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04/22/2009, 03:26 PM
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Bulkhead Fitting Hole Size Question
I had my tank drilled last night with two 1.5" ID holes and two 1" ID holes. The actual hole sizes in the glass are 2 5/8" and 1 7/8".
I called a local LFS to enquire about purchasing the fittings and the guy confused me. Could someone please tell me if the holes I have in my tank correspond to my desired finsihed holes? I'd rather know that I am buying the right parts when I am there later rather then having to return them. THANK YOU!
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04/22/2009, 04:13 PM
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apparantly you drilled for schedule 80 bulkheads acoording to what savko shows bulkhead sizes & required holes....schedule 80 at the top & "lightweight bulkheads" is schedule 40
http://www.savko.com/partlist.asp?pgid=2
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04/22/2009, 04:56 PM
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Great link. The Schedule 80 is fine right? Stronger and more durable?
Just for sake of thread completeion, here is a great link to the differences between Sch 40 and 80 as far as the sizing: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/pv...ons-d_795.html
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04/22/2009, 05:45 PM
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Yes, sch80 is the better of the two.
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04/22/2009, 08:19 PM
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I recently ran into this exact same problem. My new tank is drilled with 3 1.5" holes for sch80 so I purchased 3 1.5" sch80 bulkhead from PA. Last night I realize they don't fit. After talking to the tank builder, I was told some manufacturers have changed the molds so there are 2 styles with different size. The old one used to be 2.5" while the new ones are 2 5/8".
New style: http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch...Code=Bulkheads Old style (which my tank is drilled for): http://www.customaquatic.com/estore/...t=PF-SP871-015 So be sure to measure the hole size and get the right one.
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