Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
32, 28, 32, 18 , 16, 13, 13 so its not horrendous, but i worry if i fiddle with the joints i will end up with a 263728 and every one of my collections is a payment sample!
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Robotic milking
- Thread starter newholland
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- Location
- Eastern Ontario Canada
What kind of gaskets? silicone or Buna
- Location
- Eastern Ontario Canada
Is it the nut coming loose and leaking at the gasget or the fitting onto the pipe?
That type should be leak proof and reliable. Took out a chiller a few years ago with those. It had run 10yrs with no leaks.
That type should be leak proof and reliable. Took out a chiller a few years ago with those. It had run 10yrs with no leaks.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
A blue rounded o ring, not sure what material it is made out of. Apparently they have more of a issue with them coming loose with the new merlins than the old ones, said it could be something to do with resonance from the purge or milk pump or could be complete rubbish i dont know. Are there any advantages to the silicon/plastic continuous discharge line or are they just cheap and easy and thats why they are used?
newholland
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- Location
- England
holstein654
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Could you not get somebody to tig weld a small tack on each one when they’ve been tightened
- Location
- Eastern Ontario Canada
Just out of curiosity is there a manufactures stamp or country on the stainless fitting?
Main advantage of the plastic line is
the only connections would be at the ends. Many fewer potential leak points - connections do need to be made properly or there will be bacterial problems.
Is slightly larger inside diameter than the 1" OD stainless pipe, easier flow for pumps
higher thermal resistance so less heat loss during wash. Should be insulated like your stainless should be.
Disadvantages
Needs support about every 12in. It will sag causing low points to trap wash water. Sleeve or conduit or a lot of pipe straps. Caution on strap contact for next point -
Thermal expansion - a 50m run will grow by many meters when the hot wash hits it. Space for expansion must be made for at the ends.
Will have a finite life span. Chemicals, UV-light, animals, mechanical damage will eventually break it down.
Do your research before you make a decision. Somebody else did not or you would not be having this problem.
Manufacturers make mistakes, that's a fact of life. Its how they stand behind them that sets them apart.
- Location
- Eastern Ontario Canada
Study your T4c- could give you clues - change in dead milk times, change in milking times,Conductivity., etc It keeps track of a lot of data
watch teat spray, nozzle partly blocked poorly spraying that quarter. Change the liner, and twin tube on that quarter.
Did you find the filters on the pulsation line?
Get the tech in and get pulsation and milking vacuum tested. Could be a problem in the pulsator itself. Don;t put it off too long. Get fixed will it is a small problem before it becomes a big problem.
Stuart1
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I’ve studied everything for hours. Yes the filters in the pulsation lines where all clean & free inside. Getting the technician in is my next step, il be calling them today.
- Location
- Eastern Ontario Canada
Another two robots roll into a new barn
surprisefarmer
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- Location
- North West NI
Any of you boys (or girls) harvesting your water from the plate cooler into a water tank, to then plum to a couple of water troughs (to help with water in freezing themes) and also into your robot water heater? If so, what size of a water tank did you use?
happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
All cow drinking water goes through 2 stage plate cooler into 3 drinking troughs down through the shed. No tank. There’s a 20 second over run so they never get low. Works well. Only down side if none of the cows hasn’t drank anything then there’s nowhere for water too go so plate cooler doesn’t work on stage 1. That would be very rare though.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Twin tube coolers here, 3 ibc on loft all cooler water goes into then and then pumped to all water troughs, warm water will freeze quicker than cold apparently
Only when really comparing high and low temperature water.
So water will cool from 70 to 60 degrees in 0 degrees faster than water cools from 20 to 10 degrees.
Wishful Thinker
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
What way did folk work the internet in to their outbuildings.
I have bought WiFi extenders to boost WiFi over power cables but for some reason seems to mess up the hub. Anyone any good ideas?
I have bought WiFi extenders to boost WiFi over power cables but for some reason seems to mess up the hub. Anyone any good ideas?
Robot Jon
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- Location
- North Devon
Put a new phone line into mine.
Wishful Thinker
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
Looks like that will be my long term option. Need a short term fix to get me up and going this week
Trevor McKay from Cullybackey did ours for us. House is about 500yds from robot but has a clear line of sight for signal.