Surge Project - Details
Link Details  | ID: | 127 | | Title: | Surge Project - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cap/pictures/myreef/may1998/index.html | | Description: | This and the following photos show the parts to my surge project in progress. I'll say more about this later, but here's the basic idea. When the motor is turned on, it turns at 72 RPM. The motor will be mounted above the aquarium. The spool on the motor shaft is connected by a nylon rope to a box filled with sand. The box of sand will be in the aquarium, within a sleeve of acrylic that is open at the top and bottom, on the side facing the main body of the aquarium. A timing circuit will cause the motor to lift the box up to the top of the water, and then it will shut off the motor, allowing the box to fall freely (the shaft resistance is low in this motor). This should excite true waves in the aquarium, as well as move a significant amount of water, pumping it from the top of the tank to the bottom, as the box falls, and then the reverse when the motor lifts the box. | | Category: | Surge Devices | | Link Owner: | KingVinnie | | Date Added: | May 27, 2008 09:59:27 AM | | Number Hits: | 130 | | |
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