Aquarite problems

[PatL34]

The amps you are seeing are direct current amps, coming from the transistors and the associated heat sinks. The main source of heat should be coming from the transformer. If you measure the amps to the supply leads individually, you should get an idea of the heat generated by the transformer alone.

Pat

[Arizonaoldman]

O.K. So here's the skinny. Yes, I have a waterfall and I have an auto-fill. I'm running a bucket test as I type and, since 7AM this morning I have lost 2" out of the pool and 7/8" out of the bucket. The pool is 16 x 41 fiberglass and 21,000 gallons. I have no idea what the surface area is (nor does the manufacturer - I called) so assuming that the surface area is 67% of the 16x41 I lost about 260 gallons in 12 hours. If that's my loss, then I do a complete change every 80 days, which dosn't include evaporation.

I Had the water checked today and my salt reading is right on.

Tomorrow I'm going to re-run the test after turning the waterfall off.

I'll report back.

Ralph

[Arizonaoldman]

O.K. so the leak is in the water feature. Evaporation the same in both pool and bucket yesterday. I have two "spitting" cranes in the water feature. I turned them off this morning and turned the water feature back on.

Ralph