HI guys,
Now that I have your attention, I have a question.
Once upon a time, I was a jeweler, and did a fair bit with plating tanks. To control evaporation from the tanks, we used little plastic balls that floated on top of the bath, covering the surface, and preventing evaporation.
They looked sort of like ping-pong balls about 1/2" in diameter. You just dumped a bunch of them onto the bath, and they did their thing with no further attention paid.
I just got a new-to-me wet timesaver, which runs a coolant that's about 95% water. The coolant pump draws from the bottom of the tank, so I can't see any reason *not* to put a few bags of balls into the top of the tank to keep it from evaporating. Has anybody else done this, and how'd it work out?
Regards,
Brian
Now that I have your attention, I have a question.
Once upon a time, I was a jeweler, and did a fair bit with plating tanks. To control evaporation from the tanks, we used little plastic balls that floated on top of the bath, covering the surface, and preventing evaporation.
They looked sort of like ping-pong balls about 1/2" in diameter. You just dumped a bunch of them onto the bath, and they did their thing with no further attention paid.
I just got a new-to-me wet timesaver, which runs a coolant that's about 95% water. The coolant pump draws from the bottom of the tank, so I can't see any reason *not* to put a few bags of balls into the top of the tank to keep it from evaporating. Has anybody else done this, and how'd it work out?
Regards,
Brian