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Old 07-04-2006, 01:00 AM   #48 (permalink)
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That's a great explaination vidiots. BTW have you tried a differenct container yet? I have had good luck with some glass wine jugs that I had around. I believe they are 4L size. I have one for macros and one for micros. I like having the large reserve of liquid as it works as a auto top off as well and give me a lot of wiggle room to fine tune the level. If it empties a little too soon I fill it up a bit more. Not soon enough, I fill up a bit less. The delviery rate is pretty consisent too.

I just thought of something that may also contribute to the inconsistant doses. The Plastic bottle. Like you say once atmospheric pressure is exceeded the fluid flows out of the tube. This slight pressure buildup may be enough to "ballon" the plastic bottle just enough to cause issues -they are really flexible. Instead of the plastic bottle a glass one would be better as there is no chance of compression and expanson to influence dosing volume.
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