Re: Cleaning Ultrasonic Fogger disc?

DCLXVI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> DCLXVI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (such as reptiles) from entering the reservoir. My observation is that 
> the fogger *may* operate as a sort of 'still' itself, with the 
> concentration of salts in the reservoir constantly increasing as more 
> water is added and fogged out. The efficiency of fog production seems to 
> decrease with the rise in contaminants; at one point in the past, mine 
> would totally stop producing fog unless the water was completely changed 
> out. I switched to distilled and its been way less moody (so far).

Not knowing a thing about car batteries, I will jump out on a limb and
say that the concepts are probably pretty similar.  The more salts (or
crusty stuff in the case of the car battery, which I think are salts) 
that build up on the contact points, the more resistance there is to 
the electrical current that makes both the battery and the fogger operate.

Makes sense too that the fogger is distilling the water.  Evaporation does
that.  But as long as the salamanders (is that the animal we're discussing?)
aren't bathing in the stuff I can't see that it would be a problem.  People
have been using misters/foggers/humidifiers with amphibs for years.

-Z