50watt uv running 600 gph
- Thread starter freshfishin727
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Kill ALL THE THINGS! lol. The slower the flow, the more effective a UV is at killing free floating organisms. 50 watts seems a bit much but if it's what you have to work with it won't hurt anything.
I've heard of 40W and 58W but who makes a 50W unit? Is it two 25W put together?
Effectivity is dependent on brand of UV and tank volume including sump.
Effectivity is dependent on brand of UV and tank volume including sump.
Tank is 200 gallons, with 50 gallon sump running a 1200gph return, a 900 gph return , and now a 600 return but the 600 is what feeds the uv.
Wow...awesome gf!!
That 55W is more than enough. You're dosage is about 91 mJ/cm^2. Ideally you want a dosage of 50 mJ/cm^2.
Just for compaison, my calc for a 58W delivers 38 mJ/cm^2 for a 600 gal tank. You got a similar size on a 250 gal. You got yourself a hotrod.
That 55W is more than enough. You're dosage is about 91 mJ/cm^2. Ideally you want a dosage of 50 mJ/cm^2.
Just for compaison, my calc for a 58W delivers 38 mJ/cm^2 for a 600 gal tank. You got a similar size on a 250 gal. You got yourself a hotrod.
Agreed. Very cool of you to show the math behind your comments.
freshfishin727
- "KILL ALL THE THINGS" = 38 mJ/cm^2
kendragon
is smarter than me and used math.
Wow...awesome gf!!
That 55W is more than enough. You're dosage is about 91 mJ/cm^2. Ideally you want a dosage of 50 mJ/cm^2.
Wow seems like I got pretty lucky on how things worked out, thank you for explaining the facts to help me understand as well. Much appreciated
Just for compaison, my calc for a 58W delivers 38 mJ/cm^2 for a 600 gal tank. You got a similar size on a 250 gal. You got yourself a hotrod.
Correction. JK47 is smarter than kendragon......knew the answer without doing the math.Agreed. Very cool of you to show the math behind your comments.
38mJ/cm^2 is the output dosage but because this oversized UV is used on a smaller tank, the UV dosage jumps to 91mJ/cm^2. This is due to the turn over rate. The pathogen get's zapped more than twice compared to a 600gal tank. Only concern in using such a large UV on a small tank is overheating the water.
Uv has been setup for a week now and I had to adjust the heater in the sump down 2 degrees to keep my water at 80.5 since install.
