Float switch sticking

[viper357]

I was a bit confused as to why my float switch kept sticking, there were no snails around it, I figured it was packing up so took it out to replace it, then I found the culprit, lol.

This cheeky starfish was stopping the float from moving up and down.

 

[RiaanP]

just shows you, anything you did not think about, can cause issues.

 

[459b]

True, riaan. Being deans tank, my first guess would have been hair algae

 

[viper357]

This just happened again. Why are these things all of a sudden sleeping in my float switch? Getting annoying now because it keeps dumping too much RO in the tank.

 

[459b]

Why havent you installed a second switch in series as a backup?

 

[viper357]

Because then I would have to remove two starfish every time.

 

[viper357]

I'm having a bad day. Opened the cupboard to start making some RO and found this.....

I'm guessing I must have over tightened it last time i filled it up? Little balls of resin everywhere.

 

[459b]

Did a starfish do that?

 

[r0ckf1re]

Did a starfish do that?

 

[viper357]

Did a starfish do that?

 

[RiaanP]

that is some serious questionable build quality.

 

[ShLiMi333]

that is some serious questionable build quality.

Thursdays?

 

[viper357]

that is some serious questionable build quality.

Not really, the unit is probably close to 10 years old, I can accept a failure on that seeing as it gets opened and closed and dropped more than any other part of the RO unit.

 

[RiaanP]

Oh, OK, so it was an operators error