I've not thought a drip as a replacement solely for a a type if drain. I have an internal overflow with weir and dont see that ever losing siphon. But perhaps this is referring to other external types?
Drip system. Fool proof ?
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Yea I meant where the water overflows into the bulkhead. . Not an actual overflow in the sump lol.
I am referring to any type of drain with an overflow that depends on siphon/primed. I believe drilling is always safer. Many drilled systems use weirs.
This is for both drip drains and tank to sump drains.
I've seen homemade overflows fail and flood many times. Adding this advice for any that may view the thread
Good luck
This is for both drip drains and tank to sump drains.
I've seen homemade overflows fail and flood many times. Adding this advice for any that may view the thread
Good luck
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Find your ideal water line in the sump, drill under it an install a 90 degree elbow. Run water out of the house downhill. My setup isn't great, long horizontal run to get it out of the house, 50+ft. Gets clogged sometimes. A more vertical run with larger diameter tubing would ensure no issues. I use multiple 2 gph drip emitters. Every time the water fills above the elbow line the water runs out of the house. I'm not sure if running siphons on your normal drains will become less reliable because of the drip overflow. Gravity is pretty reliable.
I use a 90° elbow off the bulkhead in my sump. I threaded in a garden hose adaptor and run a hose to my floor drain.
Gotta stupid question but if you put the bulkhead/drain below the water line water drains out right. Then refills ising dripemitters....soooooo only way it could flood is if the drain gets clogged ?
Why the placement of rhe bulk head under the water line ? Isnt that going to change the water line to being constantly lower ? Meaning jist below the bilkhead ?
You got it...the only way it can fail is if it gets clogged. That's why I run a 1.5" bulkhead for my drip drain. There's no way it could clog, plus it easily handles all the water that drains into the sump when I turn the pumps off to do tank maintenance. I position my drain as high as possible to allow my sumps to run full...that way if you have a power failure, there is plenty of water left in the sump when the pumps kick back on so you don't run dry. I'll be uploading that video a bit later today after I'm done running around.
I have had this happen a few times. It' not fun if you don' use a big enough drain line
Drilled under the line with an elbow upturned so you can adjust it. It takes a little bit of finesse finding an ideal set up, and it would suck a lot to drill at where you think you want it only to find you want to turn the pumps down or something. Mine was done by glass cages I think, it has a bulkhead with an adjustable elbow inside the sump that goes to like a 3/4" output pin. Then you just get (preferably opaque) acrylic tubing to the length you need it. Garden hose sounds nifty too.
