Ok my overflow has been acting up a little recently. Lately is has been sucking in a lot of air and has gotten pretty noisy. What usually causes this in the DIY overflows?
DIY overflow issues
- Thread starter Lyferxb9s
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Is it a durso stand pipe? I take it the hole as the air feed is making allot of noise. Try cleaning it a little incase some algae built up. Sometimes that hole gets clogged and a full siphon will pull, water through. That's when I know I need to clean mine.
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Pics or info on. What your setup is will sure help as who knows what you got going
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Here is the inlet to my DIY overflow.
The is the original intake.
The stanchion pipe is now much taller also.
The is the original intake.
The stanchion pipe is now much taller also.
Ok I turned my pump down till It got quiet. No algae or anything at the opening so I think I am going to build another overflow so that it doesn't have to work so har.
I would try putting a cap on the external up pipe with a small 1/8" hole in it. I would just press it on instead of gluing it.
What is the purpose of the Y intake instead of just a single straight pipe intake? You could try crowning the tops of the intakes with angled slots. Just use a handsaw and cut a small slot 45 degrees from perpendicular every 1/4" around the top of the intake. This induces a swirling motion to the incoming water and reduces gurgling. I don't know if it would be effective on your Y intake though.
What is the purpose of the Y intake instead of just a single straight pipe intake? You could try crowning the tops of the intakes with angled slots. Just use a handsaw and cut a small slot 45 degrees from perpendicular every 1/4" around the top of the intake. This induces a swirling motion to the incoming water and reduces gurgling. I don't know if it would be effective on your Y intake though.
I did the Y just so if something clogged one the other would still flow. I went a head and built another overflow with 2'' pipe so combined I should be able to run my pump full bore and get around 2200gph.