Thanks

 Thank You

I have now done three sessions in my new tank and everything is working great.

I wanted to thank everyone here who help me along my adventure of build my own tank!

I first wanted to thank Crash at Floatlabs  - where I did my first float ever.

I want to thank Lee at Samadhi  for the  inspiration and support.

And finally I  want to thank David at Oasis  for helping me with supplies and the plumbing system.

Thank you and all the other that helped me make this a reality!

And a special hats off to 

Mr. "Happy to Spend Your Money" Guy

In Goes the Salt

It a little anti climatic but this is what $1000 worth of salt looks like.

It took over 6 hours to dissolve the salt.

I did this in four sessions due to the size of the hot water heater.

This is 5 bags (50 lbs each) - it took 21 bags or 1050 pounds of salt to 

reach the correct gravity (1.27).

With all the salt dissolved now I just have to wait for it to reach the correct temperature 93.5.

It's starting the night off at 89.2.

Soon!

Test went Well

I put some test water in to make sure everything work!!

A few small drips, but easily fixed.

Everything is Set for the Test

All the plumbing is put together and sealed up.

Water should go in tomorrow with the salt soon to follow.

Back Together

One more line to make sure we have a "water tight" seal.

The newly painted front panel back in place with the door attached.

The door worked perfect after being reattached.

Surprised and very happy.

The back is set and ready to be tested.

After all this work I'll see if it works when I add water tomorrow.

Putting it Back Together

So it was a big day.

We put the four top pieces back together on top of the base -

and it fit!

Here it is from the front -

Here is a back view

A shoot of inside the tank -

black is the new black.

Covering the Pieces

The top is made up of four pieces.

Each piece has foam board insulation on the outside:

Then the inside has foil insulation:

And finally each piece is covered with 6 mil plastic:

Here is the back with holes for the plumbing and air flow:

The Liner is In

So I got the liner all set up.

The Door

The door turned out pretty good.

Who even looks at this Blog?

Well this is interesting.

I see the US has no interest in my project.

Only people in Russia seem to have any class.

Plumbing Redesign

After talking with David (who sold me the plumbing equipment) I had to redesign the system.

I got a crash course in fluid dynamics.

So here is the new set up.

The end goal was to remove elbows and create a more direct flow for the water.