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chillidude
PostPosted: May 7th, '12, 08:50 
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DrLuke - it's bolted on at the back and, yes, it just sits down over the cavity under it's own weight. It's about 1mm-1.2mm thick so it has some weight to it.

It's in a pretty sheltered area so doesn't get any direct wind and it's quite satisfactory like that. If it was going to be affected by strong wind I would just pop-rivet a strip of metal along the lip to give it extra weight when in place (as Steve S did in the original).

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If I set one up in Onslow I probably could cook a steamed pudding in it over the summer :geek:

Yeah, definitely not something you need in the wet season up there !
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Well, I finally had to replace the Optima pump.

Went in: 14-Mar-2010
Came out: 27-May-2012

So about 26-27 months.

It didn't actually die, but I think the main bearing is on it's way out and as the FT is essentially part of the house the noise it was making was not well received by the women !

Anybody know if you can get in and replace the bearing on the Optima ? Joel ??
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PostPosted: May 27th, '12, 13:02 
Let me know Chllie... I've got one the same.... probably about the same age as well....
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Well, I've been picking lotsa veges, but it gets kinda boring putting photos up of those all the time.

So, I've finally got something new to put up - the IBC's I'm converting into wicking beds :cheers:


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Nice!!! :headbang:
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The Wicking is a go'er Chilli.....I look forward to see your construction :flower:
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chillidude wrote:
Well, I finally had to replace the Optima pump.

Went in: 14-Mar-2010
Came out: 27-May-2012

So about 26-27 months.

It didn't actually die, but I think the main bearing is on it's way out and as the FT is essentially part of the house the noise it was making was not well received by the women !

Anybody know if you can get in and replace the bearing on the Optima ? Joel ??



I had clay balls stuck in mine.....took it to the Sites sparky's ( nice guys got sprayed with fish crap all over) and they fixed the lot !!! now I have like 6 or 7 spare pumps :mrgreen:
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The Wicking is a go'er Chilli.....I look forward to see your construction :flower:

Yeah, hopefully some more next weekend :cheers:

Would like to get those two completed and then start on the two top halves that haven't even been cleaned yet :evil:
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finally got the first two in !


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How many are you going to convert CD
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Looks good chilli :cheers: Well done
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Looking great CD. System looks fantastic too mate.

I cant wait to have my own place to make something more permanent. Very inspiring :)
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yea well done mate... great pipework!

Will you be adding a top soil at all?
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ccBear wrote:
How many are you going to convert CD

All 4 halves ccBear

Charlie wrote:
Will you be adding a top soil at all?

Yeah Charlie - didn't get photos of every step, so it's layered as below, top to bottom.;

- sugarcane mulch
- soil
- sugarcane mulch
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And this is how we make salami - a lot of pork (150kg) and a lot of people :cheers:


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