Hello y'all
- Thread starter melev
- Start date
- Location
- NY
Nice to have you aboard Mark. I guess it's totally true, you can take the guy out of NYC but you can't take NYC out of the guy. Welcome home 
Russ
Russ
scarf_ace1981
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- Location
- San Juan, PR
welcome aboard.
Guess I'll try it once more....
You guys are great. I came back to see if anyone had replied to my post, and found a four page thread! Now that my settings are configured right, I should get notifications when new posts appear in subscribed threads.
To the guy that wanted his refugium bulb autographed, I have to decline. Let's not decrease the PAR factor with sharpie squiggles on the lens.
Regarding Reefcast: The podcast is a hobby, and we do it as time permits. Evan's job devours Monday through Friday, and his weekends are pretty busy as well. Weekends are really the only time we can record, and DFWMAS (my club) has taken up many of them this year (planning and execution of our Next Wave conference, and now the complete rewrite of the club's bylaws). I just talked to him yesterday about how we recorded back on Feb 10th and on March 18th the show was still undone. We hope to get together this Saturday to wrap it up or at least let me download all the sound files to my external harddrive so I can produce them on my own time.
For the past few days, I've been tackling a couple of important projects. One was long overdue. I wanted to install a quiet vent fan in the ceiling to draw out heat and moist air from the fishroom. I've been eyeballing a couple of vents at Home Depot over the past year, and finally decided I just gotta get this done. In the summer, the room is drenched with condensation because the a/c doesn't cycle on its compressor since the temperature stays steady at 79F. I found one made by Broan (QTRGN110) on clearance for $75, so I bought it. It is very quiet at 1.3 Sones. The vent is located in the ceiling of the fishroom above the MH ballasts now.
Of course, to do this, I had to tarp off everything to keep the sheetrock dust out of the equipment and water. After locating the perfect spot that wouldn't hit any trusses, the hole was cut out. I made at least 12 trips into the attic to get this installed, wired to a new in-wall switch, and ducted out of the attic whirly bird about 6' away. Here are some pictures of the process.
This fan runs so silently, I can't even tell it is on. When climbing into the attic to test its wattage-usage, I thought I'd made some mistake. Nope, it was working perfectly! It uses 77w of power, and the output makes the whirly bird spin even faster now. That should help this summer.
The other project was even more pressing. For some reason, the 2.5 yr old G.E. 8000 BTU a/c unit decided to blink E-1 at me. This is an error code, and the unit wouldn't turn on or do anything. I called G.E. for repair, but the cost was just going to be too much for a unit that originally cost $142. I tried to return it to the store, but they didn't want it either, so I shopped for a new one. I found a Samsung 8000 BTU unit for $167 with a 5 year warranty. What really makes me happy with the new one is the energy savings. The old unit used 800w of power, and was SEER rated at 9.8. The new one is rated at 10.8 and uses 600w of power. I had to modify the hole in the wall (you may have saw the hole in one of the pictures above) to accomodate the new size, as they never are built to the same dimensions.
Thank you all for the very warm welcome. I'll try to help out as time permits. And FYI, if you email me and don't get a response, just send it again and again. I get a ton of email and can't reply to all of them. Don't give up on me, you are not being ignored.
You guys are great. I came back to see if anyone had replied to my post, and found a four page thread! Now that my settings are configured right, I should get notifications when new posts appear in subscribed threads.
To the guy that wanted his refugium bulb autographed, I have to decline. Let's not decrease the PAR factor with sharpie squiggles on the lens.
Regarding Reefcast: The podcast is a hobby, and we do it as time permits. Evan's job devours Monday through Friday, and his weekends are pretty busy as well. Weekends are really the only time we can record, and DFWMAS (my club) has taken up many of them this year (planning and execution of our Next Wave conference, and now the complete rewrite of the club's bylaws). I just talked to him yesterday about how we recorded back on Feb 10th and on March 18th the show was still undone. We hope to get together this Saturday to wrap it up or at least let me download all the sound files to my external harddrive so I can produce them on my own time.
For the past few days, I've been tackling a couple of important projects. One was long overdue. I wanted to install a quiet vent fan in the ceiling to draw out heat and moist air from the fishroom. I've been eyeballing a couple of vents at Home Depot over the past year, and finally decided I just gotta get this done. In the summer, the room is drenched with condensation because the a/c doesn't cycle on its compressor since the temperature stays steady at 79F. I found one made by Broan (QTRGN110) on clearance for $75, so I bought it. It is very quiet at 1.3 Sones. The vent is located in the ceiling of the fishroom above the MH ballasts now.
Of course, to do this, I had to tarp off everything to keep the sheetrock dust out of the equipment and water. After locating the perfect spot that wouldn't hit any trusses, the hole was cut out. I made at least 12 trips into the attic to get this installed, wired to a new in-wall switch, and ducted out of the attic whirly bird about 6' away. Here are some pictures of the process.
This fan runs so silently, I can't even tell it is on. When climbing into the attic to test its wattage-usage, I thought I'd made some mistake. Nope, it was working perfectly! It uses 77w of power, and the output makes the whirly bird spin even faster now. That should help this summer.
The other project was even more pressing. For some reason, the 2.5 yr old G.E. 8000 BTU a/c unit decided to blink E-1 at me. This is an error code, and the unit wouldn't turn on or do anything. I called G.E. for repair, but the cost was just going to be too much for a unit that originally cost $142. I tried to return it to the store, but they didn't want it either, so I shopped for a new one. I found a Samsung 8000 BTU unit for $167 with a 5 year warranty. What really makes me happy with the new one is the energy savings. The old unit used 800w of power, and was SEER rated at 9.8. The new one is rated at 10.8 and uses 600w of power. I had to modify the hole in the wall (you may have saw the hole in one of the pictures above) to accomodate the new size, as they never are built to the same dimensions.
Thank you all for the very warm welcome. I'll try to help out as time permits. And FYI, if you email me and don't get a response, just send it again and again. I get a ton of email and can't reply to all of them. Don't give up on me, you are not being ignored.
- Location
- Howell, NJ
hey marc, im very happy and pleased to have someone as knowledgeable as yourself on the site...
I know you will provide this great reef site with some great information and knowledge...
your site is awesome...
Welcome to the :grouphug:.... :party:
I know you will provide this great reef site with some great information and knowledge...
your site is awesome...
Welcome to the :grouphug:.... :party:
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I just confirmed that I'm really from Manhattan. Born in Lennox Hill Hospital near 78th Street. I looked it up on Google Maps, and there is such a place on 77th Street, so my mother has a pretty good memory considering it was over 40 years ago.
Born in Lennox Hill Hospital near 78th Street. I looked it up on Google Maps, and there is such a place on 77th Street, so my mother has a pretty good memory considering it was over 40 years ago. 
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
A very fine hospital at that---had my shoulder surgery done there So are you coming up for the swap? I think we could get Josh to waive the admission fee. LOL.
Randy
So are you coming up for the swap? I think we could get Josh to waive the admission fee. LOL.Randy
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
There is us, the Brooklyn Aquarium society, LIRA ( the Long Island Club), several NJ clubs, a Hudson valley club, and probably a few others that I'm forgetting. That would cover the lower extended tri-state area. The rest of state i have no idea.
If you do come up, you are more than welcome come visit us at Pratt.
If you do come up, you are more than welcome come visit us at Pratt.
It is URS (Upstate Reef Society). It would be nice if somehow I could come and give the same presentation (sumps and acrylic work) to several clubs in one trip perhaps. Like one on Friday, one on Saturday, and one on Sunday.
Your state doesn't seem to be nearly as large as Texas, so travel time wouldn't be a big factor.
Your state doesn't seem to be nearly as large as Texas, so travel time wouldn't be a big factor.
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