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I have a two.different size water tanks, 1500 liter and 500 liter. Both water tank height and width is different.
1500 liter tank width- 49.5” height- 56”
500 liter tank width- 36.5” height- 36”
I want to connect both water tank with one water pump. Water tank will be installed in roof in my house, one the other hand pump will be installed in ground floor.
Can anyone give me the full installing process?
I have a few indoor water features and not only does this pump work well, but I like the fact it has a flow valve.
Another concern I have is the noise. Since it will be indoors and the point of the feature is to provide ambient water noise, having a loud pump isn't ideal
Believe it or not but the water rate in which it flows is as important if not more so, because in silence, the wrong flow can make way too much noise.
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The OP probably has long since satisfied his running water needs, but for anyone reading this later, here is a method to keep two tanks filled with the minimum of installed devices. The only active components required are the pump and two float switches.
Each tank must have a float switch and an overflow drain near the top.
In each tank the float switch must be set to a level lower than, but close to, the drain level.
The switches must be set to run the pump when either water level drops.
The pump must be connected to the infill of the upper tank.
The overflow of the upper tank must be connected to the infill of the lower tank.
The overflow of the lower tank should lead to a sewer or waste line via a suitable water trap.
As water is used from the upper tank, the upper float switch will trip and tun on the pump. The water in the upper tank will rise until the upper float switch is pushed off.
As water is used from the lower tank, the lower float switch will trip and turn on the punp. The water in the upper tank will rise until it reaches the overflow, then the water in the lower tank will rise until the lower float switch is pushed off.
There is no possibility of the pump running against closed valves because no flow directing valves are required nor installed.
EDIT: Another poster has installed something like this and has discovered that his drain line does not empty the upper tank as quickly as the pump fills it. His upper tank overflows before his lower tank fills.
The best mitigation for this problem is to make the drain lines very large. Since a drain should begin to operate as soon as the water level reaches it, there is almost no pressure available to drive the flow. The drain pipes should look like drain pipes, not like fill pipes.
Another mitigation is to restrict the pump flow to something the drains can handle. Either use a smaller pump, or install a gate valve or globe valve in the fill line. (Do not use a ball valve, these are hard to adjust.)
In short, to avoid flooding, you can make the drain larger or make the fill smaller.
A third way to prevent flooding is to install a second float switch in each tank to serve as a safety switch. This switch must trip at a level above the drain, and well above the fill switch, but below the top of the tank. The pump must stop when either safety switch is raised. It will start again when the drain has caught up.
Best Answer
The simplest method is to mount the tanks so that the water surfaces are level when the tanks are full. This means that they can be connected, without valves etc, together directly to the pump inlet.
If the full surfaces are not level, then one tank will fill the other and may cause an overflow, unless one-way valves etc are fitted.