To baffle or not to baffle?

[StirCrazy]

you need at least one baffle, especialy since you refuse to use anything larger than 5 gal for top off. if you have the whole thing baffleless when your float valve opens it will drain your top off container. so you need to baffel a level control area for your top off, also you need to make the water level where your skimmer is constant, so a baffle to keep the water the right high there. so you need two compartments at least. putting a single baffle in the last 1/3 of the sump will keep the water the right hight in the first 2/3rds of the tank for the skimmer and the last 1/3 will fluxuate with your evaporation.

Steve

[christyf5]

No baffles on my 70gallon sump. The skimmer is at the opposite end to the return which works great but I have to throttle my return pump back to slowdown the incoming water (which is located "mid-sump) in order to avoid microbubbles. To solve this I just run a filter sock that gets changed weekly and no problemo. I don't worry about the level in the sump as its controlled by my autotopoff and controller

[Binare]

No baffles either. I make sure my drain pipe is completely submerged on both ends and let my ato take care of the level. I only run my sumps as refugiums.

[Aquattro]

Ya, I plan on plumbing my RO in full time for ATO, so level is taken care of there. Just the skimmer bubbles left to think about

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ya, I plan on plumbing my RO in full time for ATO, so level is taken care of there.

Ok, so I am setting up a pool, $2.00 to enter. Pick the date Brad's sump overflows

Steve

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

Ok, so I am setting up a pool, $2.00 to enter. Pick the date Brad's sump overflows

Steve

You're just still bitter about flooding your garage. And driveway. And neighbourhood....-lol

My ATO will be plumbed through a timer, so it will only operate periodically throughout the day....

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

You're just still bitter about flooding your garage. And driveway. And neighbourhood....-lol

My ATO will be plumbed through a timer, so it will only operate periodically throughout the day....

hmm... I got nothing

but it was just the garage and part of the driveway

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ya, I plan on plumbing my RO in full time for ATO, so level is taken care of there.

I thought that was supposed to shorten the life of the membrane??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I thought that was supposed to shorten the life of the membrane??

I haven't heard that, but I've never researched the technique. Not sure how it would, most RO units are plumbed under sink for drinking water, to fill a 5g resevoir...tank application seems to be the same principle??

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I haven't heard that, but I've never researched the technique. Not sure how it would, most RO units are plumbed under sink for drinking water, to fill a 5g resevoir...tank application seems to be the same principle??

True dat, but filling a 5g reservoir is different than the half inch change in level in your sump IMO. Then again maybe it just keeps the 5g full and it doesn't completely empty. I dunno, I just heard someone on here talking about it, maybe they'll see this and chime in.