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killernoodle · 12-21-2003, 11:15 PM

Bubbles are greatly reduced when a very porous filter element is introduced into the resevior. The voids trap the bubbles and allow the water to continue to travel through it.

Another way is to keep the intake separated from the outtake by a large maragin, having the intake of the res in the middle of it and the outtake towards the bottom.

Your drawings are hard to understand, mostly because the lines are not straight and very narrow, but I can kinda get what you were trying. Vertical reseviors always work better because it is less likely to suck in air as long as the intake for the pump is on the bottom.

Also, you do not want to restrict the pump intake in any way as it will cause cavitation. This destroyed 2 via aquas for me and created a tremendous amount of bubbles in the system.

12-21-2003, 11:15 PM	#2
killernoodle Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,014	Bubbles are greatly reduced when a very porous filter element is introduced into the resevior. The voids trap the bubbles and allow the water to continue to travel through it. Another way is to keep the intake separated from the outtake by a large maragin, having the intake of the res in the middle of it and the outtake towards the bottom. Your drawings are hard to understand, mostly because the lines are not straight and very narrow, but I can kinda get what you were trying. Vertical reseviors always work better because it is less likely to suck in air as long as the intake for the pump is on the bottom. Also, you do not want to restrict the pump intake in any way as it will cause cavitation. This destroyed 2 via aquas for me and created a tremendous amount of bubbles in the system. __________________ I have a nice computer.