Anyone use compressed towel "disks" or similar absorbent to protect?

[Meredith]

does anyone have experience using compressed towels or a similar absorbing material to contain leaks, or as a way of buying time?

Even with leak monitoring, if I get a notice at work (and am ABLE to leave ) it could take easily an hour to be able to get home. I'm setting up as much protection as possible -controlling, monitoring, containing and now absorbing.

 

[recess62]

This is a good idea.

 

[Diesel]

Not bad, you have something there.
But if I may ask for what leak........ bulkheads, plumbing, silicone joints, busted pump, overflow of tank, ATO??

 

[cromag27]

Why so many leaks?

 

[Meredith]

I'm waiting on a custom stand so I'm currently sporting a Frankenstein hodgepodge that likes to burp wherever, whenever it can. And when stand gets here, I'll be creating all from new so, many surprises await me. I realize these towel things can't stop a big deluge but most I've come home to find, (or created ) have been at most a gallon or two-ish.

I hope, and think most of my current troubles will go away once franken-tank is gone, over the edge siphon, (I HATE THAT THING), stiff tubing bending further than intended and leaky on bizarre occasion, power outtage causes something to burp I don't know what, I've never been around to witness. No controller or UPC hooked up, wanted to take time to install and think/plan proper for new set up. So, saving all goodies for that.

My thought was to place the towel disks inside the cabinet stand, outside of sump for traveling tubing dribbles, skimmer mishaps too close to sump edge to be contained, sprinkle type tube failure, whatever. Something that if a water detecton sensor alerted me, I'd find something other than free flowing water, a couple soggy expanded towels hopefully.

And reading some of the other posts on here, I've gotten some good ideas about protecting the bottom cabinet area.

 

[Meredith]

Why so many leaks?

Franken-tank likes to burp. Especially after long work days, or right before bed. (One was a fish rescue from the over the edge siphon, filter sponge. Lots of water spilled trying to restart siphon, casualty - one power strip)

 

[Diesel]

I hear ya.
I leak or worse is what always can happen but in many times when setup and plumbed the right way is minimized in just a few oz, or just drips.
In 45 years I never had a big flood and as I can only remember twice a leaking bulkhead but water always made its way back into the sump.
Smart planning your plumbing is your best friend long term.

 

[cromag27]

Those towels hardly absorb any water. might be better to throw some big towels down there for the time beig, since iit's temporary.

 

[Pjones]

disposable diapers. trim off all but the absorbent part and stack around leak area

 

[Harry Muscle]

Apparently the Lightload towels are supposed to be quite absorbent. I'm thinking of trying those for this exact purpose.

Thanks,
Harry