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Old 02-24-2012, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by The Grizz View Post
Actually now that I think of it, it's really a 1-1 ratio related to water volume in & out. I might be totally off here because of an 19 hr day yesterday.
Flow is relative to cross sectional area, so for 2" pipe it is 3.14x1^2= 3.14 vs 1" at 3.14x0.5^2=0.79, but two of them so 1.58. That puts it at 2:1. You would need four 1" return lines to prevent a bottle neck.
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