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12-30-2007, 01:16 AM
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Herbie splashing
Let me say I wish I had tracked down a gate valve, dialing this thing in with a ball valve is a pain in the old butt!
Because of the returns limiting the height of my emergency overflow the water drops about 4" to the water line. I am getting a little bit of splashing noise but nothing too horrible, since this is my first time with a herbie is this normal? or am I/did I do something wrong?
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12-30-2007, 01:36 AM
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I have the same problem, and i just put a pvc extension on my emergency overflow, so that I can raise the water level and only have 1 inch of fall.
is there anyway you can raise/extend your secondary overflow line? And I agree very much with you about trying to make fine adjustments with a ball valve. It's nearly impossible to get it just perfect. Myles
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12-30-2007, 02:36 AM
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herbie method is almost impossible with a gate valve. the increments for the change in flow is ever so slight that the ball valve cannot achieve this; a slight turn in the ball valve is a already few degrees.
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12-30-2007, 03:36 AM
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You almost have to have a gate with a Herbie overflow.
I find that having the water exit just below the water level in the sump helps splashing. Also, having just a trickle going down the emergency overflow line greatly reduces the amount of fiddling you have to do.
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12-30-2007, 04:04 AM
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I hear you there. I went and spent a bunch of $$$ on true union ball valves to find out they SUCK for Herbies. I have 1 1/2" drains so the valves were about $50 each! Oh well you live, you learn. One day I'll swallow my pride and cut out these pain in the but ball valves.
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12-30-2007, 06:50 AM
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Hey Greg, I found the exact same when I started with my new tank & herbie overflow. I eventually got it so it would just spill into the emergency overflow every now and then without much noise, and was fine with that. There are no gate valves in Calgary that I could find, only J&L and Ocean aquatics.
I am fine with the ball valve now. What I did is once I had it a place that worked well, I made a little line with a pen/marker. Now when I need to close it for mtc or whatever, I have a rough idea of where it should be. Anyways hope that helps. Would have been nice to have started with a gate valve, but atleast I will know for next time! Cheers, Jason
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