sump size

[dwdenny]

I will do a FW run before for sure. I was thinking 20" tall mainly for that reason(power Failure). I have been thinking about it and going to change things up a bit. When I get it designed I will repost the pic to get you alls thoughts. I am looking at 14" baffles rather then 16" baffles less water but more room for tank water for those unexpected events of mother nature and the power company. lol

[dwdenny]

I think this will work out better and still give me room to work in and around.

[gjuarez]

How will you get the water in the fuge to your return?

[gjuarez]

Never mind, didnt see that you were splitting the input.

[hobogato]

the only problem i see is still getting your hands into the sump if you need to. for example, to clean or remove thing. 3" seems like a good gap (its exaclty the same gap i had on my old tank), but when you have to reach in and down to the bottom, your arms just dont bend that way. you can alway drill an anti syphon hole in your return lines to keep from overflowing the sump if the power fails, or put your return pump on a computer battery backup. I did both with my new setup. still, when i did the what if the power fails for longer test, i didn't overflow the sump.

my tank is a 240 gal, and the return section of my sump it 14.5" wide by 24" long, and i keep the water about 9" deep. the overall height of the sump is only 14 ".

[dwdenny]

sorry I did not state that well enough. The cabinet opening is 23" tall but then the sump will drop down inthe stand another 5" or so. Totalling about 10" between the door opening and the sump. The inside stand area is 33" tall by 27"long by 14.5" wide. I think I will have enough room to get in there to clean and remove things. But when I get home I will measure to make sure. I might have to still shorten the sump to like 18" or smaller. I am just trying to maximize by volume but it might not work like I want to we will have to see before I build it. If you take alook here of the stand you might be able to see what I am talking about. http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=...ic&t=15484 mainly the last two pics on the thread.

Thanks again

[hobogato]

that sounds like it will work well then, i just wanted you to understand how many time i cussed that 3" clearance space - so many times that i now have about 15" :lol :lol

[dwdenny]

Yeah I know what you mean. I will for sure check the clearence so that I know for sure that I will or can get in there to clean and remove things if needed. Thanks for the input though