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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!rickkr
- From: rickkr@microsoft.com (Rick Krause)
- Subject: Re: Are W/D trickle filters worth it?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.201311.29005@microsoft.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 20:13:11 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <1gq7pfINNb6p@hayaku.protocol.zycad.com> <Uf=9TzW00WBN01EYVq@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Dec16.212548.13641@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1gq7pfINNb6p@hayaku.protocol.zycad.com> dominick@protocol.zycad.com wrote:
- > In article <1992Dec16.212548.13641@microsoft.com>, rickkr@microsoft.com (Rick Krause) writes:
- > |> I had thought about using my Fluval cannister filter as a backup in
- > |> case my pump dies (and it's been showing signs lately), but I seem
- > |> to remember reading somewhere that you shouldn't use a cannister
- > |> with a W/D because the cannister depends on siphoning action.
- >
- > I don't understand the problem, why not place a mechanical filter in-
- > line somewhere? Most W/D's designs have a prefilter before the media chamber
- > or in the overflow.
-
- I do have a prefilter. I wasn't talking about using it for the
- mechanical filtration. I just want to know if I can use it to
- drive the W/D if the current pump should die. Anyone have an
- answer?
-
- thx,
- rick
-