Thanks! Unfortunately my task is to make this work without a second pump, which would double the maintenance and increase costs too much. We were hoping for a cheap and easy solution. But it doesn't look like that's possible.
I'm just trying to divert some of the water running into a pump to a separate tube. I've listed the pump make/model and other component parts. Let me know what other info you need.
The goal is to build an aftermarket attachment for a fountain. The pump itself is embedded in the fountain in a...
Thanks everyone.
I was hoping to avoid having to do anything on the backend, since in my real application I may not get access to the backend. But it sounds like there's really no other option. If there's no other option I guess I'll give it a shot... Is it as simple as just buying one of...
I've now made a picture, see below.
I was hoping that the fluid would flow as shown by the blue arrows, with at least part of the main flow into the pump breaking off and going through the Wye. But that doesn't seem to be happening.
Thanks everyone. Let me see if I can draw up a picture to post tomorrow. It sounds like the problem is that, because the splitter is on the input side, the wye is sucking water in (along with the rest of the splitter), rather than pushing it out. Which would make sense.
The wye is about 30% offset relative to the flow direction. I just glued the big side of that splitter piece to the front end of the pump, so the setup isn't all that complex. The pump pulls the water through the main body of the splitter, given the suction, so I hoped maybe some of the water...
I recently bought this Y splitter:
Dawn Industries PVC Funny Pipe Wye (1" x 1" x 1/2")(SY010)s
https://a.co/d/2LqknbG
I attached the input side of a pump to one of the big ends of the splitter, and then turned on the pump. I assumed some water would shoot out the little side path. That was...
