joehank
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ok I was just schooled on how this works ( ttystikk has alot of patience with me). I thought that the res was involved in the circulation part but it isn't. It is used to top off the other buckets in the system only, no drainage returns to it. This is done by using a float valve in another bucket that comes before your first MPB site. This " controller " bucket has to be the same size as the MPB sites so that the water will level out evenly, is that correct? So in this controller bucket sits the main 1800gph pump ? Does the drainage from the MPB sites return to the controller bucket fast enough so that the pump is not sucking air? Will there be problems with the float valve because the water in this controller bucket is unstable and moving around too much?
So by looking at his res, that drain comes in less than 10 inches from the bottom. Your saying that it doesnt fill much past this point when in motion?the drain is higher than the water leavel which is always causing splashing that is what causes aeration
really nice setup Cap, what is your ceiling height in that room? In your setup you can see the drainage flowing back into the res. In Thompsons, with the drain coming in on the bottom of the res it will be less noticable. That's why I think his pump is kinda " sucking" the drainage back into the res. Pros- res doesn't have to be lower than mpb's...Cons- maybe not the best circulation happening?
I dont want to confuse you, but there 2 MPB styles also...feed from bottom/drain from top and feed from top/drain from bottom.
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