Draining Setup

[Uncle_Albert]

Hi All! After some advice, essentially I have been a bit of a noob and installed a water loop without a drain point.....

I am going to tackle draining the loop (any hints/tips for doing this without a drain point would be greatly appreciated!)

My actual question relates to setting up a drain point once I have emptied the loop. What I am thinking is to put a Y splitter on the lowest part of my loop (pump) with one portion of the Y going to my reservoir and on the other connecting a male quick release. I will then keep the female portion of the quick release, with a hose attached, in my drawer - meaning I can grab it to empty the loop when I need it.

Can anyone advise the best parts to do this? I am thinking all of this needs to be thread fit?

 

[Uncle_Albert]

Great, so there are no spare ports on my pump (inlet/outlet only) - so just to be sure. The Y splitter would go into my pump inlet, meaning that the compression fitting I now have loose that was Res > Pump would go into one side of the Y valve....on the other side of the Y valve would be the Male-to-Male fitting and the ball valve?

 

[Uncle_Albert]

Just to explain properly I have drawn this image quickly - could you also let me know what parts I need to attach to the other side of the ball valve to drain?

pump Diagram — Postimages (postimg.cc)