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11/30/2014, 05:37 PM | #7551 |
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I'm working on finishing my tank now, I have implemented this system because the idea sounded very good to be. I am having one problem, I cannot get my middle standpipe to run full siphon unless I close the open channel standpipe almost all the way, which makes that open channel standpipe almost useless. If I try starting the system up with both wide open, the open channel handles almost all of the flow first (and I can't figure out why), resulting in a very noisy air and water mix. The hole for my middle (siphon) standpipe is 1/4 inch lower than the other 2 standpipes, and the middle standpipe empties into the sump a little lower than the open channel standpipe. Might that be my problem? Does anyone have any thoughts?
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11/30/2014, 07:28 PM | #7552 |
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Just answered my own question...I cut the full siphon standpipe so that it is the highest in the sump, and now it works. Amazing.
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11/30/2014, 08:27 PM | #7553 |
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The depth that the pipes terminate in the sump makes a difference, as you have found.
Also, There is no need to have a valve on either secondary standpipes. The only one that needs the valve is the full siphon. If did put valves on the other two, leave them wide open.
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12/02/2014, 01:14 PM | #7554 |
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Videos?
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I am getting ready to try to build this system into my 125g tank. I would like to see one in operation and I've been looking online for videos, but it seems like with what I've found people call pretty much any 3 pipe drain system a Beananimal. I've not found any yet that fit the design used in this thread. Can anyone recommend or point me to some vids that show implementation as it was designed? Regards Michael
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12/02/2014, 01:49 PM | #7555 |
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I am in the process of setting this up on my 75g. I have no holes so have to drill them. Since I am drilling anyway I thought I would go ahead and do 1-1/2" the way I read beans original description is he used 1"because that's what size his hole where already. Now here comes the questions that have probably been asked before many times I just haven't ran across them. If I am using 1-1/2" bulkheads and 90s just like the original design. How far down from the top of the tank do I need to drill my holes? I am going to put a box on the inside. Does that box determine my water level in the display?
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See this thread for clearances http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...15&postcount=7
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12/02/2014, 09:25 PM | #7557 | |
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Hole placement (yes you are right it has been covered a thousand times) is pretty objective. The minimum distance is one hole diameter from the edges of the glass, and each other, to the edge of the hole. Allowing for the weir is a bit trickier, and you need plumbing in hand to figure out how much to adjust the holes down, if needed, to get the water level in the "main" area where it needs to be (top of the weir) with around a 1" drop into the overflow (water level.) The water level will end up in the upper half of the downturned elbows, depending on the running adjustment. There is not a formula for it, it is old fashioned tape measure. (I did almost micrometer measurements for 1" and the distance is 2 7/8" down from the bottom lip of the trim inside the the tank, (2 3/4" - 3 1/4",) to hole center. (with 1" elbows; 1.25" elbows will be different.) How critical is it? You have to be at least 1 hole diameter down, you have to clear the trim on the outside of the tank (bulkhead nut) and then the rest is how long is the water fall going to be.
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12/02/2014, 10:05 PM | #7558 |
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I am all for using all 1" everything is cheaper and easier to plumb. If the experts say that is plenty big enough that's what I'll do. This is my first system and I want it to be as trouble free in operation as I can. It sounds like the concensus is 1" to achieve that. So the measurement it looks like I need is 2-7/8" from bottom of trim to the center of my hole. I can pick up bulkheads and pipe fittings locally so I will set up with that measurement and see what it looks like.
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12/03/2014, 12:26 AM | #7560 |
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Clear as mud, thanks.
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12/03/2014, 10:39 PM | #7561 |
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Well I finally got my new tank up and running and am "beaning" it. Very cool. Amazingly quiet after the syphon burps out its air. It is almost there but I see re-reading some issues and details what I must need to look at to get the overflow system working just right.
First, the syphon works fine as long as I have the gate valve on the syphon (only standpipe with valve) closed enough to raise the water within the overflow but not so high as to allow the open channel to take too much of the water. If I do, it seems that the open channel wins and the syphon doesn't drain the overflow. I think from my most recent reading that this is due to the distance the return pipes are submerged and in particular if the syphon is lower in the sump then the open channel, the open channel is the "path of least resistance" and so it drains the water and not the syphon pipe. So, I will either shorten the return distance for the syphon a touch or lower the return for the open one such that it is as low or perhaps lower than the syphon within the sump. Lastly the RO line from the open channel needs to be adjusted and I believe from what I have read here that it should end where the emergency channel upturned elbow terminates so that when that emergency standpipe kicks in to save the day, the open channel becomes a syphon and helps to get the water level back down in the overflow box. Please confirm/adivise/reprimand. Thanks!
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12/04/2014, 05:26 AM | #7562 |
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My understanding is the airline should be ABOVE the Emergency. At startup the emergency should kick in.
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12/04/2014, 07:10 AM | #7564 | |
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Also the drain lines to the sump should be no more than a half an inch below the water surface.
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12/04/2014, 08:44 AM | #7565 |
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You're talking about the ¼" tubing going into the open channel standpipe, correct? Think about how the system is set up and the backup/safety systems:
He doesn't specifically state the height of the airline tubing in his description, but he does describe the dry channel kicking in first, then the tubing becoming occluded if the dry channel is unable to handle the flow. I would argue that it should be the reverse. One of the benefits of the dry channel is that it is just that - dry. If there is no water in it, there is virtually no opportunity for it to become occluded. If you have the dry standpipe kick in before the airline occludes, it is conceivable that when the dry standpipe becomes occluded enough to raise the water level and occlude it, the open channel stand pipe will also have enough of a blockage to cause an issue. If you configure it in the reverse, so that the opening of the tubing is just below dry standpipe opening, it will occlude and start flushing the open channel pipe first, and the dry standpipe would kick in only if that was unable to handle the flow. The chances of the above situation happening are admittedly quite remote, but it strikes me as an easy way to maximize the safety of the system.
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12/04/2014, 09:30 AM | #7566 |
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I have been using Aqueon Proflex sump, it is very quiet and have so many options for bubble diffusing, the only problem I had was my skimmer not fitting well in the last chamber
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The complete drain system over all, has a very wide bandwidth from around a few hundred gph (no point using it if the flow rate is below that) up to a couple thousand gph, as designed, depending on the length of the drop. The open channel air vent has nothing to do with that bandwidth, it is the siphon itself. The open channel has one primary function: system self-adjustment, to compensate for the inherent instability present in the two pipe siphon system, that consists of a siphon and dry emergency only. (The trickle of flow through the dry emergency is borrowed from Bean's system, and renders "herbie" unsafe to operate.) Quote:
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There may be some that don't notice "issues" running the air vent line too low in the overflow, but the system is not running properly. It also short circuits the redundant failsafe of the air vent line, as well as preventing the head height reaching the point that all the air will be purged. A foolproof system does not exist, and probably never will, but you need to have a system that is functiong properly first. The air vent line inlet needs to be above the inlet to the dry emergency for proper operation of the system.
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12/05/2014, 10:15 AM | #7569 |
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does it really matter how far the drains go into the sump?
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12/05/2014, 10:22 AM | #7570 |
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Yes.
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12/05/2014, 10:30 AM | #7571 |
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I know the siphon has to be under the water level, but does it matter how far?
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12/05/2014, 11:07 AM | #7572 |
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Still yes.
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12/05/2014, 11:17 AM | #7573 |
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How far?
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12/05/2014, 12:21 PM | #7574 |
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Hey, Great job on the overflow. I love the clean neat look!!
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12/05/2014, 03:11 PM | #7575 |
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Typically, one inch or less below the normal running level of the sump.
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