types of drains / bottom drains / bottom drains with air diffusers
fine print
below diagrams, are a bad attempt by myself to get idea across of differing drains. i ask that ya don't take them as simple fact. but only take as getting idea across.
suggest that you think 3D when looking at diagrams. in that i refer to the 3d digram of bottom drain with air diffser on dome and TPRS. by ronin-koi
DESCRIPTION OF DIAGRAMS / PICTURES
- legend
- light blue = water in pond
- brown = debrie, fish poo, leaves, etc... collecting in pond.
- red = drains
- dark blue = my attempt to show water currents created.
- white = air bubbles created by air diffuser on top of bottom drain dome.
- note E4 and G4 i used pink and red to show tpr currents. and blue for currents created by drain and air diffuser
- no drain
- A1 clean pond
- A2 pond not been cleaned for a some given amount of time. could be a couple days to a couple months pending on many factors
- clean out drain. just used durning cleaning
- B1 clean out drain installed on pond. to make cleaning easier
- B2 clean out drain open (( aka pond getting cleaned ))
- B3 clean pond
- clean out drain hooked into filteration system. so water runs 24 / 7 through drain.
- C1 just showing clean out drain
- C2 showing currents
- C3 showing TPR's
- C4 showing currents
- BD = bottom drain = clean out drain with dome over top of it. dome can also be called anti - vortex lid
- D1 just showing clean out drain
- D2 showing currents
- D3 showing TPR's
- D4 showing currents
- BD with air diffuser monted to top of dome
- E1 just showing clean out drain
- E2 showing currents
- E3 showing TPR's
- E4 showing currents
- Retro drain = dome with pipe coming out the top of it. example of look could be like a vacumn attachment.
- F1 just showing clean out drain
- F2 showing currents
- F3 showing TPR's
- F4 showing currents
- retro drain with air diffuser mounted on top of it.
- G1 just showing clean out drain
- G2 showing currents
- G3 showing TPR's
- G4 showing currents
- H1 = blown up view of a standard bottom drain
- H2 = blown up view of a retro bottom drain
- H3 = top view showing currents created by TPR's.
- attempt to get idea across of thinking 3D, and currents created within pond.