Question about Wet/Dry filter W/Pump

[idle0095]

So im useing a standard durso pipe in my over flow. 1 1/4" i believe. My return pump is a quiet one 4000. 3/4" return line to tank.

My problem is this. The water rushing into the overflow is so fast and so loud i had to set the durso pipe so high because it was too loud. the pump is keeping up but it i try and raise the water level in the wet dry it just keeps adding it to the tank and makes the tanks water higher and higher resulting in water going crazy in the overflow.

My 300 dont work like that. I can add as much water as i want in the wet dry and it dont add it to the tank.

Should I add a ball value to the return line off the quiet one pump to maybe slow down the water so it dont come in so fast in the overflow? then maybe i can raise the water a little higher in the wet dry. the water in the wet dry vaporaters so fast i have to tap off every day and that not right since my 300 is about every 4 days or so.

I basically want to just slow the water entering the overflow. i tired removing water from the tank but it just takes it out of the wet dry.

whats wrong here? pump to big?

 

[geronimo69]

I think your pump is too powerful, or maybe your standpipe too small? I have a 150 with a 30 gal sump. I run a Quiet one 6000. My standpipe is 2". The water has to travel 5 feet up (from the sump), 2' down, 2' back up and then another foot into the tank. (this is all pvc attached to my wall) Basically, I made the water have to travel a longer distance and fight gravity on 2 different occasions. Read the chart that came with your Quiet one. It will tell you the flow rate at different head height.

 

[idle0095]

so a ball valve will work then to slow down the return water to the tank?

 

[ar0wan]

yep

 

[viewofthebay]

It would be better to tee off your return and add a ball valve to it. Restricting the flow will strain the motor otherwise you should get a smaller pump and save the energy cost. If you tee off, you can add a pipe to divert the extra water back to your wet/dry. More flow threw the filter will be better(on the down pipe side). Also, on any wet/dry system, you should always do a shut down test. Just in case the power goes out, you don't want wet floors in your house. Good Luck.

 

[Bee0912]

It would be better to tee off your return and add a ball valve to it. Restricting the flow will strain the motor

Thats not true it is 100% safe to put a ball valve on it with no harm done.

 

[geronimo69]

It would be better to tee off your return and add a ball valve to it. Restricting the flow will strain the motor otherwise you should get a smaller pump and save the energy cost. If you tee off, you can add a pipe to divert the extra water back to your wet/dry. More flow threw the filter will be better(on the down pipe side). Also, on any wet/dry system, you should always do a shut down test. Just in case the power goes out, you don't want wet floors in your house. Good Luck.

Wet floor? You mean the return siphoning the main tank? Jut put your output at the top of the tank, so that if the power goes out, it's only what's in the line that drains back to the tank. Easy fix.

 

[idle0095]

they make a special thing that only allows water one way and when the power goes it the water cant back up and flood the wet dry.

 

[chally567]

He means make sure the overflows start up again when the pump does and also makes sure your sump holds all the water. not return pipe siphoning water or whatever you guys were thinking.