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Old 06-28-2013, 04:59 PM
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Well, mine was getting up close to 82 a couple times already when we had warm weather. Luckily, the warm spells only lasted a few days so far this year. But it is going to get much warmer the next couple months, so I think it would have been big trouble.

We do have central A/C. But ironically, the basement warms up too, when it runs, as the air circulates the entire house. We set our A/C temp at 76, which is still warmer than most of the year. The problem is we have a 3 level house, all exposed to the northwest (including the basement level, as we are on a hill), and the sun really heats it up later in the day.

I ran the 2 tanks combined on 1 sump last summer and it worked well. The other advantage is that I decommission 2 pumps (return pump and skimmer) and one sump, so that also saves heat and electricity. On the combined sump I have a single Sedra 20000 with multiple T's that returns both tanks (one up a floor level) as well as to my bio pellet reactor, chiller, and GFO/carbon reactors. It is a very powerful pump, with lots of head pressure, and quiet, too.
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