I am going to add a sump to my system in the coming weeks and had a question regarding how to prevent or safeguard what seems to be an unavoidable problem.
How do you design the system so that if your overflow blocks, you do not dump the contents of your sump onto the floor?
The only design consideration I can think of to prevent this is to make the volume of return section of the sump contain less water than would overflow your tank if all of it was pumped up there.
History - 29gal display with a future 29gal sump, and an external overflow(which I am still looking for - hopefully Dawn's will work!).
Thanks for all answers...
M.
How do you design the system so that if your overflow blocks, you do not dump the contents of your sump onto the floor?
The only design consideration I can think of to prevent this is to make the volume of return section of the sump contain less water than would overflow your tank if all of it was pumped up there.
History - 29gal display with a future 29gal sump, and an external overflow(which I am still looking for - hopefully Dawn's will work!).
Thanks for all answers...
M.