03-24-2015, 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
One power sucker I haven't come up with a solution yet is the UV light. As far as I can tell it's on 24/7 burning 80 watts when the water collectively runs less than a few hours per day.
I don't know how economical this would be to retrofit but could you have a couple of hundred gallon tank, all sealed up so no contaminants could get in, that you filled as often as needed, but intermittently? Turn on the light to warm up, then turn on the pump and run till full, then turn both off. Add a little chlorine to maintain a residual, easy to calculate how much because you always add the same amount of water, which is clean. I admit it is hard to see how doing all this would save you money but it would be the ultimate in maintaining water quality. It might be worth considering if you were building a system from scratch.