DIY OVERFLOW HELP

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
This has got me so intrigued I think i'll have to run some garage/tupperware experiments. Things i'd like to test:

- standard (tank deep, even length)
- short in tank (like above)
- short out of tank (opposite above)
- short (why not make them even and only 6" in length)

all options would then be primed, ran, 'power loss', and 'power regain'

don't know when i'll get around to it, did anybody make one of the above and what did you see as advantages/disadvantages?
 
The inside loop needs to be below the bottom of the tee.

The power is determined by the distance from the tee to the waters surface.

Having a long outside loop below the tee is pointless.
 
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does it look better?
 
Yep, awsome. I didn't have time to go into a full explanation with that last post but I'm glad you got the idea.
 
Because the first of those thousand overflows were failures. Everyone has to reinvent the wheel before they realize that the original version was just fine as it was.

And the final version is like the original so to speak. It is just laid flat and missing the air line check valve.
 
I thought I had read that the outside U had to be higher than the inside U. That is why I made it like that, all I need now is a check valve. Do they sell those at most LFS?
 
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