Bombertech Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well, it’s winterization time. Finally got off my rear and cut a cover for my desk tray. I had a couple sheets of extruded 8x4 laying around so cutting was a mess. Used my jigsaw so the cuts are not the greatest but it got the job done in the little time I had available. I stockpiled airpack shipping packing all summer to put a nice insulator across the bottom/sides. Need to have the wife sew me a cordura cover for the packing material with some eyelets. I’d like to be able to run the garage down towards 55-60F this year with a single 250W heater for the tanks which looks feasible having all submersible pumps. I cut single piece covers for the 4x4 buckhorns when I moved to keep humidity in check but I need to get some insulation cover blankets for the sides made. Prior to the move, I had 200 gallons served by 2EA 250W heaters with scrap acrylic covers, no insulation and kept the garage at 60-65F. I'm up to 400 gallons right now so we'll see how efficient we can get this winter. We had an OSA low of -24F last winter and the tanks stayed stable. The covers should also help with construction debris this winter while setting up the new tank. The desk tank has a nice lip along the inner edge that worked great, bummer it was 25-1/2"x50-3/8" so I couldn't cut it off the end of an 8x4 sheet. I decided to do a 3 piece cover so I didn't have to pull the entire thing to get in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Looking good Matt, love your setup. Sounds amazingly efficient. Salt spray an issue with the cover or do you just crank up the LEDs a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice cover! You have your garage door insulated? Your plan sounds feasible with all the submerged pumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombertech Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Looking good Matt' date=' love your setup. Sounds amazingly efficient. Salt spray an issue with the cover or do you just crank up the LEDs a bit?[/quote'] Salt spray hasn't been an issue. I do have salt creep on the locline since it is exposed. The condensation you see is drinkable, no noticeable salt. Over here in the summer, I top off 2-3 gallons of RODI a day since the humidity is 10-15%RH. In the garage it gets up to 50%RH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombertech Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Nice cover! You have your garage door insulated? Your plan sounds feasible with all the submerged pumps. Yeah, garage doors are insulated. I have an eastern exposure so I get sun in the morning which keeps the garage temperature pretty level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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