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Originally Posted by RocketEngineer
Ok, back to square one.
The part of this system that is important is having enough drain capacity to handle what the return pump is pushing into the tank. This can be accomplished by having a large enough drain to handle the pump, or by restricting the pump OUTLET to reduce the amount of water it pushes into the tank to less than the upper limit of the drains.
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IMHO I believe restricting the flow on the pump discharge makes the pump work harder than it has to. In your photos you have a bypass back to your sump. Personally I would have put this tee for the bypass in before I branch out to my return. In your case you have two from what I make of it. I feel opening this valve until you reach the desired flow might be a better method of regulating how much water is returned to your DT.
It does seem that RocketEngineer has come to the same conclusions I have come to. The only difference we have is the way to regulate the flow to your DT.
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Current Tank Info: 800 gal of salt water flowing in my basement
Last edited by steamman; 10/23/2010 at 08:02 PM.
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