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Old 09-13-2013, 03:53 PM
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I ended up buying that ultrasonic level transmittter, if this works well I may end up replacing a few more of my switches with transmitters
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Old 09-14-2013, 06:09 PM
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looks promising. Lots of work to set up though and not waterproof only water resistant. In the right setup will work great though.

I like the idea of using it in a stand pipe to reduce water turbulence. That's the issue I have with my sump right now.
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Old 09-14-2013, 08:27 PM
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Thats what baffles are for I move 1200 GPH through my sump with no issues , my water line looks nice and solid. The switches never seemed to be effected by the flow through the sump. Then again I am using an old 90G tank as a sump (with baffleds I built)

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looks promising. Lots of work to set up though and not waterproof only water resistant. In the right setup will work great though.

I like the idea of using it in a stand pipe to reduce water turbulence. That's the issue I have with my sump right now.
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Old 09-14-2013, 10:21 PM
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I have baffles, it has nothing to do with that for me.

It's because I have a small sump return section and my return pump is pulling lots of water which makes small turbulence in last return chamber. In hindsight, I would have make my return section slightly larger but I was trying to max space. My next sump will have an adjustment for this problem. There is a point where return section is too small for how much water is being pulled through, just don't ask me where that point is.

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