Confused. How to plumb UV off manifold?

[PegasisR]

How would i go about doing this? and would it be necessary this way, off the mani? If anyone could sketch a visual on how to do this properly that would be super helpful! Thank you

 

[PegasisR]

Bump

 

[dreamcatcherr9]

What’s your tank size? What type (brand) UV?

 

[PegasisR]

What’s your tank size? What type (brand) UV?

525xl
Pentair 40w

 

[BrandonS]

BRS talks about UV's quiet a bit in there videos lately. Has some good info.

 

[PegasisR]

BRS talks about UV's quiet a bit in there videos lately. Has some good info.

I've seen that but I'm looking for a more "how to" approach :)

 

[matthias_bln]

I have a separate pump for my manifold. The UV is getting water from the manifold and sends its water directly to the tank through a wye. My manifold pump is dialed in to what the UV needs and the return pump is dialed in to whatever else I can get through the pipe before my emergency overflow becomes active.

This might help:

 

[PegasisR]

I have a separate pump for my manifold. The UV is getting water from the manifold and sends its water directly to the tank through a wye. My manifold pump is dialed in to what the UV needs and the return pump is dialed in to whatever else I can get through the pipe before my emergency overflow becomes active.

This might help:

The video isn't working!

 

[matthias_bln]

The video isn't working!

Sorry - fixed!

 

[PegasisR]

Sorry - fixed!

still not working for me

 

[matthias_bln]

Works for me to just click on the video. Nevertheless, it’s just the BRS How to plumb a UV sterilizer video from April of this year.

 

[Mikeltee]

The latest brs video states you want a closed loop in your dt or in between your sump and pushing to the dt. Anything else and you are wasting your money and time. I dont have a manifold and not sure how they work but as long as its returning to the dt and you can measure your flow to the UV you are good. Apex makes it easy with their flow meters and cor15. You wouldnt need the cor15 with your manifold though as you would manually adjust the ball gate. One benefit to the cor15 is that you can run your full gph to the tank lights on and then slow it down to kill all the protozoas during lights out. With a manifold, this isnt happening.

 

[PegasisR]

The latest brs video states you want a closed loop in your dt or in between your sump and pushing to the dt. Anything else and you are wasting your money and time. I dont have a manifold and not sure how they work but as long as its returning to the dt and you can measure your flow to the UV you are good. Apex makes it easy with their flow meters and cor15. You wouldnt need the cor15 with your manifold though as you would manually adjust the ball gate. One benefit to the cor15 is that you can run your full gph to the tank lights on and then slow it down to kill all the protozoas during lights out. With a manifold, this isnt happening.

How would you set it up? in a way that fits all the requirements?