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Old 11-18-2007, 12:34 PM
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Default Re: wATER FLOW

On your return line just before it reenters the tank there is an elbow,in the downward side ot the elbow you need to drill a hole of about 1/8 inch.if the pumps go off for any reason the holes allow air to suck into the pipe and stop the siphon.That will make those back flow valves useless.Then your sump/fuge needs to be large enough to catch all the water in the tank above the notch's in the overflow.So basicly the sump/fuge should be about 1/3 empty to hold that water.
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