View Full Version : Herbie sump ?
Kabong
03-17-2008, 01:51 AM
Has anyone tried running a line off a herbie drain to feed a fuge?
Using a ball valve to control the flow.
As in a design like this.
http://members.shaw.ca/kabong/herbsump.JPG
I have one of my drains plumbed like that so some flow is bypassed to a dedicated refugium and it doesn't act like a Herbie.
If you closed the valve completely all you would be doing is just send all your water to the fuge. To have your drain behave as a Herbie you would need to restrict the overall flow from the drain so you would need to valve both legs. Could see it being a little difficult to set up.
Kabong
03-17-2008, 02:06 AM
I don't mean to have the ball valve control the Herbie aspect of the drain.
It would still have the gate valve up above the branch off.
KrazyKuch
03-17-2008, 03:14 AM
Yeah that should work...haven't tried it myself though
untamed
03-17-2008, 05:06 AM
Yes, that looks like it would work.
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