ddaddy2420
Active Member
A lot of these were pre-ordered and from the looks of it they are starting to show up in the states. I know mine showed up a week ago. Was wondering if anyone else if having this issue. The piping and valves for the 900 seems to be uPVC and not PVC. And while everything you read says uPVC is sturdier, it does not fit with PVC. These 1/2" true union ball valves with slip fittings do not fit a 1/2" PVC pipe. I've looked everywhere and can't seem to find anyone that sells uPVC components, even online it's difficult to find.
So because of this customizing the piping in the cabinet is extremely difficult. One of the pieces i am trying to customize is the return setup. They included 3 - 1/2" true union ball valves for chillers and reactors which is great, but they did not include a check valve or a ball valve on the main return line itself. So any failure of the return pump is going to result in back flow of your return line into the sump. And isolating the return pump is virtually impossible. I wanted to add a union ball valve but because there is so little room between where the pump will be and the end of the return header, you simply can't fit a check valve and a ball vale, not to mention a flow meter if you wanted to hook up your Apex Flow monitoring system.
Don't get me wrong the quality of this build is hands down one of the best ive seen and rivals any Red Sea or IM system. But for those of us in the states, i don't see how to get around this uPVC question and return line issues. Anyone with these tanks run into any of this?? For those curious, below is a pic of what i am referring to. So imagine a pump in there near that white ATO float and then connecting that pump to that piece right below the 2 valves (uPVC valves).
Dale
So because of this customizing the piping in the cabinet is extremely difficult. One of the pieces i am trying to customize is the return setup. They included 3 - 1/2" true union ball valves for chillers and reactors which is great, but they did not include a check valve or a ball valve on the main return line itself. So any failure of the return pump is going to result in back flow of your return line into the sump. And isolating the return pump is virtually impossible. I wanted to add a union ball valve but because there is so little room between where the pump will be and the end of the return header, you simply can't fit a check valve and a ball vale, not to mention a flow meter if you wanted to hook up your Apex Flow monitoring system.
Don't get me wrong the quality of this build is hands down one of the best ive seen and rivals any Red Sea or IM system. But for those of us in the states, i don't see how to get around this uPVC question and return line issues. Anyone with these tanks run into any of this?? For those curious, below is a pic of what i am referring to. So imagine a pump in there near that white ATO float and then connecting that pump to that piece right below the 2 valves (uPVC valves).
Dale
