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500592
01-10-2012, 06:12 PM
Could you usea vacuum drain like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-1-5-INCH-BOUMATIC-PIPELINE-BULK-TANK-MILK-VACUUM-DRAIN-/170759805874?_trksid=p3286.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3D LVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5521817551296262482#ht_321 wt_125 and use it to make a releaser?

Beweller
01-10-2012, 06:38 PM
If you have lots of height drop from the last tap to your shed:
Install a small tank with a float controlled drain about 35 feet above your storage tank.
Connect a (dry) vacuum line to the top of the tank
Connect the main line near the top of the tank, not near the vacuum line
Run a main line size pipe from the drain to the storage tank at the shed
Turn the end of this line upward for several inches or a foot.

This is known as a barometric leg. It serves as a releaser.