overflow box

Ok, WMAS people! I need help building a new overflow box. I never had one before ! Just plain old stinking tubing set at the height of the water level. Worked great until I got a super fansy-pansy pump for our sump!   So the overflow I got can't keep up with the pump. I need more lift tubes. I think I got the design I want in my head (scary,huh?). But how do you big pump people deal with the noise? Is there way to tone it down? I don't mind the sound of a trickling brook, but we got a raging river! Thanks !

What size is your drain pipe going to your sump?  I am using 2 1.5" pipes for my drain for the mag 36 pump. I have tried plugging one to see if it would handle the flow and it won't. 

Hi,

Jon- "If it were me I'd put the old return pump back in the sump and hook the new pump in a closed loop.  You're not going to hear anything (waterwise) in the closed loop and you don't have to worry about a new overflow."

I agree 100%.

"If the pump itself is noisey, sell it and get an Iwaki."

I'm not sure how the noise of Mag36 would compare to its Iwaki counterpart. (It would take a Iwaki 100($353) AND a Iwaki 70($287) to do 3600gph).  But generally speaking, Iwakis are good pumps.

If you're looking for high flow and want it quiet,. You might consider the Dolphin Ampmaster 3000($287). I know they had some problem with the seals awhile back, but this may have been fixed.

:D