so someone on another thread suggested I do a drip system for a large tank, I get how to and can do the water going into the tank, but what about the water leaving the tank? Do I do some kind of low power pump? Someone suggested a drain? It's in my basement so I can have it just run to my drain in the floor but I don't see how to control the water so it doesn't just drain all out of the tank at once
Hard time wrapping my head around drip system
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You already have at least one probably 2-3 drip systems in your house.
Your tub has two drains at one end. One at the bottom and one under the spigot. Your sink in the bathroom has the same.
Turn on the spigot with the bottom drain stopped up and let the water keep dripping out of the spout. The water will drain out of the "other" drain located near the top of the tub / sink.
That's a drip system.
Your tub has two drains at one end. One at the bottom and one under the spigot. Your sink in the bathroom has the same.
Turn on the spigot with the bottom drain stopped up and let the water keep dripping out of the spout. The water will drain out of the "other" drain located near the top of the tub / sink.
That's a drip system.
You can have one in your sump drill a hole where u want your water level to stay at. Put a fitting in the hole and run a hose from the fitting to a drain. The drain needs to be lower than the tank. So your best bet is drill threw the floor to the basement or threw the wall so it's out side
I'm assuming your sump will have a chamber that your pump will go in? If so drill a hole an inch or so higher than the top of the pump will be and install a bulkhead. Use a 90 degree elbow and if needed pipe to raise the water level to your desired level.
On the outside of the sump run a pvc line from your bulkhead to a floor drain. If you don't have a floor drain you can use a trash can with a float switch pump. That is what i do. I have 2-30 gallon brute trash bins siphoned together. When the float switch goes off, a line runs outside and waters my gardens, in the winter a ball valve is turned in my basement and the water runs into my septic.
On the outside of the sump run a pvc line from your bulkhead to a floor drain. If you don't have a floor drain you can use a trash can with a float switch pump. That is what i do. I have 2-30 gallon brute trash bins siphoned together. When the float switch goes off, a line runs outside and waters my gardens, in the winter a ball valve is turned in my basement and the water runs into my septic.
I've never had a drip system, but commonly people use it with a sump.
Technically either one could work in a drip system.
If you don't have a sump, it would be a hole above the water line in the tank, so as water is dripped in, it will push it above the water line, and drip out of the tank. I doubt that is a common or very desirable method, although it would technically work. I'd never use a drip like this, but with a sump it has many desirable features.
Assuming you have a sump, it would be dripped from the sump as described in detail above by Reefman and Dixon81. The sump has many advantages being closer to the floor/ ground / wall / drain, in many cases being easier to drill and modify, being less obtrusive if it has a hose attached, and many more reasons.
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I used a pvc to hose thread coupler and ran a garden hose to my floor drain
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