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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:25:45 -0000
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Re: Honey Pumps
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of John Wiebe
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:02 PM
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> Subject: [BEE-L] Honey Pumps
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<SNIP> Besides using "plastic" foundation, has
> anybody any wise ideas as to how I mite filter out the floating wires
> from the honey before they get sucked into my pump?
> John.
>
How about fitting a powerful magnet to the tank, if you used one of the
circular ferrite magnets from something like an old microwave magnetron you
could fit it round the entrance pipe, this should grab most of the wires,
combined with a coarse mesh filter you should get them all.
Ben.

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