jedimasterben Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 And didn't that system just come apart on you due to messed up threads in the system ? How often do you hear of a reef tank running dry due to their well losing prime Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 How often do you hear of a reef tank running dry due to their well losing prime how does that solve the issue of shitty threaded fittings ? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 leaky bulkhead ... cut the pipe and replace . pretty simple. with a union you can change the plumbing as often as you want without changing bulkheads you make it sound like this will happen once per month or more. You really are making this out to be MUCH harder than it needs to be. Okay now I'm getting mad. For real. I'm trying to LEARN what do do if something goes wrong in the plumbing map. I cannot do that with hey it's so simple why don't I just make it for you like SEVERAL people have offered to do. No. I'm going to learn and I'm goi.g to do this myself, no matter how many times I mess it up. If my questions are arduous, y'all can ignore them. But please don't think I'm making stuff up or making it harder, I am learning. Big difference. /rant Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 how does that solve the issue of shitty threaded fittings ? PVC, being a plastic, expands by a large amount when it gets hot. When pumps run dry, they heat up, and the PVC fittings threaded into them heat up and expand. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 leaky bulkhead ... cut the pipe and replace . pretty simple. with a union you can change the plumbing as often as you want without changing bulkheads Yes, so back to plumbing. Cut the pipe and replace. What pipe? The one that is GLUED to the bulkhead? Okay so I cut it, replace the bulkhead and then add a smaller length of pipe from BH to a slip x slip to connect to the rest of the plumbing. Right? (And pray that the new pieces used are cut the right size.) Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yes, so back to plumbing. Cut the pipe and replace. What pipe? The one that is GLUED to the bulkhead? Okay so I cut it, replace the bulkhead and then add a smaller length of pipe from BH to a slip x slip to connect to the rest of the plumbing. Right? (And pray that the new pieces used are cut the right size.) yes you cut the pipe coming from the bulkhead, and then measure from the new bulkhead to existing plumbing location, cut and glue in place. Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yes, so back to plumbing. Cut the pipe and replace. What pipe? The one that is GLUED to the bulkhead? Okay so I cut it, replace the bulkhead and then add a smaller length of pipe from BH to a slip x slip to connect to the rest of the plumbing. Right?(And pray that the new pieces used are cut the right size.)Coupling yes you cut the pipe coming from the bulkhead, and then measure from the new bulkhead to existing plumbing location, cut and glue in place. Coupling Morning plumbers 1 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Coupling Coupling Morning plumbers smart ass 2 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 smart ass Better than a dumb ass? 1 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Better than a dumb ass? not by much i still luv you tho 2 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 not by much i still luv you tho 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Coupling Coupling Morning plumbers AHHHHHH COUPLERS! okay. not by much i still luv you tho Where'd you get big emoticons? 1 Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Where'd you get big emoticons? I know where 2 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Okay now I'm getting mad. For real. I'm trying to LEARN what do do if something goes wrong in the plumbing map. I cannot do that with hey it's so simple why don't I just make it for you like SEVERAL people have offered to do. No. I'm going to learn and I'm goi.g to do this myself, no matter how many times I mess it up. If my questions are arduous, y'all can ignore them. But please don't think I'm making stuff up or making it harder, I am learning. Big difference. /rant AHHHHHH COUPLERS! okay. Where'd you get big emoticons? http://www.emoticonsonly.com 2 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 Plumbing. 3/4 inch slip x slip bulkhead PVC pipes are 1 in So 3/4" x 1" slip X slip coupling. Right? This one: http://www.homedepot.com/p/NIBCO-1-in-x-3-4-in-CPVC-CTS-Slip-x-Slip-Reducing-Coupling-C4701HDR134/100345909 or this http://www.grainger.com/product/MUELLER-INDUSTRIES-Reducer-5WPH7 or this http://www.grainger.com/product/LASCO-Coupling-22FK20?opr=APPD&pbi=5WPH7 Does it come in gray? Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Wow so much plumbing talk. What's the purpose of all this plumbing work? I think I missed that post. Oh and how are the corals doing?? How's the goni that you got at the swap? Also the dendroooooo 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 1" slip X 1/2" barb - is this called a reducer? I don;t think it comes slip X barb though, right? Barbed adapters are thread X barb. Quote Link to comment
hey Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 1" slip X 1/2" barb - is this called a reducer? I don;t think it comes slip X barb though, right? Barbed adapters are thread X barb. they make pretty much all types of fittings in slip or thread to whatever in whatever size you can imagine, its finding them thats the issue. Quote Link to comment
jbb Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 And when you do find the odd ones you better buy extras because they may not have them if/when you need a replacement 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good morning. After making 2 pages of parts lists and trying to be all color co-ordinated at the same time, I threw out all my lists and started from scratch. The plumbing map below is as near complete of the return as I could put down on paper. All the parts are listed, every barb, couplers, reducers, bushings, doohickees. Hopefully. Please let me know if you see anything wrong or I've missed out on anything. Thanks. 3 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good morning. After making 2 pages of parts lists and trying to be all color co-ordinated at the same time, I threw out all my lists and started from scratch. The plumbing map below is as near complete of the return as I could put down on paper. All the parts are listed, every barb, couplers, reducers, bushings, doohickees. Hopefully. Please let me know if you see anything wrong or I've missed out on anything. Thanks. That's some interesting tetris you got going on over there. 1 Quote Link to comment
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