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[Austinchap]

Austinchap,

Here's a solution.

Eliminate the hole drilled in the tank.

Get a small submersible pump, put it in your sump, and put it on a timer.
Connect a hose to the pump then run the hose out the window.

Get a float switch, set it up in your sump
Connect it to the new water supply

If the power goes off, no water is supplied to the sump because the float switch has it turned off. The pump doesn't send any water out the window either.

When power is on this is what happens.

Timer turns pump on (you'll have to figure out the on off cycle, but probably like 2 minutes tops) and it pumps water out the window.

The lower water in the sump causes the float switch to activate the new water supply. It shuts off when the sump level is back up. This will repeat as long as the timer is active on the pump out the window.

It also has the added benefit of automatic top off when evaporation occurs.

that sounds great. a lot of work too though. to keep it simple i might just do the half a gph drip with the over flow out the window. and see how it works for a while. she knows how to clean everything. shes better at it then me like an ocd or something. also i use well water from out in the country. dont even need to use prime... i use it sometimes just to help with a slime coat and just so i feel at ease lol so the drip system will be realllly easy.

 

[nolapete]

how is it a lot of work?

parts:

float switch
pump
timer that plugs into outlet
hose length out window

be careful with well water as it comes out the ground de-oxygenated and with plenty of nitrogen and iron in some places. A friend was using well water and it was killing his fish because he wasn't allowing it to degas.

For the drip system to work with a sump, you're still going to need a float switch, otherwise you're a flood waiting to happen.

 

[Austinchap]

i might just end up doing that. ill go for the parts tomorrow.