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	Penn Plax Smallworld - REFILLING
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Just thought I'd pop this up. Its almost cheaper to buy a brand new unit over here than the refils, so I thought this might be useful to the thrifty among us (and those who don't care for carbon ) you need a hacksaw or something similar, silicone, elastic bands, and filter media (zeolite, carbon, filter floss, sponge, peat, shellgrit, whatever you want saw through the front sections of the bottom of the cartridge. This should just be two little green sticks. carefully try to lever the base from the back of the cartridge. sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't, saw it off. empty contents, and set sponge aside of you plan to re-use it. wash out container (if its filthy) and leave to dry off. refill with loose material and finish filling with either floss or the sponge. check that the base fits back on easily. apply silicone to the sections that join the pase, and use elastic bands to hold the base in position until the silicone dries Voila! cheapy customised filter cartriges! Callatya attached this image: For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	And applying the silicone Callatya attached this image: For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	elastic bands making sure the base stays even (if it slips, its hard to insert into the holder) Callatya attached this image: For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	And the finished article (if you lose the base, make a fake one out of an ice cream container or a piece of overhead sheeting works well) Callatya attached this image: For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:39


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