Sump Help!!!

[swbeginner]

Thanks for viewing...anyway, I need some help. I set up my sump today and I am afraid that the overflow and the return pump are not insync. I rigged it up so that if the overflow fails then the sump won't overflow and vice versa. So every time I start it up, the overflow pumps everything into the sump and stops working, then the return pump pumps everything into the main tank and stops working. So it seems that the return pump can't keep up. How can I resolve this?

 

[Playa-1]

What type of overflow do you have and what exactly did you do to "rig it up"? The more info you can provide the better. Photo's and drawings would also help.

 

[swbeginner]

I set it up so that if the return pump fails and the water level in the sump gets too high, the overflow will stop working. I set it up so that if the overflow fails and the water level in the main tank gets too high, the sump pump will stop working. Every time I tried, the overflow would suck up a bunch of water and stop working, then the sump pump would fill up the main tank and then start sucking air. I did however find out that I set the overflow up incorrectly. So I am about the fix it and see if the problem is eliminated. I hope that cleared everything up

 

[swbeginner]

SUCCESS!!!! Now I just have to figure out how to get rid of that ridiculously annoying sound!

 

[indydog1]

thank goodness you figured it out cause i was really cunfused. lol

glad to hear.

 

[Playa-1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13110078#post13110078 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by indydog1
thank goodness you figured it out cause i was really cunfused. lol

glad to hear.

:lol: