My uv sterilizer with powerhead.

andy12265 · 02-11-2007, 01:10 PM

Hey all i was just cleaning my uv sterilizer and i noticed that a flow rate for it is 100-200 gph . I looked at my powerhead and saw that it was 270 gph. I think that the flow is too much for the uv light to get anything so i had this other powerhead at 84 gph. Do you think that using this smaller gph would do any thing to the sterilizer???

----Thanks!

BoomerD · 02-11-2007, 01:22 PM

Matching the flow rate to the sterilizer's "zap rate" or "kill rate" is how you get the most efficient use from one. Using more flow that it's rated for won't give enough radiation to actually kill the organisms that pass through it, and too small of a flow, is just inefficient. It won't HURT the sterilizer, but is kind of like using a shotgun to kill a mosquito...it gets the job done, but not very efficiently.

rDr4g0n · 02-11-2007, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BoomerD

...but is kind of like using a shotgun to kill a mosquito...

shotgun mosquito hunting should be an olympic sport. it is in alabama.

BoomerD · 02-11-2007, 02:23 PM

Well, I HAVE been to a few places where a 12 gauge MIGHT be necessary to kill the dammed things, but for MOST of us, it's just a bit of overkill...
Alabama...isn't that where a couple can get a deevorce, and still be brother and sister?

rDr4g0n · 02-11-2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BoomerD

Well, I HAVE been to a few places where a 12 gauge MIGHT be necessary to kill the dammed things, but for MOST of us, it's just a bit of overkill...
Alabama...isn't that where a couple can get a deevorce, and still be brother and sister?

lol im from alabama.

and my sister is attractive.. ok!?

BoomerD · 02-11-2007, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rDr4g0n

lol im from alabama.

and my sister is attractive.. ok!?

Heck, if it ain't good enuf fer kin folk, it sure ain't good enuf fer strangers!

02-11-2007, 01:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
andy12265 Midas Blenny Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 111 View Gallery Karma Komment	My uv sterilizer with powerhead. Hey all i was just cleaning my uv sterilizer and i noticed that a flow rate for it is 100-200 gph . I looked at my powerhead and saw that it was 270 gph. I think that the flow is too much for the uv light to get anything so i had this other powerhead at 84 gph. Do you think that using this smaller gph would do any thing to the sterilizer??? ----Thanks!

02-11-2007, 01:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,234 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My uv sterilizer with powerhead. Matching the flow rate to the sterilizer's "zap rate" or "kill rate" is how you get the most efficient use from one. Using more flow that it's rated for won't give enough radiation to actually kill the organisms that pass through it, and too small of a flow, is just inefficient. It won't HURT the sterilizer, but is kind of like using a shotgun to kill a mosquito...it gets the job done, but not very efficiently. __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

02-11-2007, 02:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,234 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My uv sterilizer with powerhead. Well, I HAVE been to a few places where a 12 gauge MIGHT be necessary to kill the dammed things, but for MOST of us, it's just a bit of overkill... Alabama...isn't that where a couple can get a deevorce, and still be brother and sister? __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

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