My pump is too strong for my overflow.

[Anonymous]

If you are having problem you can put a valve on the output side of a pump with no problels unless you shut it all the way. Never throttle a pump on the suction side.

Don't worry. I didn't. I am going to put in a T and put the valve on the T. Unfortunately the stupid hardware store isn't open all night.

 

[Anonymous]

The school is going to give you X amount when you resell them the house reguardless - live a little...

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I guess I am being a bit of a woman about this.

 

[Anonymous]

Show us your boobs!

 

[Anonymous]

>...So I am still working on getting the right diameter hole.
You can get an air valve (needle valve) or regular plumbing ball valve so that you can adjust the "diameter" to anything you want.

 

[Anonymous]

How big is your overflow? How wide are the teeth.

The pipe could be able to keep up, but if you can't get enough water through the overflow teeth the tank will overflow.

B

 

[Anonymous]

How big is your overflow? How wide are the teeth.

The pipe could be able to keep up, but if you can't get enough water through the overflow teeth the tank will overflow.

B

I'll field that one. He has a center overflow that's 6" x 6", so 18" of space for the water to flow through. It's a Truvu tank, so whatever their standard teeth size is. I forget the exact number. Regardless this is probably not the issue.

 

[Anonymous]

It's not. It works fine. It is just that I didn't have the nads yesterday. There is only about 1/2" from the high water line to the top of the tank. So the problem was all in my mind. I've never had an overflow before, in case you can't tell.

I replaced the outlet tube I had rammed into the bulkhead with a pipe, and it is a lot noisier now. I think I will have to mess with this. The tube had a bend in it which I think fortuitously did sort of what Matt was suggesting in cutting the pipe at an angle (which I have not yet done).

In any case, the pump/return rate is fine.

Any other tips to keeping the sump quiet? The overflow is nice and quiet, but I get a lot of air sucking into the sump.

 

[Anonymous]

I put a 45 degree elbow at the end at the sump water surface. This seems to help quite a bit.

 

[Anonymous]

I put a 45 degree elbow at the end at the sump water surface. This seems to help quite a bit.

A drip plate right above the water line will cut down on noise and eliminate salt creep. If you'd like me to draw a diagram just let me know. It's fairly simple to DIY.

 

[Anonymous]

Sure

 

[Anonymous]

Is this a horizontal plate of say acrylic with a hole cut in it for the pipe to go through, that sits on the rim of the sump?

 

[Anonymous]

Is this a horizontal plate of say acrylic with a hole cut in it for the pipe to go through, that sits on the rim of the sump?

Yeah, pretty much. Here's a cross section. It's just like the top of a wet/dry, minus the sponge. It will kill any salt spray/creep, and pretty much eliminate micro bubbles as well. The dashed line represents a drip tray--just drill a bunch of holes around 1/4" or so. Note the air hole you'll need to drill in the top plate. Do it near a corner of the plate.

 

[darinh]

Sketches ,sketches, any luck , Subcomandante ?
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[Anonymous]

Yeah, pretty much. Here's a cross section. It's just like the top of a wet/dry, minus the sponge. It will kill any salt spray/creep, and pretty much eliminate micro bubbles as well. The dashed line represents a drip tray--just drill a bunch of holes around 1/4" or so. Note the air hole you'll need to drill in the top plate. Do it near a corner of the plate.

It's also a handy place for a bag of activated carbon if you ever have the need for it.

 

[Anonymous]

I haven't had time to play around with this in the last couple of days, but thanks very much for the help!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, pretty much. Here's a cross section. It's just like the top of a wet/dry, minus the sponge. It will kill any salt spray/creep, and pretty much eliminate micro bubbles as well. The dashed line represents a drip tray--just drill a bunch of holes around 1/4" or so. Note the air hole you'll need to drill in the top plate. Do it near a corner of the plate.

It's also a handy place for a bag of activated carbon if you ever have the need for it.

Eh. I'd put the carbon after the skimmer to feed it with sediment free water. It'd get clogged with detritus pretty quickly here. I put a mechanical filter here IF (and only if) I'm feeling like cleaning it every other day at the least.