Big Problem

[Ps3Steveo]

My atomizer has stopped working after only a week, my co2 bottle has 750psi in it and no matter how much I turn up the needle valve the mist isn't coming out and the atomizer is slowing the bubble count right down, released the pressure in the whole system and started over, with the needle valve fully open running about 10 bubbles per second then as the pressure builds and the atomizer wont let anything through the bubble count drops to near enough nothing.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Ok got it to start gassing but no matter how high I turn up the needle valve it wont go over 0.5 BPS and rather than the mist in the tank I'm getting loads of tiny bubbles, I do believe these are meant to give off a mist like when I first got it? I re scaped the other day and clouded up the tank a bit so I wonder if the diffuser has some crap on it? I heard that if the bubbles appear or get bigger it usually means the diffuser needs to be cleaned?

 

[ian]

what BAR is it set on??

is it one of the new double chambered atomisers?


On a side note, these will rarely run at anything above 3bps, because they don't need to. I think it was Andy who was running his at 1bubble per 2 seconds and getting a lime green drop checker. It's because diffusion is so good.

 

[Ps3Steveo]

My reg will go to 3 bar and the diffuser will only let out 1bps, its the single chamber one. Randomly stops letting out gas too so thats why my BBA is coming back.

 

[ian]

3 bar is safe to run at...what is the drop checker saying at 1 bps?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Well TBH my drop checker stays green all night, never goes back to blue??? Goes a more lime green when the CO2 is on but I thought they were meant to change over night??? It was running 2BPS today so I think the soak in bleach done it good, drop checker stayed lime green tho, feel like I'm doing something wrong lol.