DIY bulkheads for about $1.30 each

[wizzin]

I found this article on the cichlid-forum.com a while ago, and I actually installed 5 of them and water tested them this past weekend. Very simple. edit: and the key is getting the gray pvc in the electrical conduit section

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_bulkheads.php


ps. i'll try to post pics tonight.

 

[throttle]

thats how I make all my bulkheads.

 

[JustLooking]

Not to derail or be an ass,
but thats a bulkhead FITTING.

Thats one of my pet peeves

 

[rallysman]

thats how I make all my bulkheads.

Same here. I have them on my 300 and it works very well

 

[Aquaman_95]

That's a NIce price

 

[rallysman]

Not to derail or be an ass,
but thats a bulkhead FITTING.

Thats one of my pet peeves

Everybody has them

 

[nativecollector]

I looked at Home Depot and Lowes and neither one had any fittings that were long enough to fit through 3/4" plywood. Maybe I was in the srong section but all the plumbing and piping was there. I took a wander trough the electrical section and the largest grey pvc that they had in stock was only 1" ID. For my DIY 120 I am thinking I will need at least 1.5" ID at a min.
Any other suggestions on where to get the fittings to fit through 3/4" plywood.

 

[Dr Joe]

A real plumbing supply house...that's where I go when I get fed up with HD & lowes . They're usually pretty friendly too, just explain what your doing.

Oh yeah, if you have a jacussi / hot tub store with a repair dept. too.

And remember to call them bulkhead fitting, bulkheads are the walls a submarines doors are in (kinda).

Dr Joe

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[CHOMPERS]

Not to derail or be an ass,
but thats a bulkhead FITTING.

Thats one of my pet peeves

You must be a Navy man too. Bugs me too, but I stuck my head in the microwave to kill some brain cells. I am ok now.

 

[CHOMPERS]

...And remember to call them bulkhead fitting, bulkheads are the walls a submarines doors are in (kinda).

Dr Joe

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Yep, a bulkhead is a wall or partition. A bulkhead in a sump is actually the dividers. I gave up on educating the masses; there are just too many with in-one-ear-and-out-the-other syndrone.