neilanh
Sliced Bread
Yeah, about 540 out of a 950 pump. Perhaps I should try the 1" route and see what it gives me.
That's definately what's causing it. I throttled it back, and it helped quiet it down. Then I opened it back up full and used the filter pads provided with the HOB, that helped too. I dont want to use those permanently, so I'll need to figure it out.
I don't understand why it can't handle it. It is handling it, it's just doing it loudly. It's a 1200gph overflow with only a 950gph pump, which has some loss due to head height. *shrug*
You are loosing a lot of drain line flow because of the valves, 90s and the horizontal sections of your plumbing. Add all of that up and you are probably close to maxing out your drain when compared to the pump. You may do better with the Mag 7 as your return pump.
But, then what will I do with this mag9.5?
But - yes, I think you're right. I'm gonna let it run for a bit (I'm cold and wet and just done for today) and try that out tomorrow.
The setup is great I really like it and its designed perfectly. I really think you would yield a much better result by just using 1" vinyl tubing from the Mag pump directly to the tank with just one solid pieced of 1" vinyl tubing. Your flow would be much better I was shocked by the difference it made with that extra 1/4" of space you can push 25% more water threw the tubing. PVC is great for the drain line but not good at all for the return line IMO. And in regards to the noise is a lot of it splash noise? I had the problem with my skimmer splashing into my sump and I totally could not watch a movie in my livingroom because of the splashing. I added vinyl tubing to extend under the water line and the noise went away. I also added a curved pvc pipe to direct the drian flow into the water and now its no longer noisy. If its pump noise rattling against the sump try and put a towel rubberbanded around the pump to cushion it so its not plastic vibrating on plastic. Also I am having a hard time understanding your drian line from the pics How many elbows are there in the drain ideally there should only be 1 is there more??. Anyway hope my opinion on it is somewhat helpfull