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	Aquaclear Overflow
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I was thinking of ideas for an overflow and I though that this might be good. Get an AC 500, drill an hole in the media part to go to an sump. then glue a peice of plastic between the pump part and the media part to allow water to stay in the pump part but let it overflow to the other half. then have a pipe running down to the sump with a ball valve on the end so if something goes wrong and the sump overfills to a certain part it will shut off water to the sump and the water will instead flow out of the AC. On paper it seems to work. Would this work.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Green, I read this several times and I have problems visualing it... can you post a pic? __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
vwaudifreak Fingerling Posts: 16 Kudos: 16 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Nov-2005	You really don't want to use a pump for the overflow. The return pump would have to match the flow of that pump. If they were not exactly matched you would have trouble. For the price of the AC500 you could get a pre-made overflow setup which would be IMO, more piece of mind.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	I understand what you're thinking of, and i have to agree with the above. I'd rather have an unpowered overflow so you'd not have to constantly adjust return rates.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38


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