Ok I'm looking to find out how much flow my "mickey mouse" plumbing job is stealing.
The way I have now is with a 3/4" elbow sucking from the bottom going into a bulkhead fitting out of my sump then there is 3/4" barb nipple into a 3/4" vinyl hose and into the input of my return pump, then out of pump back to the tank. But in that run ther a 3 more 3/4" barbed nipple w/a 3/4"
ball valve and 2 3/4" elbows.
Well I know that w/ all the barbed nips,etc the flow rate is cut down alot
I figure that I can increase the flow by useing flex PVC to cut out the nipple fittings!?!? Also my pump in/out puts are 3/4" can I use 1" to get more flow? Should I not use the first elbow in the sump at the bulkhead?
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Will using a spraybar cut the flow down,if so how much.
The way I have now is with a 3/4" elbow sucking from the bottom going into a bulkhead fitting out of my sump then there is 3/4" barb nipple into a 3/4" vinyl hose and into the input of my return pump, then out of pump back to the tank. But in that run ther a 3 more 3/4" barbed nipple w/a 3/4"
ball valve and 2 3/4" elbows.
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Well I know that w/ all the barbed nips,etc the flow rate is cut down alot
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