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Title: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: Smudger on November 01, 2009, 06:20:45 pm
Having a mind block.... its coming to the time to change the resin in my DI vessel, I have never done this before, how much resin would this size take? It measures.... 8 inch diameter, and stands 18 inch high - (no volume measurements on the bottle?) And is it simply a matter of unscrewing teh black cap at the top where the in and outlet valves are, and tipping out the old resin and putting in the new??

Thanks!
S
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: JSMC on November 01, 2009, 06:34:03 pm
fill it about 3/4 full i'd say/ use some old magazine to make a funnel.
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: macmac on November 01, 2009, 06:35:01 pm
Fill with resin up to the shoulder of the vessel (just before it starts to taper in at the top). Yes, unscrew top, Tip old resin out, wash out with water (well, I do anyway) & refill.

Tip- fill newly filled vessel with water before you put the tube & head back in, makes it a lot easier.
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: dai on November 01, 2009, 06:35:11 pm
Yep that's all you need to do, I rinse out the vessel before putting the new resin in.
Just fill upto the bottom of the vessel neck, this allows enough room for you to insert the stem.
Tip, filling them is made a lot easier if you can make a funnel out of a road cone.
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: ccmids on November 01, 2009, 06:40:34 pm
you might want to give it a good shake to screw the black top down
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: Smudger on November 01, 2009, 06:53:10 pm
Thanks guys! Any idea how much this size of container will take - ie how many litres will I need to buy??
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: MoemGorod on November 01, 2009, 07:08:09 pm
Hi mate.

It will take 11,8 litres for the 8"X 17" vessel.

regards,

Vadim
Title: Re: Refilling DI Vessel - Help please!
Post by: jouk45 on November 01, 2009, 07:52:08 pm
tip, use a small brush to clean any resin left between the threads, will screw on more smoothly, and helps to line the tube up