Well...on the recommendations of others I built one. I really wanted to fork out the cash but no-one makes a closed-loop system anymore. Here's what I did after a couple modifications
Materials:
The 4" PVC is stacked with about 3" of polyfill then a cross section of stainless splash screen, about 3/4 gal of beads, another cross section of stainless splash screen, another 3" of polyfil, and the fish tank pump on top.
The polyfill on the bottom acts as a filter for oil vapors coming from crank breather and the inlet line is a couple inches off the bottom to trap any liquid oil. the polyfill also helps support the weight of beads.
The splash screen is hot-glued in the bottom but not on top so beds may be serviced.
Cap on bottom is semi-permanently installed with just silicone caulk on outside to seal. The top cap is taped to seal, but make pump and beads accessible.
Fish tank pump cover was removed and slightly modified to slide down ID of PVC pipe.
Section of 3/8" tubing between PVC cap and fuel filter is filled with beads and lightly plugged on both ends with polyfill. This acts as a visual indicator to let me know the interior beads are nearing saturation.
All of this is on a smart outlet for timing, which works with my hotspot with 200mb free data from Freedom Pop.
Materials:
- 4" PVC
- 4" PVC Caps
- Polyfill aka pillow stuffing
- Stalnless frying pan splash guard
- 50-60 gal fish tank pump
- Various 3/8" plumbing fittings based for my application
- 3/8" poly tubing
- 1 gal Silicon beads
- Fuel filter with 10 Micron rating
- Rubber stopper
The 4" PVC is stacked with about 3" of polyfill then a cross section of stainless splash screen, about 3/4 gal of beads, another cross section of stainless splash screen, another 3" of polyfil, and the fish tank pump on top.
The polyfill on the bottom acts as a filter for oil vapors coming from crank breather and the inlet line is a couple inches off the bottom to trap any liquid oil. the polyfill also helps support the weight of beads.
The splash screen is hot-glued in the bottom but not on top so beds may be serviced.
Cap on bottom is semi-permanently installed with just silicone caulk on outside to seal. The top cap is taped to seal, but make pump and beads accessible.
Fish tank pump cover was removed and slightly modified to slide down ID of PVC pipe.
Section of 3/8" tubing between PVC cap and fuel filter is filled with beads and lightly plugged on both ends with polyfill. This acts as a visual indicator to let me know the interior beads are nearing saturation.
All of this is on a smart outlet for timing, which works with my hotspot with 200mb free data from Freedom Pop.
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