Drip systems.....who uses them?

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I ran 2 drains to be safe, you said your drain is 2/3 up on the sump, drill a hole 3/4 or so up and have both connected to the drain that way if the water gets past your main drain you have a backup
 
I ran 2 drains to be safe, you said your drain is 2/3 up on the sump, drill a hole 3/4 or so up and have both connected to the drain that way if the water gets past your main drain you have a backup
 
I have a total of 400 gals running right now and drip just under 100 gal per day
 
Does anybody know if it would be more cost effective to drip watm water instead of cold for unfinished basement tanks?.......
 
SandNukka15 said:
Yea but what if the water that goes from the sump back into the main tank when the power comes back on isnt enough to overfloe back into the sump and the pump runs dry
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then u just raise ur sump drip drain level to the point of where after a system off theres enough water to keep the system running. that was my point earlier...didnt clarify that enough i agree lol... no way ur pump should run dry after a power outage regardless of a drip... if it does... ur tank drains are not big enough, or ur sump is not big enough. Even with a small sump u can run a higher than normal water level to compensate. i can take 50-100 gal out of all my systems while the pumps are running for a mini water change filled back up with the existing autodrips or to vaccumm out debris. easy to throw an elbow/pipe on ur drip drain to adjust the water level as u test by shutting ur pump off...then back on to test an outtage. Just as a sump should not overflow during and outtage...shouldnt run dry when it comes back on either.
 
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I run a drip on a 540 gallon tank, 125 gallon sump. I drip 60 GPD cold water. If the power goes out, the drain lines drain into the sump and the sump drain with upturned elbow drains the excess. The power comes back on, the pumps come back on and draw enough water out of the sump to fill the drain lines again and start overflowing the display tank. So, yes, at that point, the sump water level is lower than normal, the Herbie drains make a little bit of noise.

After a few hours, the drip raises the water level in the sump back to its normal running level.

No big deal if your sump is big enough. If electricity goes out and comes back on 2-3 times, that's no problem either. There's just no disadvantage to a drip! :)
 
SandNukka15 said:
Does anybody know if it would be more cost effective to drip watm water instead of cold for unfinished basement tanks?.......
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Mostly boils down to how expensive your water heater is to run. I drip tank temp water, so a mix of hot and cold. I haven't noticed a big jump in my natural gas bill and my 2 x 300 watt heaters run less trying not to heat a cold drip. My tank is in my basement. Also, if my electricity goes out, I still can have hot water coming from my water heater. So I guess it's less of a chance of chilling the tank.
 
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monkeybike said:
Mostly boils down to how expensive your water heater is to run. I drip tank temp water, so a mix of hot and cold. I haven't noticed a big jump in my natural gas bill and my 2 x 300 watt heaters run less trying not to heat a cold drip. My tank is in my basement.
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How do you have both hot and cold water are u using some sort of temp control ?
 
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