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Ooooh, that sucks! Or if you didn't want to return everything you could get a reducer and run it all 3/4 until the bulkhead in the glass.
Finishing up plumbing today and I need some help. The way it is now, the overflow is plumbed using 1" for all 3 drains. The return, coming off Varios 6 is 1.25" and is immediately reduced to a 1" barb, soft tubing, to a 1" manifold. The manifold will have 2 valves coming off of it for future equipment UV/reactors. Then manifold also feeds the two returns, which are 1" all the way to the bulkheads, at which point they are reduced to 1/2" as this tank is unfortunately is predrilled for 1/2.
So my question is two fold:
1. My plan was to downsize the manifold valves to 1/2. Is this wise? Should I leave them 1"? Reduce to 3/4"?
2. Knowing what you know now, how many manifold valves/branches would you plumb? Is 2 enough? Increase it to 3?
PS. Spit balling here, but I guess I could always union-off the manifold to the left and right of the valves so the whole bank is removable if I need to do anything with the valves...
I have an SCA as well and love it. Though your carpentry work put mine to shame. That stand is beautiful.
I think I understand your question.
1. I would leave the route to the returns on the tank 1” the entire way through the manifold, reducing at the connection points for the smaller devices. Including the added devices like UV or reactors.
2. Unfortunately, I have no input on part two. I run my tank bare bones so no manifold this go round.
I think I had several small heart attacks watching mine fill up the first time.