63 pages and its not wet yet?!?!! What page are the tank dimensions on? lol. Following. Looks truely epic.
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Just curious, why is that? I will be doing the same soon
^this, the siphon line needs to purge out the air in order to work right, so putting the valve high lets the water fall out the full height. Putting it low means the air in the line gets pushed out as the water piles up on the valve (air gets mixed in and "blows out" of the drain, essentially). You can't get this with the valve up high (or at least, not easily and reliably)A bean animal works by creating a full siphon on the primary drain. You want the entire pipe to be filled with water, if possible. If you throttle it at the top the bottom section of the pipe below the valve won't remain full.
It that a BeanAnimal drain on 2 overflow boxes? If so the control valve on the siphon line needs to be at the bottom end of the run.
With pipe and PVC cement
You want the ball valves as close to the sump as possible so they can purge air more easily. I made the same mistake and had to cut and move my gate valve.
I actually really like the idea. It won't be as quiet as a true bean animal but since it is in a fish room I think it makes sense. Much less plumbing, fewer connections, and follows the KISS principle. The vents are a very smart addition!My dear friend @143MPCo and I were talking and he brought up this idea for my plumbing. This would make things a little easier for me because of several issues but I don't want to get into that. The main question is how do you like this idea?
This is a 3" pipe that would take all the water to the sump.
I don't think this will end up operating anything like a BA. But the short run of piping should help keep it fairly quiet.I'm a purist...the BA system is by far the best thing I ever did and I would follow the principle behind it to a tee.
The issue I see with 2 BA boxes on the same tank is balancing them. Doable but it makes it a bit of a special case, not sure how the dynamics of that would work
How much flow are you planning to push through the system? Actual return flow of the return pump, after head loss?
I'm a purist...the BA system is by far the best thing I ever did and I would follow the principle behind it to a tee.?
Well I finally found some time to install the most awesome controller board in the history of all man kind! @Elder1945 created this amazing gift for me and I am extremely thankful and awed by the craftsmanship!
Excuse the dirty tank room!
Great point!The issue I see with 2 BA boxes on the same tank is balancing them. Doable but it makes it a bit of a special case, not sure how the dynamics of that would work