Air Pump Question ??

[wildchick]

We had won two Like brand new (one is new) eco 8 air pumps with 8 outlets, we just got them from ups and hooked one up and it does not seem no more powerful than our little 2 watt pump we have now and these r suppose to be 24 watt ?? is there anyway to tap the 8 air plugs and just run two lines from 4 each and make more air go into stones?? what i am trying to say is run one line into 4 outlets each instead of one line per outlet?? I am sure there is a adaptor out there to run them into one line??

Jamie

wildchick Reviewed by wildchick on 12-15-2006. Air Pump Question ?? We had won two Like brand new (one is new) eco 8 air pumps with 8 outlets, we just got them from ups and hooked one up and it does not seem no more powerful than our little 2 watt pump we have now and these r suppose to be 24 watt ?? is there anyway to tap the 8 air plugs and just run two lines from 4 each and make more air go into stones?? what i am trying to say is run one line into 4 outlets each instead of one line per outlet?? I am sure there is a adaptor out there to run them into one Rating: 5

[crazywill]

Hi wildchick
Yes they make the adaptor you want.Fish stores have them.Get one with on and off valves.I ran three 75 gals fish tanks with one large pump.The adaptor had 6 outlets. Peace

[wildchick]

Our goal is to tap into 4 of the lines comig out of pump and run it to one line going into tub to make more air go into the stones for more action ...guess the adaptor is dual either way?? will look into pet store tomorrow....

Jamie

[crazywill]

Yes the air will go either way.Some of the big boxs stores dont have them. More of the high end fish stores are your best bet.If you cant find them why not put in more air stones. Peace

[bud luv]

A cheap solution would just be to use splitters to make several of the valves feed into one tube.

I do the opposite, though. I turn 4 into 12, but you could turn 6 into 1 or 2 or whatever.

[latewood]

I run one airstone off of each outlet...If you want more air from that pump...run more lines to tubs,; As suggested above

[Racerx]

24 watts divided by 8 outputs means 3 watts per line (sort of). Most small single pumps are about 2.5-3 watts. You can screw the outputs closed if you fiddle around with them so yuo dont need any ghetto way to plug them. The Eco 8s, despite their "24 watt" ratings, just arent very powerful in my opinion. I use the 35 watt single output and then I T it to whatever I need. It can easily power 16 buckets with a crapload of bubbles...but its loud!!!!