600 gallon NEW BUILD

[rickztahone]

Man, that is a pretty penny just on schedule 80. Looks awesome though. Keep it up

 

[Ricardo18]

thanks Rick

SCH 40..but yea!

 

[Breadman03]

....Hey..it all fits!

Tried to keep all the runs as straight as possible,even though there are some tight turns.The tightest turns I reserved for the emergency overflows which should be (hopefully!!) empty all the time and never used....right??

It looks awesome, but I think you might have difficulty getting the air to purge from your siphon lines with the horizontal run.

 

[Zacktosterone]

it looks awesome, but i think you might have difficulty getting the air to purge from your siphon lines with the horizontal run.

+1

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Looking good Sir and love that walk board, that's very nice.

Agree on the purge of those straight runs, it will take a few mins to settle and you may have to play with the gate valve each time you switch it back on, long straight runs as a pain for that.

What's the plan for lighting (sorry if I missed it)

 

[Ricardo18]

Hmmm..interesting point on the straight line.I can keep all my other lines horizontal,but I will switch my 2 full siphon lines to 45's.
.....THAT IS WHY THIS FORUM WORKS!!!!!
Thanks

 

[Ricardo18]

Looking good Sir and love that walk board, that's very nice.

Agree on the purge of those straight runs, it will take a few mins to settle and you may have to play with the gate valve each time you switch it back on, long straight runs as a pain for that.

What's the plan for lighting (sorry if I missed it)

8 Radion Pro XR30W

 

[McPuff]

Silly question, but what's the green tape for? I assume just marking where the fittings will end up along each pipe after they are cut.

 

[Ricardo18]

Silly question, but what's the green tape for? I assume just marking where the fittings will end up along each pipe after they are cut.

They are for where I want the pipe to end up when the glue is applied and the pipe is pushed in.

 

[rickztahone]

thanks Rick

SCH 40..but yea!

Oh cool, I thought it was schedule 80 just based on the color.

 

[bigrock]

I assumed it was sch 80 as well do to color. Where did you find grey sch 40 pvc?

Top notch build by the way.

 

[Ridgeway Swiss]

Silly question, but what's the green tape for? I assume just marking where the fittings will end up along each pipe after they are cut.

I had wondered exactly the same thing but started to think it was some OCD neatness trick for pipe gluing, very neat idea. I usually mark mine up with a pen line so I can join them at the correct angle (did that make sense???)

 

[Ricardo18]

I assumed it was sch 80 as well do to color. Where did you find grey sch 40 pvc?

Top notch build by the way.

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[CHSUB]

move the values to the sump...

 

[Ricardo18]

move the values to the sump...

Why do you think that will help purge trapped air?

 

[Sonicboom]

If I remember, valves are supposed to be as far to the end of the run as possible, otherwise you are slowing the flow right near the overflow with sloshing water afterwards.

 

[Ricardo18]

If I remember, valves are supposed to be as far to the end of the run as possible, otherwise you are slowing the flow right near the overflow with sloshing water afterwards.

ya know....that makes good sense! (sorry if that comes off as being surprised :fun2

 

[chimmike]

If I remember, valves are supposed to be as far to the end of the run as possible, otherwise you are slowing the flow right near the overflow with sloshing water afterwards.

but if you need to shut off and remove plumbing/change something, having the valves that far down makes it difficult to do

 

[Ricardo18]

all good points..but I'm already glued in!Hopefully I will not have an issue .Wet test in a few weeks

 

[moondoggy4]

I stumbled upon this build thread, Wow what a beautiful setup.