Automatic Water Temperature Regulator

[Tin Can]

My last ever job was Mixing Insanity

Test engines in 6 tiny rooms

It was called Deep Chill

2000 gallons of antifreeze held at -35F

We pumped direct into 250F engine at shutdown

Insane plumbing

Repeated every 20 minutes

Scary Work

We sent it to China 2008

I wanted to come along!

[Keith Pitman]

Here’s a how-to for a DIY temp regulator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFTvBG7l24c

[Tin Can]

When I bought my InteliFaucet

I had bought JUNK from LFPF members

Twice

Wasted $$$

Paid $650 some tears ago

I can run my 3 printwashers at a trickle

my 25 years of fiber printing

and mounted are LN

[neil poulsen]

No matter what you have, there are a lot of gaskets inside. I have a Leedal and an Arkay. They are both basically the same except the Arkay has a covering/case/housing, and the Leedal doesn't. But it both, through age and use the gaskets wear out and the parts get clogged with calcium, etc - and stick or leak. Both Leedal and Arkay made gasket replacement kits with gaskets, instructions and diagrams. Some of these might still be available.

Another option, if you dare, is a complete DIY job, but some of the gaskets might be pretty hard to find, depending on your location -- and taking one apart is something I would advise against unless you have instructions & diagrams, or unless you like risks, of course.

This is clearly what happened to my unit. But gosh, it's probably been 40 years since I purchased it used.

Time for something different.

[neil poulsen]

I went one better than the economy model and purchased the following:

http://www.hassmfg.com/search.pl/121...&submit=Search

The economy model looked excellent and likely would have met my needs. (Especially since it had an adjustable "zero".) But since the next model up wasn't that much more expensive, I opted for a K250 instead.

Thanks for all the replies. This model will so much better than the Arkay I might have otherwise purchased.

[Tin Can]

Not sure if the 250 has a red Led

I put black gaff tape over my LED

I cover all my LED

[neil poulsen]

That's a good point; I'll check. Indeed, I cover LED's with black electrician's tape.