parts together. If printing in ABS, acetone slurry would work as well.
Im new to this whole 3d printing thing. I was just going to super glue the 2 parts of the wall together but may look at your methods. The adapter plate i want to keep separate. Printing them out of pteg. I used pls for prototypes.
A couple of small changes to reduce the amount of material needed to print this adapter. I hollowed the base and the side walls while leaving enough material along the perimeters to maintain the structure.
The other change is to add a "potbelly" to the front of the adapter. This is on the back of facebook comments CoralVue has made that the optical trigger sensor needed to face the opposite direction of the flow. The potbelly makes room for the sensor on the front side.
It's on the printer now. I'll update the thingiverse page after I get a chance to test it.
Hi- i know this is an old thread, but did you ever have the opportunity to see if this would work on the reefer xl 525 double filter sock sump? I’m seriously considering this tank build and I would love to use a Klir in it. Thanks!
You need to make an adapter. You could run 1 depending on your pump. Each one is good for 700gph, I'm running more then that. Less then 700gph and you're only turning over tank 4.5x an hour.
Depends on your return pump and how much flow you want. The klir-4 is rated for 750gph, that's not high enough for me on a 140gallon tank. If you are ok with that flow then yes you could get away with one.
