Originally Posted by
Openwater
why wouldn't the line freeze when the pump shuts off at 29F?
Ok Dave, so if I do this recirc line thing and put a length of 5/16 onto the 3rd point of the 3-point star fitting and the other end in my 35 gallon collection tank with some kind of in-line valve to restrict flow to a trickle, how do I keep the other end of my stiff 5/16 30p in the bottom of my 35 gallon tank? I'm always a little leery of putting any foreign objects in the collection tank for fear of introducing germs/bacteria/infections into the sap.
I figure each day when I empty the 35 gallon tank, I can just leave a little residual sap in the bottom for the recirc line to use.