Ca reactor feed

[SuperFudge]

Originally posted by smokinreefer:
hey guys,

so marc,
my return lines are 1"...so you mean "T" it off and reduce it to 1/4" to feed the reactor? i guess i would need a valve on the line as well to control the feed into the reactor too?

TIA

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well you can tee off and do this,but for 15 bucks you can buy the tap,and just tap into a coupler or fitting you already have inline.
Either will work,but
tapping only takes a few minutes,rather than gluing new fittings and such.
Make sure your not tapping just the pipe wall,it is too thin walled to get a good thread,get a coupler with the pipe already glued in it.

You usually wont need to put a valve in there before the reactor,as you have a valve on your effluent output.
also the ends of the lines to the tank are free flowing,so there is not huge pressures involved.
Itll just pressurize your reactor a little more.

But before you do... you dont have those 1" lines tee`d off anywhere else do you ?...like a skimmer or multiple tank outlets ?