water was a little higher in sump than normal and Yellowknife has a semi monthly subscription to power outages, so I thought it might be a good idea to test and see if sump could handle a power outage . Turned off pump and watched as the sump very very quickly began to overflow.
DOOOOOOOOOOO
turned pump back on with no immediate effect , closed drain line and slowly began to slow the flood. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Grab shop vac and try and figure this one out..
Then I remember the thread about back siphoning return lines.
Another one of those AHHH HAAA moments that take place in this hobby for me.Lucky for me it was fresh water and on lino,
So for now we are ordering up a few new fittings, a gate valve, painting and sealing the stand. Drilling a hole in the back for my return line because I don't like the overtop at all.
For now the only question I have for everyone is about check valves.
As I said earlier, we get a lot of power outages, and as I haven't finalized my return. I was going to plumb in a backflow behind the bulkhead.
Is this effective or is the small hole drilled in the line just below the water level a good enough solution to the back siphon problem??
Thanks for reading