bishoptaner
Premium Member
like title says which one do you use? thanks
which check valve do you use?
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coralfragger101
Gone Postal
I Don't trust any of them and therefore I don't use any.
bishoptaner
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thanks
db_triggerfish
Premium Member
i am lost check valve for what? The return line?
Rogger Castells
New member
I agree with this, I have used them all and all have fail at one point or another, IMO you are better of opening a small whole slightly below the surface so that in case of power failure it will leak air in the tube and breaks the siphon.
db_triggerfish
Premium Member
Sorry, still lost where in rr setup would a check valve be used? It is one of those things that i don't have a clue of. I used check valves 15 years ago when undergravel and a air pump were king. Thanks,
Rogger Castells
New member
The check valve that you are referring is for the air line to avoid water to reach the air pump. The one that we are talking about is the same concept but to avoid water to be siphon back into the sump in case of power failure they are a bigger version of the one you know.
The reason why this is important is because you could flood your house if the return pipe is positioned all the way to to bottom of the tank and it starts siphoning back the water, your sump will eventually fill and overflow.
I resolved this issue with drilling holes in the return line slightly below the water surface and as a backup I installed an emergency drain in the sump, this is plumb to the outside of the house.
