I am in the works of setting up my first wet/dry but I am very scared as too what is going to happen if the power goes out. Is there any kind of valve or something that could stop the syphon if the pump turns off?
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Depends on your overflow..could be a simple as putting a small hole in a piece of pipe for a siphon break or adjusting the height of an overflow box..
What`cha got????
What`cha got????
Check out this thread on the DIY overflow.
And don't forget to drill a hole in your return line (from the pump to the tank) just under the water line so that it doesn't become a siphon when the power goes out. You'd be amazed how much water a 1" pipe can flow...
And don't forget to drill a hole in your return line (from the pump to the tank) just under the water line so that it doesn't become a siphon when the power goes out. You'd be amazed how much water a 1" pipe can flow...
I have the wet/dry "tank/filter" that have two large hoses attached to it. These two houses are the intake lines which run up to a small box that will hang on the back of my tank. The small box only has a "utube" in it as the intake line. I am supposed to get siphon going with utube and then that would feed the water through the small box and pre filters through the house and then into the media and filter. I then have a pump with a piece of plan hose connected to on the other side of the filter that is supposed to return the water. I wil try try to post pics but i just moved so it will be hard, let me know what you guys think
From your description, you have a standard skimmer style overflow.
You should be able to adjust, move up/down, the box inside the tank. This box is what will stop your flow, when the pump stops returning water from your sump.
As you will always have water in the, inside tank and outside tank boxes, your "U" tubes will still be full of water as well. That is why, when the return pump starts running water back to your tank, the overflow will restart, without having to do anything....ain`t nature grand
Your return line will need a way to stop it`s flow, back, through the pump, into your sump when the pump is not running..theres` that nature thing again.
If using a spray bar or nozzle you could mount it at the depth, in the tank, you want the "backflow" to stop. You could put a hole in the return line to stop the siphon effect as well. It does not need to be a very large hole, 1/8in, would work. If you go with the hole, as part of your cleaning routine, you need to be sure that hole is not gunked up, shouldn`t be with a constant flow out of it, but just to be safe..
You should be able to adjust, move up/down, the box inside the tank. This box is what will stop your flow, when the pump stops returning water from your sump.
As you will always have water in the, inside tank and outside tank boxes, your "U" tubes will still be full of water as well. That is why, when the return pump starts running water back to your tank, the overflow will restart, without having to do anything....ain`t nature grand
Your return line will need a way to stop it`s flow, back, through the pump, into your sump when the pump is not running..theres` that nature thing again.
If using a spray bar or nozzle you could mount it at the depth, in the tank, you want the "backflow" to stop. You could put a hole in the return line to stop the siphon effect as well. It does not need to be a very large hole, 1/8in, would work. If you go with the hole, as part of your cleaning routine, you need to be sure that hole is not gunked up, shouldn`t be with a constant flow out of it, but just to be safe..