Anyone else use Brute 32 gallon buckets?

[Jan]

...the grey, food grade kind? If so, do you know if 32 gallons is all the way to the brim, or just up to that little lip indentation that is ~5 inches below the top rim? I've just got my RO/DI system cranked up and it put a certain amount of water in there, and I'm trying to calculate how much without taking it all out of the bucket.

Just thought I'd ask!

 

[Brenden]

I use them but I do not know.

 

[returnofsid]

I use Rough Tote. They're made by Rubbermaide. I've read several articles that say over time, they don't effect the TDS of the water stored in them. I don't know the actual quantity mine holds. I've planned on actually measuring it out, using a 5 gallon bucket with a 4 gallon mark on it...but haven't done so yet...lol.

 

[zenn]

i use the gry brute 32g. Home Depot?

I even got the sweet wheels that fit underneath it so i can wheel it around.

32 gallons would be filled to the brim. I know this because I've been using it to do water changes for the last year. A little over halfway full is 15gallons.

Hope this helps

 

[Jan]

Thankyou, Zenn. That helps tremendously! Now I know how much salt to add.

 

[sidd129]

Are you measuring you sg after you mix your salt?

 

[Brenden]

Off topic but do not use the blue plastic trash cans made by rubbermaid. They are cheap but will start leaking at random. I have bought 4 and they all developed leaks just sitting on the floor.

 

[Curtswearing]

The oils in the plastic those are made of leach into the water. Then the plastic becomes brittle and develops stress cracks.

A Brute trash can will be just as strong 5 years from now as it is today as there will be no leaching.

 

[Bainic]

I don't have room for them but would use probably bigger for sump, refugium, frag propagation, if I had the room!

 

[davidabrown66]

...the grey, food grade kind? If so, do you know if 32 gallons is all the way to the brim, or just up to that little lip indentation that is ~5 inches below the top rim? I've just got my RO/DI system cranked up and it put a certain amount of water in there, and I'm trying to calculate how much without taking it all out of the bucket.

Just thought I'd ask!

I use the brute 32, and 25 gal is up to the indentation at the handle, so I assume 32 is to the rim.