Plumbing to Manifold

It's a DC Pump I purchased...I can control the flow
In that case, the valve isn’t strictly necessary! It would still be nice to have, but a plumbing restriction at the display return nozzles can effectively do the same thing! (I’m thinking of RFGs!)
 
The only place I could put a valve would be flat in line from the 1.5" elbow, but it would obviously be a 1.5" valve
That’s also fine! It is just a bit more bulky/expensive than 1.25”; not the end of the world!
 
Yeah...and I can't use the 1.25 valve cause I glued the components to it, so it's garbage now

ah, well dang…

If there’s still a pipe stub/fitting on either side, it could always go in the spare project plumbing pile?
 
If I do decide to eventually install a 1.5 valve I can lie it horizontally and it will still working properly, correct?
Correct! Orientation doesn’t really matter in this application!
 
Well I finally got it done and everything is working great and performing much better. I used to run the pump at full throttle and the water would be trickling out of the returns. Now I only have it set half way and the water flow is amazing
 
Well I finally got it done and everything is working great and performing much better. I used to run the pump at full throttle and the water would be trickling out of the returns. Now I only have it set half way and the water flow is amazing

Fantastic to hear, great work!

— Now you’ve got pump power to spare if you want to add additional outlet(s) to your manifold!

Attached are a few pics
Sadly, the pics didn’t upload!
 
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