Thread: Herbie Overflow
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Old 09-15-2008, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jvision View Post
OK, so my problem is the ball-valve - I'll change it to a gate valve. Do they make 1.5" gate valves?
The fluctuation in my sump happens because the ball valve is either closed too much or open too much, and the pump either pumps out faster than it gets to the sump, or the sump fills faster than it can pump out.
Could you post pics of you overflow and plumbing? Sorry mseepman if we are taking over your thread, but this will be a good read for peeps wanting to do a herbie style overflow. Properly set up a herbie should be silent and fail safe.

Doug.
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