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Old 03-26-2008, 03:44 PM
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FWIW I have found that even with the Herbie overflow I cannot push a lot of water back through my return as I get to much splashing noise from the extra water dropping into the overflow (only about a 3" drop to the water level).

That's why you adjust your gate valve until the water level in the overflow is just barely trickling down your emergency drain.
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Old 03-26-2008, 03:52 PM
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That's why you adjust your gate valve until the water level in the overflow is just barely trickling down your emergency drain.
One more reason I should have used a gate valve instead of a ball valve

I may also try a coupling on top of my emergency line so it is just about level with the tank water line to reduce the amount of drop of water into the overflow.
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