Sump question

[cruzersmith]

The return chamber is the only one to be affected by a change in volume. A larger return chamber would facilitate a larger volume of water you could remove without cavitating the pump.

If you make your baffles out of a permeable material, essentially the whole sump will be a return chamber.

What would be the need for the baffels then? I was hoping to set up a wider bubble trap with an egg crate bottom to use for a media tray in case I wanted to run carbon or gfo bags just before the water enters the return compartment. So the largest section would actually be the intake where the roller mat and if needed the skimmer would be.

 

[Red_Beard]

They would be to keep media bags or anything else out of the return pump.

 

[cruzersmith]

@cruzersmith it would be helpful if you give all of the information that we need to answer your questions.

So far, every answer that has been given has come with a "that won't work because..." And then a little more information is given.

So what is the question you're asking? You want to use a Hydros AWC in a 10 gallon sump without turning off the return pump but you have to leave enough headspace in the sump in case the return pump shuts off in a power outage or something?

My recommendation, shut the return pump off with the AWC sensor set at the OFF height, perform the AWC, turn the return pump back on.

My apologies.

 

[tbrown]

My apologies.

Don't apologize, just let us know what it is you're looking for. We're here to help.