Nickbruh510 Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 And it begins. Still need to order a gate valve and redo main drain pipe. Never use a ball valve for fine tuning lol 1 Quote Link to comment
marioensf Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 How's the tank holding on the modded overflow? I got one, a RSR170 just like yours. Those Red Sea people did make the stuff to fit their own design. I got to play a bit DIY today (I followed your post but just that) What I did since I have no access to some tools is sand a PVC 1" fitting to barely fit into the drain holes. Had to make myself something to keep the PVC as round as possible; a wood lathe would've been the perfect tool but I don't have one. I bought a buffing wheel adapter from HD long ago and came to mind I had it and could make myself something similar to a wood lathe's spinning action. Block of wood with sandpaper attached did the trick; sanded little by little to reduce it to the correct diameter of the original drain flange/bulkhead. I have to remove the inner "tread-locking" pieces in order to pass the new fittings so they bond in their entirety. I had to find the center of a threaded cap or be as close as possible; it worked ok. Now I have to make a run to HD to get some threaded 1" unions and start working on the drain first; the one in the pics was the "prototype". I'll use the proper adhesive to bond the PVC to the ABS plastic and if I have spare 1" ball valves, probably will use two and have the drain over the top with black pipe and some Lockline fittings. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nickbruh510 Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Hey! Wow you went above and beyond lol. Man everythin is held up just fine! I recently upgraded so i dont have the tank anymore but man that red sea plumbing was some stuff. Im glad i modded it the person who has it now had a rsr previously that lealed and noone at red sea explained to him tht after you break down the system once you should get new o rings. So he was super happy he has 3/4 inch plumbing:) Quote Link to comment
marioensf Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I got another RSR to fix but this time I removed the plastic drain flange and will use BRS bulkheads, they fit like they were meant to be from the beginning... Quote Link to comment
marioensf Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Images of the completed retrofit, next will be a stand... 1 Quote Link to comment
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