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Hey... Are we talking Skycraft here or what?! :headbang2

The second most awesome place I've been.!

Silverstien's in Detroit #1. :woot: :woot: :woot:
 
X3R0X said:
The drain can go to where you want it to go... Right now its going out a window! You could drain into a sewer line or where ever you please.... I live in an apartment, so hooking it up to a sewer line isnt a option for me....


The long tall standing pipe is to increase the flow for when you siphon out the water... Kinda like a release hole on a gas can if you want to think about it like that... It's taller the usual right now because it needs to be for when you pump the water into the tank through that pipe you don't want the water to overflow...

Again this is not my idea, just to let everyone know... CHOMPERS came up with this whole design I just took it and ran with it...

But as of now I am still have problems trying to get enough presssure to push through the first sprinkler valve...

If anyone has any ideas on how to naturally increase pressure let me know! Other then that I think my only option is going to be hooking an external water pump to the hose so I can get enough pressure to suck the water out. Anybody know where I can find a good external pump that pumps around 250 to 500 gph, thats cheap, and that doesn't need to be primed?
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Try going to (physically) http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/retail_stores.taf?f=detail&Retail_Store_ID=104 :grinyes:

Here's the 6 pages worth. http://da.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=pump&Submit=Go

I'm getting this one http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45014 (this one is suggested for fountains and waterfalls so I'm thinking continuous duty) and Item # 45019-8VGA URL won't work for this one (and this one is on sale for $20.( 30gpm !)
Saturday (tomorrow), and some others things.
 
I can't watch some pics, don't know why?!
But it seems that you have everything well planed.
 
X3R0X said:
Wow joe AMAZING!! You are the main I think I am going to strap this one on the line drain line.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1479

Thankyou!
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No problem, anytime I can help...let me know.

Yea, I drooled over that one too, Maybe next month. Right now I've got 4 filter designs, 2 denitrator projects, and a hydroponics system design in the works and no excuse for that big of a pump (I've got a 1 1/2hp & 1hp pool pumps)(but give me a little time, I'll think of something). :grinyes:
 
Now if you run the waste water to a sump like eh1421's drip system...
 
OK GUYS!!!!!!! I have figured out a way to run the entire sytstem without the use of an sprinkler valve's on the waste or return lines. The only area where a sprinkler valve may be need is before the toliet fill valve, so that when the aged water is being pumped into the fish tank the aged water tank doesn't continue to be filled with water while the pump is on, which would cause your tank to flood and overflow.

I bought an external self priming pump from harbor freight for $40. Thanks to Dr. Joe! I also picked up a pump for my future 240 gallon tank for $19.99, it pumps 1855 gallons per hour and has a built in float switch. www.harborfreight.com that place is the biizzombbbb.

The only issue I am having with this system now is a power supply for my external pump. The pump is a 12 volt DC pump that needs 7.5 amps on start up and idles at 5.0 amps. That is a lot of damn current for this little pump. Being the electrical engineer that I am I have decided to build a power supply for this pump myself using a transformer, rectifier, etc. Hopefully I will have it completed by this weekend!!

Here's a final drawing of my auto water changer... BLING BLING!!

 
Love the water changer. But your stand seems to be the attraction! Great job anyhow.
 
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