power outage overflow.
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acrylic51
Active Member
Syphon break holes in your return lines if they are submerged underwater.....Check valves which aren't 100% fail proof, but can help, and a quick way to check if your water level is correct in your sump is to shut the power off and see how much water back syphons to the sump......if the level gets high fire the pump and take the water level down in the sump......if the water level is fine in the sump without overflowing then leave the water level where it's at and your fine.....
keyah1
New Member
I've had the same problem before I upgraded my system and I found that if you shut the power off to your tank and let the water flow back into your sump, you can adjust the water level to where it reaches 1/2" below the lip of the sump by removing water or adding water. Once that is achieved, turn your pump back on and wait for your water to stablize and when it does: mark your water level with tape or marker. It'll let you know when to add water and how much. Hope that helps.
acrylic51
Active Member
Originally Posted by keyah1
I've had the same problem before I upgraded my system and I found that if you shut the power off to your tank and let the water flow back into your sump, you can adjust the water level to where it reaches 1/2" below the lip of the sump by removing water or adding water. Once that is achieved, turn your pump back on and wait for your water to stablize and when it does: mark your water level with tape or marker. It'll let you know when to add water and how much. Hope that helps.
I've had the same problem before I upgraded my system and I found that if you shut the power off to your tank and let the water flow back into your sump, you can adjust the water level to where it reaches 1/2" below the lip of the sump by removing water or adding water. Once that is achieved, turn your pump back on and wait for your water to stablize and when it does: mark your water level with tape or marker. It'll let you know when to add water and how much. Hope that helps.
mandarin w
Member
No the water in the sump doesn't stay constant. the water in the display will stay constant. When the water evoporates from the tank, you will notice it from the sump. Drill a little hole in your return in the display tank, just under the waterline. When there is a power outage, the water in the tank will back syphin to the sump, the small hole in the return line will break the syphin as soon as air get to it so you don't syphin more water from your display tank. Do as mentioned before as far as setting the level in your sump so you know how much you tank will syphin, and you will be able to accomadate that.