Drilling & Tapping Calcium Reactor to add PH Probe

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I Posted this in General discussion, and decided to post here as well, I Wanted To Add a PH probe to my Calcium Reactor but a new lid was around $65-$85 so I decided to Driil and tap my lid and add probe holder fitting. I did 2 others for members after I did mine both came out Great, depending on material reactor lid is made of will determine how hard it will be to do. All the ones I did took no more than 10 Minutes. Here are the Pictures
Tools needed,
Drill----45/64 Drill Bit-----1/2" NPT Tap.

 

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Drill bit

45/64

 

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1/2" Tap

1/2" npt tap

 

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New tapped threads

New tapped threads

 

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New probe holder

Ph probe in holder