Splitting a BRS dual reactor and pellet mod

[mbg75]

Decided to give EcoBak pellets a try in my BRS dual reactor. Eventually want to ditch my fuge. I needed to split the feed lines in order to run separate flow rates. Going to start off with GFO in the first canister till the pellets take off. Then switch the GFO to carbon.

Also modded the pellet reactor side as found on the web.

Stock dual reactor


Found a mounting position on the factory bracket that used 2 factory holes each. These I marked with a cross.
Drilled 2 new holes each, marked as new.


Here are the units mounted on the plate. Notice the pellet side is reversed flow. It will now fill from the center and drain from the side. The stock inner canister will not be used.



NOTE: not shown in pic, but the air bleed hole gets plugged on the pellet unit

Split finished


Canister mod for pellets. Piece of PVC with the end heated and stretched to fit the reactor.
Piece of mesh, and a piece of a funnel

 

[mbg75]

Mesh installed


PVC pipe slid on


Pellets in

 

[Jaftica]

nice work as usual, now come do mine, lol

 

[lnevo]

Nice mod!

 

[cono]

wow that's a great mod
what size tank is that good for???

 

[mbg75]

wow that's a great mod
what size tank is that good for???

Should hold a little over 500ml of pellets. For Ecobak that's enough for at least 100gal. Not sure about other brands of pellets.

 

[strgazr27]

Nice work as usual. When I'm ready for pellets you've got a job.

 

[liverock]

nice job. i was just looking to buy a reactor. i think i'll try to mod 1 of my brs reactors instead. thanks.