4300 Gallon Plywood Build (3600+ Take 2)
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looks sweet. seeing those pics of with the tank structure in it really reminded me how much of a beast this thing is I love it. keep it up pete. I want to see the flow when you drain it. planning on washing away the lawn?
VLDesign;4201965; said:
Just temporary and not for full fill test. Only using them to catch what gets past the pipe and plugs on the inside. The main part of the water containment through the bulkheads will be inside the tank for testing.
Permanent plumbing will be all hard connections with ball valves.
That is a great sediment trap! How are you going to flush the crap out of the bottom, ball valve or something?
Yep, ball valve on the end.
The way the trap works is that water flows down the 45 into the Y/90 trap. The water continues up the Y while any sediment gets caught in the turbulence and falls into the 90 and pipe following it. The water flows up a pipe to the pump intake about 3 - 4 ft above the trap. Gravity will do its thing and anything big enough to cause pump trouble will fall into the trap below.
I'm still considering putting the settling tanks in. I may do it just for the sake of more protection on the pumps and easier heater coil installation.
The way the trap works is that water flows down the 45 into the Y/90 trap. The water continues up the Y while any sediment gets caught in the turbulence and falls into the 90 and pipe following it. The water flows up a pipe to the pump intake about 3 - 4 ft above the trap. Gravity will do its thing and anything big enough to cause pump trouble will fall into the trap below.
I'm still considering putting the settling tanks in. I may do it just for the sake of more protection on the pumps and easier heater coil installation.
Not much since it's on the intake side of the pump and it's gravity/pressure fed due to the water in the tank trying to equalize with the plumbing outside.
think high pressure radiator hoses and hose clamps...they'll hold the static pressure of a tank, without any problem...VLDesign;4201965; said:
quite true!
radiator is about 14psi it takes about 32 feet of water hieght to create that much pressure
radiator is about 14psi it takes about 32 feet of water hieght to create that much pressure
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