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Old 01-15-2012, 05:49 PM
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I'm sure a lot of you are running Eheim pumps and I was wondering how you married the barbed fitting on the pump to your PVC plumbing? Descriptions with pictures would be helpful. Thanks!

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Old 01-15-2012, 10:17 PM
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I haven't plumbed mine yet, but my plan was to use close nipples with lots of thread sealant, and then reducing females to my true union ball valve on the sump side and a regular union on the output side.
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That barbed fitting should fit into 1" spa-flex PVC.
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That barbed fitting should fit into 1" spa-flex PVC.
The factory sizes for the 1260 and 1262 are 1" input and 3/4" output.
Those dimensions are for I.D. hose.
Spaflex and such are measured by the O.D. of the rigid PVC used, so not a good match.
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Hmm, maybe my 1262 came with a different adapter, because it fits perfectly into the 1" spa-flex I use.


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The factory sizes for the 1260 and 1262 are 1" input and 3/4" output.
Those dimensions are for I.D. hose.
Spaflex and such are measured by the O.D. of the rigid PVC used, so not a good match.
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