Eshopps Overflow is LOUD!!

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

I bought the 300 gph model. Out of the box this thing sounds like a toilet flushing. Just do a little research on the web and you'll find many fixes.

Thanks Yote for the hour on the phone, you really got me thinking in the right direction.:Cheers:
I tried the tubing trick with all different size tubing, stockman pipe, foam filter and I think that's it.

What I ended up with was my own variation of the stockman pipe.
I drilled holes many holes in the end cap like your suppose to but didn't
work for me. I ended up drilling one 1/4 hole and used tubing to get the air in. Works good now. I think:grumble:

Bifferwine · Feb 20, 2010

Yay!! Yote saved the day!

yote · Feb 20, 2010

Any time Bud.:D

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

WTF!!! Still surges every few minutes. :frustrat::frustrat::frustrat::frustrat:
Going to try a bigger hole and bigger tubing.

Bifferwine · Feb 20, 2010

Bluespace said:
Going to try a bigger hole and bigger tubing.

...That's what she said?

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

Not helping Biff!!!!!!!!!!!:mrgreen:

SeaBee · Feb 20, 2010

Mine was real load also. All I did was take a 1" T and put it on the standpipe. I had to cut the "throat" back on the T to get it to fit, but now the water just slides down the pipe, open vented up in the T. Cost less than a dolla and is easy to remove and stuff. Much quieter.

XxKnuckleheadxX · Feb 20, 2010

get the airbuble out of the overflow tube also..move it up and down till it bangs out the airbubble without bringing it out of the water

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

SeaBee said:
Mine was real load also. All I did was take a 1" T and put it on the standpipe. I had to cut the "throat" back on the T to get it to fit, but now the water just slides down the pipe, open vented up in the T. Cost less than a dolla and is easy to remove and stuff. Much quieter.

You don't have a picture do you? I can't picture what you mean in my head exactly.

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

XxKnuckleheadxX said:
get the airbuble out of the overflow tube also..move it up and down till it bangs out the airbubble without bringing it out of the water

No air bubble it's all water. I think what your seeing is a reflection..:dunno:

SeaBee · Feb 20, 2010

Bluespace said:
You don't have a picture do you? I can't picture what you mean in my head exactly.

No picture of the T in there, it's all dark and yucky now, not nice and new like yours. Just take a T fitting and place it on the standpipe with the T side facing out, so the water falls in there from the side now, not falling daow the pipe. This allows the water to ride the side of the pipe instead of gugling down ther, and the top of the T lets the air out. It's not perfect mind you, but way better than stock and no major work. Installs in a second. It will raise the water in your o box a little.

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

Ok so when you said cut the throat back you mean the part that the water enters? Was this due to it hitting the devider in the overflow? Sounds like a good idea, I'll give it a try.

It's not perfect mind you, but way better than stock and no major work. Installs in a second. It will raise the water in your o box a little.

What don't you like about it?

Bluespace · Feb 20, 2010

Thank you for the tip SeaBee. Although the T is not working for me.
I'd be happy just to get the surging to stop. I'm seriously going blow a gasket soon.

ccCapt · Feb 21, 2010

I used this simple solution for many years and it was dead silent. A dixie cup with hole/airline on top. I used a small piece of egg crate to hold the cup against the sides and above the drain line.

camps23 · Apr 22, 2011

Any more on how this turned out for ya Bluespace..thinking of getting one.

wontonflip · Apr 22, 2011

I don't know if blue posts any more, camps.....haven't seen him in a while. Maybe cc will chime in with his fix in that last post. Hopefully someone else can chime in :)

marcah · Apr 23, 2011

this is all I did and it makes it more then tolerable... just make sure to have something in the end or it wont completely quiet it down.. you have some flow noise but not enough to worry about.. you have to play with the depth a bit to get it just right

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