If you’re actually observing 950GPH at the return nozzle after water lifting (well height) flow loss, and plumbing frictional flow loss, yes!
All plumbing types and diameters have dramatically varying flow rates in all aspects:
Okay, so you’re getting too much pump for this tank!
How do I know the difference? I wanna do a siphon.All plumbing types and diameters have dramatically varying flow rates in all aspects:
In the above scenario, you’ve quoted full siphon drain flow rates for 3/4” schedule 40 PVC, these numbers are higher than a non-siphon drain…
As pipe inside dimeter increases, so does maximum flow rate in all regards!
here’s a pair of charts for comparison… neither are perfect, but they can get you in the ballpark!
Open drain:
Full siphon:
I agree with you here. But we were talking about drain lines. Drain lines are gravity fed with little pressure so it wont flow like the return pump line would. So for a drain you will basically be on the lower end. I push probably 900-1000gph through 3/4 on the return line. But draining gravity fed I would expect the lower numbers right?All plumbing types and diameters have dramatically varying flow rates in all aspects:
In the above scenario, you’ve quoted full siphon drain flow rates for 3/4” schedule 40 PVC, these numbers are higher than a non-siphon drain…
As pipe inside dimeter increases, so does maximum flow rate in all regards!
here’s a pair of charts for comparison… neither are perfect, but they can get you in the ballpark!
Open drain:
Full siphon:
We are talking about drain lines! Though a drain which is moving air and water (open drain) will flow appreciably less than a drain at full siphon! This said, you can run into some complications if you are only using a single drain pipe, thus cannot safely run a full siphon drain)I agree with you here. But we were talking about drain lines. Drain lines are gravity fed with little pressure so it wont flow like the return pump line would. So for a drain you will basically be on the lower end. I push probably 900-1000gph through 3/4 on the return line. But draining gravity fed I would expect the lower numbers right?
This pump will be a good fit for a 65g IMO.
Thanks for the GPH correction. I will work on getting a different pump nothing is bought yet. Should I do 500? I've been told to run 800GPH multiple times. Why would someone recommend that?
5 times turn over is good, back in the day they recommended 10 times turn over
800gph is as overshoot to reach around 600gph observed via 3/4” plumbing!
Basically I'll be using a Eshopps overflow it was the PF-800. Now I guess I'll do PF-600?. Sump will be 15-20 gallons. I haven't decided due to all the mixed advice I've gotten. I wanna do a syncra silent.
