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03-08-2010, 08:14 PM
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03-08-2010, 08:33 PM
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Your vent hole is not large enouggh, Steve. The water level should only go down to the level of the pipe that your vent hole is in, Should never uncover the inlet like that. If the inlet sucks air, you will loose the siphon like how you are. keep increasing the vent hole bit by bit untill you find the diameter that works well.
It's hard to tell, but do you even have a vent just before the last 90 and the down pipe.
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Dan Pesonen Umm, a tank or 5 Last edited by banditpowdercoat; 03-08-2010 at 08:36 PM.
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03-08-2010, 08:40 PM
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umm ok i'm kinda confuzed on what you mean by vent hole.. lol
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03-08-2010, 08:45 PM
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OK, refer back to the pic posted earlier in this thread.
 See the vent hole shown? this is for a siphon break. It lets air in and when the level of the tank drops below this, it lets more air in, causing the siphon i the downpipe to be lost BUT it keeps the water in the overflow pipe over the side of the tank, so when tank level rises above this vent hole level, the drain will automatically start Without it, the overflow will completely drain the tank to the intake level, where it sucks in air, just like your Youtube vid does. Start with a 1/8" diameter hole and see how it works, if still same, try 3/16" What some people do is put a piece of airline in there and a John Guest valve, and can vary the valve depending on drain requirements. But fiddlin with drillbit holes will work good too
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03-08-2010, 09:08 PM
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ok here is another picture to see if i understand what your saying.
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Last edited by Steve_the_nucks_fan; 03-12-2010 at 03:27 AM.
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03-08-2010, 09:18 PM
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Can't read anything on the pic, to small, but the sideways T that goes into the 90 that does on the downpipe to the sump. Between the T and the 90, drill a hole on the top of the pipe. 1/8" to start. this is a siphon break. I have never made a overflow like you have there, but I know you need an air inlet. Acctually, looking at that Drill the hole in the cap that you filled the pipe up with.
Try it first Without the cap on the top of the T, I bet it just may work fine without that cap, Fill it up, and then open valve and see
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03-08-2010, 09:23 PM
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Ok I will try with out the cap and see what happens and then go from there. Thanks so much for all the help.
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