What do you mean? How im going to connect it to a 3/4 hose
I don't have experience in whether or not it affects anything, but they are saying you should not have the barbs/reducers so close to the meter. Instead, use 1" pipe into the unions with a few inches of it on each side, then reduce down to the barb. I assume there's some considerations around turbulence and velocity when using as you are now which, based on the feedback here, negatively impacts the accuracy of the meter.
I don't see how the adaptors you've installed would affect accuracy but they might reduce flow a bit.i just unboxed and installed my neptune fs100 flow meter it does come with 2 big unions. So i bought a reducer and 3/4 barb primed and glued it. It looks massive. I want to use it for my UV. Would all that barbs and reducers and unions affect accuracy?
I guess it depends on how you look at it.....yes, the "accuracy" is still correct, showing reduced flow due to the reduction in pipe size. If you want to know flow through the system up until the meter though, it would be incorrectly reduced showing the reduction at the meter. I feel like I am talking in circles lol.
This was going to my pump in the sump for my UV which runs seperate. I mean you are right it doesn look wrong too with a bar hose. Is there anything else u recommend? I already did the pvc and glue on that one. So its a goner
The volumetric flow through the meter is identical to that through the UV sterilizer when connected in series. The superficial velocity will be different if the cross sectional areas differ, but I think UV sterilizer is rate in terms of volumetric flow.
Not gonna lie to you. Im very confused as im bew to the hobby. So is that means that would work?
Not really. Its just the thought of how huge that meter is with the adapters and the unions that comes with it makes u wonder lol
