My bad, I did!
GoldNow for more laughter...this sign is legit and not a joke. Any questions why an education is important?
Alternator could be over charging causing the corrosion and premature battery failure. Or could just be a bad battery.. Batteries usually last about 4 years.
You could have been a Boy Scout ;Smuggrin
Life lessons..a wonderful thingMy son stefan thought he would be smart and funny and start snapping me with a towel. I told him his uncle's and I used to snap each other till we bled and one gave up. I let him get me four times before I retaliated. He tried to use a towel to protect him self. Hands are a great target.
This is the aftermath
I win. Lol
Nope, I’m right there with you
So typically you install a check valve on your return line as close to the pump as possible and when the flow is shut off, the check valve closes and it stops the back flow. HOWEVER, check valves are notoriously unreliable at sealing properly and preventing flow from making its way back to the sump.
Melves Reef came up with sort of a backwards check valve setup that Fin has implemented. In this setup the check valve is installed backwards, above the return height. When the return is running it presses water up against the check valve keeping it closed. The second you turn the return pump off, the pressure drop allows the check valve to open and this lets air into the return breaking the siphon and preventing water from draining back into the sump.
VIDEO: Melev's Reef Demonstrates the Anti-Siphon Reverse Check Valve!
Marc Levenson demonstrates the installation of a backwards / reversed check valve as an siphon break on return plumbing for your aquarium.www.reef2rainforest.com
The method I use is a little simpler in that I have my return line and instead of a 90° elbow to tie the return line into the retun bulkhead, I will use a T. The top of the T has a slip to thread reducer to reduce the top of the return T down to 1/4". From the top of the T coming out of the reducer I'll have a threaded elbow to RODI fitting. From there it's a simple straight RODI line with a 1/4" valve and then another 90° elbow to bring the line down into the overflow. Once the return is up and running water will flow out of this line and back into the overflow, you can tune the flow to almost a trickle and when you turn the return off, it will instantly allow air into the line breaking the siphon. Here's a very crude drawing of how it's setup.....
Both of these methods are essentially just siphon breaks to prevent excessive back flow into the sump from the Display. You can also drill a hole into your return line itself however these need frequent attention and can be tricky to get right as you need the proper size hole to let enough air in to break the siphon but you don't want too much of a hole that you're letting too much flow out of the hole. Hense the route I took, which takes a 1/4" hole in the line and let's you easily adjust it to match the size you actually need to break the siphon without having to drill multiple holes.
Me too..don’t want you to feel lonely
Well..um..yeah..nope, I got nothing...
..and this is a problem why?
Sure she can. We, I mean she, is just trying to put your needs first. Yup, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. ;SmuggrinKeep in mind that it takes a bit of flow to make those RFGs work right. I think that six of them on a spray bar in a 90 would be excessive and you might not get the result you are considering. One on each side should be sufficient. With DIY spraybars, you have to be careful of the angle of the holes you drill. You might end up with 10 spraying where you want them and one spraying up into your lights. Ask me how I know.
This reminds me of my wife going out to pick up some crappy fast food for dinner. She asks me what I want and I say it doesn't really matter, chicken or burgers, whichever you prefer. Of course, she then says, "Which one??!!!" She can't narrow it down out of two choices.
We ARE sisters!
Never heard of an alternator overcharging and It was replaced 3 months ago
I had a bad battery. I was dead 4 months after getting it. It happensNever heard of an alternator overcharging and It was replaced 3 months ago
battery is fine, cable corroded
Well that’s different
