I want to set up an auto-drip on my tank this month. My thoughts were to use sharkbite with a valve on both the hot and cold water lines leading to my basement sink to an appliance line T, through appliance line into a whole house cartridge water filter (carbon and sediment, if not more), and back out via appliance line (or whatever) into my sump. May have it go into a filter sock at the end depending on the water filter I buy, but that would be easy. My water here is pretty good, never had any issues with tap water. My wet/dry sump is drilled and plugged near the bottom of the tank, so I was just going to put a PVC elbow of sorts, probably 1.5" at a certain level and have that drain straight into my drain downstairs or the sink beside it, the sump is right beside them. What I am curious on is:
1) Anything I should add?
2) Anything I should change to the design?
3) Can anyone recommend a specific whole house filter system, particularly with good quality replacement cartridges?
4) Any flaw in my design that could lead to disaster that you can see (in regards to water quality for my rays, or safety, should I make the drain overflow bigger, etc.)?
5) If I am already undertaking this project, does anyone have a better idea to set up a basic auto-drip system for my first time and not being amazingly well versed at plumbing?
I can't help but feel like my design is a bit too simple, I see a ton of these being made that are so complicated that I struggle to follow, so I am hoping for a single tank that is running fine the way it is now that simplicity won't be a drawback and I can elaborate on it after the initial stage is done. Thanks in advance.
1) Anything I should add?
2) Anything I should change to the design?
3) Can anyone recommend a specific whole house filter system, particularly with good quality replacement cartridges?
4) Any flaw in my design that could lead to disaster that you can see (in regards to water quality for my rays, or safety, should I make the drain overflow bigger, etc.)?
5) If I am already undertaking this project, does anyone have a better idea to set up a basic auto-drip system for my first time and not being amazingly well versed at plumbing?
I can't help but feel like my design is a bit too simple, I see a ton of these being made that are so complicated that I struggle to follow, so I am hoping for a single tank that is running fine the way it is now that simplicity won't be a drawback and I can elaborate on it after the initial stage is done. Thanks in advance.
