plumbing Q
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cweder
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Two Hammerheads pulling water through your sump sounds like a recipe for micro-bubbles. One will likely give you micro-bubbles unless it is restricted quite a bit or you have a huge sump. One Hammerhead on a closed loop would be excellent. It is possible to plumb your pumps up and over the sump. You just have to use a self priming pump or fill the pipe going up and over to the pump with water first. Several members have done this, gregt for one I believe and others can help.
Fiziksgeek
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I agree with cweder, you just asking for trouble with that much flow through the sump. Can the overflows on your tank even handle that???
skriz
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one is for the skimmer and the other is for circulation.
As far as the overflow..I have four 2" drains. I have one setup with a durso. the other three are shorter with a screen. hopefully that will work. i have ball valves on them all, so they can be restricted if needed. I can even cap off a drain or 2 if I need to.
As far as the overflow..I have four 2" drains. I have one setup with a durso. the other three are shorter with a screen. hopefully that will work. i have ball valves on them all, so they can be restricted if needed. I can even cap off a drain or 2 if I need to.
skriz
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this is really frustrating! why is it that when I asked the question about the pump I should use, nobody had anything to say against the hammerhead. Now that I spent the extra money on it rather than buying the dart (which is what I was initially thinking of getting), I get feedback that the pump is going to give me a headache?
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Bill Wann
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Make a pipe that goes up and over the sum and then back down in to the sump . I do it all the tiem whem Iam too lazy to drill it .
How big is yor sump . Mine is 8 foot long by 30 wide and 24 high , I have two 1/4 horse and one 1/3 horse sequence pumps feeding off of it and no micro bubbles .
How big is yor sump . Mine is 8 foot long by 30 wide and 24 high , I have two 1/4 horse and one 1/3 horse sequence pumps feeding off of it and no micro bubbles .
skriz
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Thanks Bill! Good to hear about the bubbles thing.
the sump is 72"x24"x18".
the 1/3 hp sequence would be the same as the hammerhead. and the 1/4 would be the barracuda. if you have all three, and still have no bubbles, then I think I will be fine. how do you have your sump set up?
the sump is 72"x24"x18".
the 1/3 hp sequence would be the same as the hammerhead. and the 1/4 would be the barracuda. if you have all three, and still have no bubbles, then I think I will be fine. how do you have your sump set up?
