what exactly do you consider long? no problems getting my 50' 3/4" started like that. all you need is to get a little flow over the end of the tank.To start the siphon, you have to fill the hose with water. For a short hose, you can suck it. Obviously, you can't do it with a long hose.
+1. For my 180, I use 2 X 25' hose. One of the hose, I designate as the "clean" section , is the one that goes into the tank and stay inside the house. The other section is the hose that stays outside, attached to the outdoor faucet, and always has a bit of water in it since its always attached to the faucet. When I do my w/c, I put the clean section into the tank to the level i want it to drain to, using a clamp to hold the hose in place. I then connect both hoses together and then disconnect from the faucet. I place the disconnected end of the onto my lawn where the tank water will empty onto. To get the siphon going all I do is pick up the hose, near where the 2 hose are connected, to about waist high and walk towards the lawn side. Basically, running the left over water inside the "outside hose" out towards the lawn. This action will create a vacuum and start the siphoning. Hope this write-up makes sense because it sounds more complicated on paper than it actually is.what exactly do you consider long? no problems getting my 50' 3/4" started like that. all you need is to get a little flow over the end of the tank.
I try to leave a little bit in the hose when I coil it up. lowering the hose flat on the floor and away it goes. doesn't take much flow to start it up.
This. I have used long hoses and it was fairly easy exactly this way. Technically you could clamp the hose to the tank, but I never did that and wouldn't recommend it. Instead, just coil the hose up inside the tank so that there is adequate weight of water inside the hose so that when the water drains over the top of the tank the hose isn't pulled out of the tank. It takes little effort to start the siphon and in a long hose there is simply no chance you'll suck water, especially with a transparent hose.what exactly do you consider long? no problems getting my 50' 3/4" started like that. all you need is to get a little flow over the end of the tank.
I try to leave a little bit in the hose when I coil it up. lowering the hose flat on the floor and away it goes. doesn't take much flow to start it up.