Did I drill this in the wrong place (plumbing)?

[reefman]

pushing in allows more air than water. more air=less water=slower.

 

[cmantis]

Heres what 45 minutes at Lowes looks like:

Time to build a manifold. (Then probably figure out one part Im missing and have to go back)

 

[lnevo]

One tip, by 2 of everything when it comes to plumbing parts. At the minimum. You can return whatever is left over when your done.

 

[cmantis]

Of course I got the wrong size fitting! Waaaah.

 

[cmantis]

Everything was setup and looking good except for a tiny leak which I siliconed. Then I woke up and found my sump empty and it wet on the floor all around the frag tank

 

[d5332]

I agree but with lowes either use the lowes club card to track purchases or save the receipts.

Lowes has a limit on returns without a receipt, I can no longer return at lowes without a receipt bc of their limit

I now find myself at hd m9re often bc they have that cc search option which makes returns a breeze

One tip, by 2 of everything when it comes to plumbing parts. At the minimum. You can return whatever is left over when your done.

Sent from my SGH-M919 using Reefs

 

[edd]

Everything was setup and looking good except for a tiny leak which I siliconed. Then I woke up and found my sump empty and it wet on the floor all around the frag tank

what leaked, that you siliconed it?
the kind of morning i dread.

 

[cmantis]

There was an ever so slow leak which I thought was from where the barb fitting screwed into the bulkhead so I just siliconed around the bottom of bulkhead.

I have no idea how all the water spilled. Somehow the drain must have stopped draining and just kept filling. Whats weird is I have a float switch to shut the pump off if the water in the overflow box gets too high.

 

[masterswimmer]

You say you siliconed the barbed fitting.....does that mean you didn't use teflon tape on the threads?

 

[dubs]

Yo I think u need a real plumber and some renegade in ur blood didn't u flood some were not long ago?? I guess I need to straighin u out a little so u stop throwing water on the floor lol lol

 

[cmantis]

So I tried siliconing around the bottom of the bulkhead where the barb fitting for the vinyl tubing goes thinking that is where the leak was from but it was still leaking. So perhaps it was the bulkhead itself. I have a spare I might try. Are there any tricks to sealing a bulkhead like maybe using silicone or something on the bulkhead (head) itself when I go to seal it?

 

[edd]

you need to determine where the leak is coming from.
is the bulk head installed correctly, flange and gasket on wet side.

 

[cmantis]

Yes it is installed correctly. I also tightened but not by force just nice and tight. I was pretty sure that the leak was coming from where the barb fitting screwed into it on the dry side even though I used teflon tape. That is why I siliconed all around the bottom (dry side) where the two met but it was still leaking.

Now that is not where the big leak happened but still need to get this fixed while I have it back apart.