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ZENNZZO's duce duce five...

YUP YUP!...Pinoy Props!!
I better check my PayPal too...;)
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yeah, you may want to check your paypal,,, for that new addition you'll be adding to the 225g soon?!! ;) :idea:
 
even though I'll be sleepless till I figure out where those 300 fish dollars are going to come from...
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:D we all been there, brotha!! ;)
 
Ok we got the DART in so I was able to do a little plumbing...with such a huge W/D, I had to mount the pump sidewinder style.


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I found this cool little dauber at HD and it works great...no more spills...
I hope!...

3.jpgI shorten a bunch of 2" PVC fittings...I take and saw off half of the "slip" part of the fitting then sand them smooth...it's hard to tell unless you look closely...
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then I got the plywood and foam mocked up for under the W/D, PhullTank57 came by and gave me a hand drilling this beast...(Thanks Brother...it was a fun day talking long S**t to each other)
And wait till you see the W/D board...it will pass the toughest QC inspector...LOLOL


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here is a pic of the mocked up INTAKE loop - Pump/Unions/Valves/Bulkhead all 2"
And the return side 1.5" Union/Valve

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That's one serious pump!

Oh good more pvc pipework, glad it's you and not me ;-)
 
Yanbbrox;2947789; said:
That's one serious pump!

Oh good more pvc pipework, glad it's you and not me ;-)
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Yeah it is...a unique feature of this direct drive centrifugal pump is that you can throttle back the outlet to reduce the maximum rated flow and it will also use less wattage...


PVC!?! piece of cake at this size...
what I didn't show was deburring the cuts that I made on my sliding miter saw. I'm using a 60 tooth, carbide tipped blade that makes clean cuts, then I de-burr the outside and inside edges of the pipe...this makes for the pipe to be able to slide the whole way into the fittings, once the cement is applied...

I forgot to ask you, if you were using a tubing cutter or a saw to cut your pipes...a tubing cutter more or less forces the tubing/pipe to be mushroomed at the end making them very hard to get all the way into the fitting...they need to be seriously de-burred to remove the enlarged end...
 
zennzzo;2947814; said:
Yeah it is...a unique feature of this direct drive centrifugal pump is that you can throttle back the outlet to reduce the maximum rated flow and it will also use less wattage...


PVC!?! piece of cake at this size...
what I didn't show was deburring the cuts that I made on my sliding miter saw. I'm using a 60 tooth, carbide tipped blade that makes clean cuts, then I de-burr the outside and inside edges of the pipe...this makes for the pipe to be able to slide the whole way into the fittings, once the cement is applied...

I forgot to ask you, if you were using a tubing cutter or a saw to cut your pipes...a tubing cutter more or less forces the tubing/pipe to be mushroomed at the end making them very hard to get all the way into the fitting...they need to be seriously de-burred to remove the enlarged end...
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I used an electric saw on mine, to be honest it was only the 4'' that gave me problems, the 2'' was a piece of cake. The underground 4'' was not a problem as the pipe work was put in with a sledge hammer;), it was only the above ground work that was a pain as the pipes were a lot smaller to get right into the 90's.

According to the tracker my pump is almost here and I need to leave for work in ten mins:irked:
 
zennzzo;2947814; said:
I forgot to ask you, if you were using a tubing cutter or a saw to cut your pipes...a tubing cutter more or less forces the tubing/pipe to be mushroomed at the end making them very hard to get all the way into the fitting...they need to be seriously de-burred to remove the enlarged end...
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I screwed up and used a tubing cutter when I did mine. This resulted in more leaks than I have ever had in my life when doing plumbing. I am getting ready to plumb in a reeflo blackfin 3600 for a closed loop in addition to the dart that I am using as the return pump. You can be damn sure I won't be using a tubing cutter on any of the cuts. I'll stick to a hacksaw and some sandpaper. :naughty:
 
LowCel;2932697; said:
Make sure you put a piece of foam under it. Also, if you have access to flexible pvc put a piece on the input and output to get rid of the little bit of "hum" that it makes
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I agree with this. I need to add more foam to mine. I also need to try out the flexible PVC idea. You can hear the hum of my pump very clearly upstairs. I'm not sure if its the echo of the basement or what, but I need to fix it because its getting annoying.


BTW, I cut all of my PVC with a miter saw or the stupid little PVC hack saw when I'm too lazy to go get my miter saw back from my sister. LOL
 
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