I am making a little bit of progress
Here is the tank as it sits in my basement
Here is a rough sketch of what I plan to do with my plumbing, I am a noob when it comes to plumbing and sumps:
Right now I plan on having the 1" bulkhead drain into a ball valve, and then have vinyl tubing go from the valve to an elbow, both fastened by cement and hose clamps. The more reading I do the more it seems the barbed fittings with hose clamps is the preferred method.
Will I experience a loss of overflow capacity by implementing a ball valve? Or can I plan on still having the 600 gph on the overflows?
In the picture I have the return pump going to 3/4" PVC the whole way? Is there a better method? The Sen 900 pump is rated at about 820 gph at the height I will be running (4'8"), by splitting it into two 3/4" returns how much of that can I expect to lose?
I have another thread regarding sump construction, if anyone feels like they know a few tricks with sumps, feel free to help me out, HERE IS THE LINK
Here is the stand with the doors off, ready to be sanded:
Here is the 30gal. I took the bracing off the bottom (it was cracked in 3 places) and made braces for my sump "lids" to fit in, they are spaced about as much I plan to have them when all is said and done:
Next steps will be building the sump and sanding, painting, reinforcing the stand, stay tuned.
Here is the tank as it sits in my basement
Here is a rough sketch of what I plan to do with my plumbing, I am a noob when it comes to plumbing and sumps:
Right now I plan on having the 1" bulkhead drain into a ball valve, and then have vinyl tubing go from the valve to an elbow, both fastened by cement and hose clamps. The more reading I do the more it seems the barbed fittings with hose clamps is the preferred method.
Will I experience a loss of overflow capacity by implementing a ball valve? Or can I plan on still having the 600 gph on the overflows?
In the picture I have the return pump going to 3/4" PVC the whole way? Is there a better method? The Sen 900 pump is rated at about 820 gph at the height I will be running (4'8"), by splitting it into two 3/4" returns how much of that can I expect to lose?
I have another thread regarding sump construction, if anyone feels like they know a few tricks with sumps, feel free to help me out, HERE IS THE LINK
Here is the stand with the doors off, ready to be sanded:
Here is the 30gal. I took the bracing off the bottom (it was cracked in 3 places) and made braces for my sump "lids" to fit in, they are spaced about as much I plan to have them when all is said and done:
Next steps will be building the sump and sanding, painting, reinforcing the stand, stay tuned.
