JNS Alpha 2 Biopellet Reactor

Tom Toro · 11-26-2011, 02:59 PM

Drop Shipped from California
Extremely well packed with cushions
Self Contained motor pump Sicce
Thick Acrylic throughout

Holds 1500 Ml of pellets(not too sure about that, but I'm going to try after it breaks in) looks more like 1000ml
Lid pops off with keyed thumb screws very easily
Pump is held on with thumb set screw and comes off easily to clean
No center tube to get in the way when filling or cleaning
In sump design, just the pump needs to be submerged

Attached a couple of large sewer pipe hangers with zip ties so I could hang it off the side of the Rubbermaid, filled it with 250ml of pellets, plugged it in and it started. Nothing to it.

Pellets are very agitated and moving in a vortex. Nothing on the bottom or top yet. Seems very strong and I'm not sure I need this much movement for tumbling biopellets. This thing moves those pellets!

So...
Well made
Works well
Very strong pump
Good price ($150)
Good capacity At least 1000ml
Easy to disassemble for cleaning/filling
Silent operation
I give it an A. I'd give it an A+, but still not sure the pellets should be swirling so aggressively. I'll update.

dentdominator · 11-26-2011, 05:17 PM

Hey bud, I'm looking forward to seeing this pellet system in action. Hopefully it's a lot easier to work with than mine.

Happy Holidays !!

Tom Toro · 11-26-2011, 08:10 PM

Hey Pal! Yeah, it's cookin', but I'm not sure it's the right speed. When you're over, you can let me know what you think.

binford4000 · 11-26-2011, 11:39 PM

how about a pic of this reactor tom??

Tom Toro · 11-27-2011, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by binford4000

how about a pic of this reactor tom??

You got it, Bud. Here's a utube video. I'm lazy, lol.

slapshot · 11-27-2011, 10:42 AM

Tom that thing is sweet!

Tom Toro · 11-27-2011, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by slapshot

Tom that thing is sweet!

What do you think, Don? Too fast of a tumble? I just looked again and all pellets are suspended and when they get to the bottom, they move against each other pretty well. My problem with the other reactors was a bridge at the top that turned rank until I freed it. This one so far isn't doing that.

dentdominator · 11-27-2011, 11:20 AM

WOW, That looks perfect !!! It's a tornado of pellets.

Tom Toro · 11-27-2011, 01:12 PM

Just a quick note, that's not my exact reactor. Just got it off of Youtube. It is the model, though and runs just like that.

slapshot · 07:17 PM

I don't think it's too fast. I am trying an experiment right now. I ran mine fast for a month and now I'm running slow, well relatively speaking. I can't find any information on which is best.