I tested it in the sink for about an hour last night. Seems to work excellent. No leaks and plenty of flow. I'm going to be test fitting it in the tank today.
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Diy hob overflow.
reefer87- Posts : 674
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I tested it in the sink for about an hour last night. Seems to work excellent. No leaks and plenty of flow. I'm going to be test fitting it in the tank today.
sisterlimonpot- Admin
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I don't see how it works? i see that one box sits in the water and the other sits outside the tank but how does the water her from one to the other? where did you get the glass from?
reefer87- Posts : 674
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O the u-tube isn't in the pic. I found some scraps over at the base housing maintenance office and I asked if I could have it.
sisterlimonpot- Admin
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Where did you get the glass?
reefer87- Posts : 674
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reefer87 wrote:I found some scraps over at the base housing maintenance office and I asked if I could have it.
reefer87- Posts : 674
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I had to use 3 tubes to get the flow right.
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and if the power goes out?
reefer87- Posts : 674
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Just tested it by killing the return and it is good to go. No overflow. Yay......
shortbus- Posts : 59
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that doesn't look like glass, it looks like plexi...
Are you using silicone with plexiglass? if so you're flirting with danger. It's not going to hold too long and then you'll definitely have a flood.
Are you using silicone with plexiglass? if so you're flirting with danger. It's not going to hold too long and then you'll definitely have a flood.
shortbus- Posts : 59
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and what about when the power goes back on? does the siphon continue? Or does it have to start all over again?reefer87 wrote:Just tested it by killing the return and it is good to go. No overflow. Yay......
reefer87- Posts : 674
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It's starts back up.
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How long of a power out test did you do? You need to do it long enough to break the siphon. Try a 10min power outage and see what happens.
reefer87- Posts : 674
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Yeah I keynote sit for about 20 mins before I turned it back on.