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Originally Posted by muck
Not a big fan of Check Valves. IMO its just a matter of time before they fail.
How are you using these check valves? Are you relying on them to stop backflow from your tank should the power go out?
You can design your system without check valves and have one less thing to worry about.  |
Very nice thinking ! Yes and sad that My tank was designed as such in the first place when I didn't know ANYTHING about SW or reef or anything about this "corrosive hobby"... So, HAVE TO use check valve, but then I found it WILL BE CLOGGED by times, so, the one that can be part out for cleaning is the best, and that where was introduced to the Tru Union friends. With this guy, you can easily part out and clean as often as you like. So, what I did was using a GV in front of CV. Eveytime I need to do cleaning for CV, just shut the GV off and uncrew the CV for cleaning then put it back nice and cleaned. That's why I like those tru-unions.
Any of you have done the same? - Hope none...
