Hello,
During a fresh water leak test of my new 210-g system, I noticed that the two overflows continue to drain into the sump causing the water level to be too high when the system is turned off for an extended amount of time. When the system is shut down for 8 hours or more, the two overflows drain completely.
I had the AGA durso pipe setup in the overflows. It seems the water is sneaking past the bottom of the durso pipe into the bulkhead, then into the sump.
I tried pushing down on the two AGA durso pipes to make sure they were seated correctly, but the issue is still occuring.
When the water level in my sump gets too high, it will begin leaking out of the air intake of my AquaC 400 skimmer.
I was going to try to build my own durso pipe from supplies from the local hardware store to see if that would fix the issue. I'm hoping the PVC pipe from the hardware store is a little thicker and would prevent this from occuring.
If this doesn't work, then I think I have no choice but to PVC glue the drain connections in the overflows to the bulkhead.
Would you agree with my plan above, or do you have other suggestions?
Thank you very much ahead of time for looking at this thread and/or responding!!!!!
Good Luck and Have Fun!!!;
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During a fresh water leak test of my new 210-g system, I noticed that the two overflows continue to drain into the sump causing the water level to be too high when the system is turned off for an extended amount of time. When the system is shut down for 8 hours or more, the two overflows drain completely.
I had the AGA durso pipe setup in the overflows. It seems the water is sneaking past the bottom of the durso pipe into the bulkhead, then into the sump.
I tried pushing down on the two AGA durso pipes to make sure they were seated correctly, but the issue is still occuring.
When the water level in my sump gets too high, it will begin leaking out of the air intake of my AquaC 400 skimmer.
I was going to try to build my own durso pipe from supplies from the local hardware store to see if that would fix the issue. I'm hoping the PVC pipe from the hardware store is a little thicker and would prevent this from occuring.
If this doesn't work, then I think I have no choice but to PVC glue the drain connections in the overflows to the bulkhead.
Would you agree with my plan above, or do you have other suggestions?
Thank you very much ahead of time for looking at this thread and/or responding!!!!!
Good Luck and Have Fun!!!;
:thumbsup: