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01-08-2005, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Savage, MN
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I need a PVC check valve TODAY.....
...does anyone have one laying around ? Either 1" or 1 1/4", or does anyone know who carries them here in town?
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01-08-2005, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: River Falls, WI
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Don't they have them at Menards and Home Depot?
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01-08-2005, 09:39 AM
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Location: Savage, MN
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Nope, I have been at both places and they don't have anything useable.
They have big flapper type check valves there for sump pumps etc. Not for PVC piping though.
I might not even need one.... contemplating another option.
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Originally Posted by Irenicus
Don't they have them at Menards and Home Depot?
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01-08-2005, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: River Falls, WI
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What's the other option you're thinking?
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01-08-2005, 10:44 AM
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Location: Savage, MN
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drilling holes in all my returns, just below the waterline.
It's probably a better way as there is one less item in the return line that would restrict water flow.
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01-08-2005, 11:06 AM
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Schmidt happens!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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yeah but redundancy is good...i don't know if i would trust an antisiphon hole alone, a snail turd, some algae or salt creep and you're SOL!
tg
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01-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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acro addict
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: coon rapids
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i have a 1" clear pvc check valve (unused) here if you want to come up and get it. i got it from marine depot.
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if fed-x and ups had a class action lawsuit brought against them for freight damages this hobby would be alot cheaper!
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01-08-2005, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Savage, MN
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darn, I just got back from Jerry's ..... 
I'll do the anti siphon hole for now but if your check valve doesn't reduce teh pipe ID too much I might add that too.
Are you going to be at the meeting ? What are you sking for it ?
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Originally Posted by spazz
i have a 1" clear pvc check valve (unused) here if you want to come up and get it. i got it from marine depot.
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01-08-2005, 02:04 PM
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acro addict
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: coon rapids
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Originally Posted by Frogbone
darn, I just got back from Jerry's .....
I'll do the anti siphon hole for now but if your check valve doesn't reduce teh pipe ID too much I might add that too.
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not sure if i will be able to make it. depends on if im in town or not. i can send it with jerry if you want. here is a pic. $20 plus jerrys shipping. he he he
you will have to work that out with him though. he he he he
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if fed-x and ups had a class action lawsuit brought against them for freight damages this hobby would be alot cheaper!
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01-09-2005, 12:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: New Hope
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Originally Posted by Twins Guy
yeah but redundancy is good...i don't know if i would trust an antisiphon hole alone, a snail turd, some algae or salt creep and you're SOL!
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If you do multiple smallerish hole it shouldn't be an issue. I've tested this lots of times on 3 different tanks. A single hole...yeah I'd be real scared of that. My snails love to go anywhere they think might annoy me.
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01-09-2005, 04:21 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Savage, MN
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I should have stayed with the check valve. Always has worked with my 3/4 " return setup.
Now with the bigger pump and 4 holes just below the water level I can win a water squirting contest
If the hole is too close to the water level squirting all over, if it's too far down the sump overflows...
My return plumbing is pretty much all glued together... I have to replace a bunch of elbows now ...
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01-09-2005, 05:56 PM
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micro nut
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: TWIN CITIES
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home depot has 1 1/4" check valaves, not 1". don't remember the price, but you can check there.
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01-09-2005, 06:05 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
Posts: 1,548
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I NEVER advocate the use of check valves. Murphy's law will always win. The one time you need them to work will be the one time they decide to stick in the "open" position...even a small piece of sand, calcium deposit, etc will cause them to fail...
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