Kalk Stirrer Question

[LOTUS50GOD]

I have a Deltec Kalk Stirrer.... Should I stir 24/7? The stirring happens at the bottom of the reactor, fresh water comes in inthe middle of the reactor when dosing and the lime water is dosed above ..

I have a AC III, so I can program the stirrer to come on at different intervals.

[jvetter]

2-3/day for 10 min should be sufficient.

[manderx]

it needs more than that. it's not a 'normal' kalk reactor that uses a pump or high-speed magplate to whip up the whole chamber. it's a rather small chamber that uses a very low-speed mixing bar.

most people run them 24/7. but if i still had mine i would try only stirring and topping off for 8 hours a night. i think i didn't get good results out of it when i had it because it was going stale faster than i was dosing (since it's not sealed like most).

[LOTUS50GOD]

I evaporate about 5 gallons a day, and the kalk will only dose if the PH is below 8.3 (while a switch is monitors the sump level).

I will continue to run it 24/7 ...

thanks.

[King-Kong]

Dont run it 24/7. Those motors have lives.

I dont think it's necessary to run it more than a few hours each day (I used a digital timer to have it come on every few hours for 30m each).

The new water enters through the kalkwasser, helping to mix it anyways.

[LOTUS50GOD]

anyone else?

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[raddogz]

My kalk stirrer is only on for three to four times for ten minutes each time.

[LOTUS50GOD]

what is the benefit of not stirring the kalk mix?

what is the downside if I do stir 24/7

[raddogz]

The benefit of stirring the kalk is to keep the solution is suspension vs. caking up on the bottom of the kalk stirrer.

If you stir 24/7 it's easy enough to get the particles in suspension to the point where that's all that drips back into the sump or wherever you have it dripping.

I should add you want the solution to be in suspension vs. the white particles.