bitteraspects;3671226; said:Its obvious that no amount of information is going to "convince" you, so like I said, tr it cor yourself and see what happens.
Make sure you do it on a large tank in your living room.
Do it..Do itHOB Filter as a HOB Overflow???
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Do it..Do itI fairly simple float switch would negate the need for any pump synchronizing. Have a bigger pump in your sump. When the float reaches a certain point the sump turns on. When the water level in the sump drops to a predetermined point the pump turns off and the sump refills.
The water level in your tank would fluctuate, but it would solve the problem of needing to match pump outputs exactly.
The water level in your tank would fluctuate, but it would solve the problem of needing to match pump outputs exactly.
kallmond;3672900; said:
NOW THERES AN IDEA!!! I never thought to use a float switch.
bitteraspects- I have a huge amount of respect for your DIY skills/knowledge & I love the re-plumbed AC70 I built from your thread. There is an amount of information that would convince me, which is why I responded to your particular post. Let's keep it civil, but can you address some of my previous questions & the float switch idea? Seems like the float switch would help with the HOB idea too... Thanks Bro!
BAHAHAHHAAH.
i hope youre familiar with the wiring youre going to need to make something like that. because its not just plug and play.
heres chompers diagram. hope this makes sense to you.
youre right. with enough time and money put in to two submersible pumps, and relays, and wiring all the crap youre going to need to make something like this... it would work.
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you could stop trying to reinvent the wheel and build a PVC overflow for less than the cost of the relay you need to run the float switch.
in the end, its all just a bunch of useless unnecessary and expensive crap (considering what the 2 pumps alone will cost you if you want to get any kind of real water flow in your tank) to provide the same function. and then youre still left with the scenario that when (not if) one of the pumps goes out completely, the float switch will cause the whole system to stop running all together.
but hey. go for it.
i hope youre familiar with the wiring youre going to need to make something like that. because its not just plug and play.
heres chompers diagram. hope this makes sense to you.
youre right. with enough time and money put in to two submersible pumps, and relays, and wiring all the crap youre going to need to make something like this... it would work.
ooooooor.....
you could stop trying to reinvent the wheel and build a PVC overflow for less than the cost of the relay you need to run the float switch.
in the end, its all just a bunch of useless unnecessary and expensive crap (considering what the 2 pumps alone will cost you if you want to get any kind of real water flow in your tank) to provide the same function. and then youre still left with the scenario that when (not if) one of the pumps goes out completely, the float switch will cause the whole system to stop running all together.
but hey. go for it.
Here we are, page 4 of a re-hashed idea that sticks it`s head up every once in a while.
Hmmmm, what does that say about time on my hands.
Dude, stop posting and build the thing or not.
Talk is cheap.
Prove everybody wrong.
Show us the trick that made yours work, while all the others have failed.
Conjecture and argument will not move a single drop of water.
I`ve bucked the forums collective wisdom more than once, on projects.
Know what
They were right.
That is beside the point.
If you are so convinced this is a good idea, prove it.
Hmmmm, what does that say about time on my hands.
Dude, stop posting and build the thing or not.
Talk is cheap.
Prove everybody wrong.
Show us the trick that made yours work, while all the others have failed.
Conjecture and argument will not move a single drop of water.
I`ve bucked the forums collective wisdom more than once, on projects.
Know what
They were right.
That is beside the point.
If you are so convinced this is a good idea, prove it.
I'm not advocating that this idea is better than a gravity fed syphon system, and I pretty much agree with KaiserSousay that its about time for this thread to shi% or get off the pot.
But, since it was originally my idea, float switches aren't all that complex, they are in fact plug and play. $40 gets you a pretty nice one from grainger.
But, since it was originally my idea, float switches aren't all that complex, they are in fact plug and play. $40 gets you a pretty nice one from grainger.
kallmond;3675342; said:
and again $40 will build you all the plumbing for 5 tanks.
its just a bunch of unnecessary and expensive crap
Miguel4u2;3675430; said:
i understand that, but that has nothing to do with the post i was referencing.
heres the short version.
Miguel4u2;3671306; said:
so again. how is it better? safer? more successful?
