diy overflow

[Dragon Hunter]

It will be hard or impossible to add and remove when needed. Add a union in the top loop (or about there) to make it modular.

we did do that

 

[mercury904]

i cant because of the bracing. we made it and it flows fine but we cannot get it to automatically restart after we shut off power and restart. will try to get pictures up.

thats a thick bracing you got there,can you post a pic of the actual tank?

 

[mannyhappy]

i cant because of the bracing. we made it and it flows fine but we cannot get it to automatically restart after we shut off power and restart. will try to get pictures up.

I am going to have to agree with Chompers......making a Joint to allow for you to remove it would probably be your best bet.

To get around the bracing problem, i would say drill a hole into it and slide in your pipe....then connect the other piece once its in there.....

 

[mercury904]

yeah,I had my overhead diy glass sump drilled by a glass and aluminum shops in our place,they have this attachment to a powerdrill that can prick a 1 inched diameter hole

 

[danny]

so are we saying that the top loop with the check valve in it will not empty when the power is cut?

 

[CHOMPERS]

The most common causes for not restarting after a shutdown is the ommisison of the vent tube, or placing the tee below the loop inside the tank.

 

[danny]

thanks chompers,i have read this thread from the start and have no doubt at all that i works,, but i just dont see how the top loop dose not empty?

 

[CHOMPERS]

The vent breaks the syphon from the tube going down to the filter. When the water level inside the intake tube drops to the level of the tee, the flow stops. The two loops trap water in them to prevent air from entering the inverted loop.

 

[Dragon Hunter]

DO GUYS THINK MY PROBLEM IS RIGHT HERE THATS WHY IT WONT RESTART AFTER I REMOVE POWER?

 

[CHOMPERS]

no, your problem is on the outside of the tank where you omitted everything else.