So, this morning while I was waiting the 30-40 minutes for the tank to refill after the weekly WC, I decided to post some replies on this forum.
Bad idea, as I soon lost track of time and realized suddenly:
'Hey, wasn't I filling the tank before? Why don't I hear anything?'. Cue ominous music....
As you can guess, I overfilled and am cleaning up now. Not too bad, but I guarantee I will be replacing the carpet under the tank when I leave this apt lol.
Most of it was captured in the bottom of the stand due to the way it is built, but it definitely hit the carpet underneath by soaking thru the thin bottom, as the carpet around the tank to about 6-12" is squishy...
Could have been worse......I think about 10-20?? gallons in all.
Going now to get a small wet/dry vac......
Question, any way to hook an audible alarm or auto shut off valve when filling? I have a wet/dry sump so this filled before overflowing. I have about 10 gallons extra capacity in the sump, so plenty of room for some type of switch, but how to connect to tap?
I have a direct connection from the tap via a flex hose to the tank. I use some hardware to connect the flex hose to the tap threads for easy removal/assembly. Not a permanent connection........... I use a spare pump to drain, and it is impossible to fully drain the way it is used, so no issue there........
How do you guys do it?
I usually am watching it while I prune, but tank did not need maintenance today and I spaced out.........
Hope the replies I gave during this time were helpful lol
Bad idea, as I soon lost track of time and realized suddenly:
'Hey, wasn't I filling the tank before? Why don't I hear anything?'. Cue ominous music....
As you can guess, I overfilled and am cleaning up now. Not too bad, but I guarantee I will be replacing the carpet under the tank when I leave this apt lol.
Most of it was captured in the bottom of the stand due to the way it is built, but it definitely hit the carpet underneath by soaking thru the thin bottom, as the carpet around the tank to about 6-12" is squishy...
Could have been worse......I think about 10-20?? gallons in all.
Going now to get a small wet/dry vac......
Question, any way to hook an audible alarm or auto shut off valve when filling? I have a wet/dry sump so this filled before overflowing. I have about 10 gallons extra capacity in the sump, so plenty of room for some type of switch, but how to connect to tap?
I have a direct connection from the tap via a flex hose to the tank. I use some hardware to connect the flex hose to the tap threads for easy removal/assembly. Not a permanent connection........... I use a spare pump to drain, and it is impossible to fully drain the way it is used, so no issue there........
How do you guys do it?
I usually am watching it while I prune, but tank did not need maintenance today and I spaced out.........
Hope the replies I gave during this time were helpful lol