plumbing won't drain correctly

[zackk42989]

Ok got it now but phone bout to die give me 10 min I'll upload more pics

 

[zackk42989]

It's not plumbed to the display yet just won't drain right tried using straws just don't want to scrape it all its Glued got to get it running

 

[zackk42989]

Another pic

 

[fishgate]

I see the picture now. Need more. What is flooding again? Where does the water pump from? One of the tanks (the last one) or do you have a sump.

 

[zackk42989]

Well hoping to get all the tanks draining with the display beside it. The display does run to the sump underneath but not connected yet to the 8 tank display all drains 1 inch bulkheads. The water being pump from tank 8 being the bottom closet to the tank to tank one right above it. Get it running right hook the display into 1 sump into 8

 

[zackk42989]

When I said straws earlier in the pick I thought the ploblem with 1 draining is dorsal standpipe air water ratio stuff so I drilled a hole stuck a straw in it. Just doesn't work seems like back pressure somtimes draining in reverse if tank 3 is low 4 somehow leeks back up the pipe into it.

 

[zackk42989]

Pics

 

[zackk42989]

getting pics on here still little funny

 

[etepperman]

my guess it that since the water need to flow through all of the tanks and all of those tube one after each other, that your drain rate is significantly reduced.

I assume that the pump runs from the lowest point to the highest.

Can you tell me this, when you turn off the return pipe, and put in a cup or two of water, does it come out into the sump? How long does it take for the water to start coming out of the bottom, and how long to stop. This might give us some incite as top your flow rate.

 

[zackk42989]

I don't know if you can see it but the tanks go right to left were looking at the back side. The 3rd tank from the right is empty and the 4th from right is almost full just up to the bulkhead and is draining back into 2nd from the right backwards that's y I say backpressure. Is backpressure causing tank 1 at the top closest to display not to drain fast enough b4 it over flows. Only a 340 gph pump puming water. The next pic I'll show is how far bulkhead 1 is submerged in water and not draining fast enough.

 

[etepperman]

"just doesn't work seems like back pressure somtimes draining in reverse if tank 3 is low 4 somehow leeks back up the pipe into it. "

Yup that will happen. In your setup 3 will need to be higher than 4 or four will flow back until they are at the same level. In your setup each tank should fill up one after each other. Until they are all at the same level.

Think of it like a two arm scale. the weight of the water in tank 4 is more than 3 so 4 will push down, and raise the level in tank 3. Until they are balanced.

 

[etepperman]

Once the tanks are at even levels the back pressure will go away. Is the tank your water pump going to the highest of all the tanks?

 

[etepperman]

One the left in the first tank there is a long pipe running to it from above. What is that connected to?

 

[zackk42989]

 

[etepperman]

BTW, your setup in the 8 tanks if fine. So we just need to determiner what is after the last thank and before the first tank. That will be the source of the issue.

stay with me. we will figure this out.

 

[etepperman]

Is that a picture of a tank siting above the top row of 4?

 

[zackk42989]

So not good can we fix it.soulutions is what I need cause I'd have to trash it all its all glued only thing I could salvage are the tanks if I gotta tear it down a lot in bulkheads and a lot of time

 

[zackk42989]

The bulkhead pic is 1 not draining just wanted to show it was submerged ateast 3/4 inch hope it's enough should be I'd think

 

[etepperman]

What is in the tank the bulkhead is piped to?

 

[etepperman]

It is a good setup, you don't need to take it down. I don't so anyway. I think we can work this out.