Beananimal/ Herbie Hybrid Observation - Help?

[justincgdick]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I'm not clear on where you are going with this ...
Maybe I'm just tired, but I can't tell why you posted

Are you questioning the usage / setup of the Bean / Herbie, or are you just trying to understand how your own unit is working ?

There are Huge amounts of threads Online where you can discuss how the Bean and Herbie overflows work

So, are you looking for help, or are you posting 'cause you don't like it ?

Sorry if I don't catch the meaning of your original post, but I don't see what the problem is when you first posted that it works just fine .....

Originally I was just looking for the reason my water level settle below the second drain, but with the main drain running at full syphon. But the second poster above pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. But then there were a few posts about stuff that didn't really have to do with my original question, but I ran with it anyway.

I'm not posting that I don't like it at all, I love it (Beananimal). I'm just not sure why it's a bit more complicated. There is no problem, it does work just fine. Doesn't mean I can't discuss it regardless.

Originally Posted by Madmak

The Ts are for cleaning only, nothing else, an elbow would work if the holes were on the back of the tank.

When a BA secondary goes in and out of full siphon it is loud as heck and signals trouble.

What you have going there is a bit of an anomaly, it's pretty rare to set an open pipe to drain at a rate constant enough to keep an overflow box at a consistent level. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. With three stand pipes it has the same safety factor as a Bean Animal. The only thing you could gain with some elbows is maybe a minimal noise difference when the secondary gets used.

What do the other ends of those stand pipes drain in to? Under water in your sump? Above the water in your sump? In to socks?

Okay, so there really isn't much difference between what I have going an a Beananimal in the way it really works. I just didn't know why Beananimal himself decided the drains needed to be pointed back down towards the bottom of the overflow. Mine works the same way with the submerged main drain and the two open pipes.

The main drain drains into a filter sock, but the opening is under water so there is no noise. The other two hang above the water but any trickle is so small I can't hear it. When the main clogs it's loud as heck, but that's good so I know something is wrong.

[gregzz4]

This is a whole conversation I wish I had not gotten into in the first place