David J
Fishaholic
Hi
I've just started using my first pressurised co2 system. One question, for now. Is it normal for water to enter the tubing between the diffuser and the bubble counter?
Having just set it up, I can see that the tubing is empty but now, after about an hour, I can see the water has entered the tubing from the diffuser and has travelled up about 3 or 4 inches up the tubing and is gradually creeping further. Is that normal?
I had set it all up a couple of days ago and the same thing happened but I had to take it down until I got a new non return valve as the existing one was faulty. On that occasion the same thing had happened but because I'd had it set up for about 48 hours, the water had made its way all the way to the bubble counter and made its way through the non return valve. That's when I realised it was faulty so took it all down until a replacement arrived. Before anyone asks, it was fitted the correct way round. I assumed at first that I must've fitted it wrong but was surprised to find I'd done it correctly.
So, as I've been typing, the water has travelled another inch or so up the tubing.
Set up is as follws:
Co2 bottle > non return valve > bubble counter > diffuser.
Thanks
David
I've just started using my first pressurised co2 system. One question, for now. Is it normal for water to enter the tubing between the diffuser and the bubble counter?
Having just set it up, I can see that the tubing is empty but now, after about an hour, I can see the water has entered the tubing from the diffuser and has travelled up about 3 or 4 inches up the tubing and is gradually creeping further. Is that normal?
I had set it all up a couple of days ago and the same thing happened but I had to take it down until I got a new non return valve as the existing one was faulty. On that occasion the same thing had happened but because I'd had it set up for about 48 hours, the water had made its way all the way to the bubble counter and made its way through the non return valve. That's when I realised it was faulty so took it all down until a replacement arrived. Before anyone asks, it was fitted the correct way round. I assumed at first that I must've fitted it wrong but was surprised to find I'd done it correctly.
So, as I've been typing, the water has travelled another inch or so up the tubing.
Set up is as follws:
Co2 bottle > non return valve > bubble counter > diffuser.
Thanks
David
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