Hmmm, I would have never thought to do that. Unfourtunately I am connecting to a faucet on a pedestal sink so there is only about 3" from the bottom of the educator to the sink. I'd say that where I drain from the tank is about 6" lower than that. The tank is in my kitchen and that would probably work in the kitchen sink, but we have one of those pull out spray faucets so there is no way to thread anything to it. When I move into my new house I am going to have the plumber hard plump a connection directly to the drain and water before it get's to the sink. ;-)
External Pump for a Python Setup
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Could you possibly siphon out to the lower kitchen sink, and then fill using the attachment (eductor? did you call it) from the higher pedastal sink?
This house I'm in now has a pvc pipe drain in the floor for the water heater overflow. It took about six year for me to realize I could just siphon into it. (It's right off the kitchen)
Depending where the tank is located I also siphon out the backdoor or a nearby window. Weather permitting (not in Jan or Feb)
Depending where the tank is located I also siphon out the backdoor or a nearby window. Weather permitting (not in Jan or Feb)
Well turns out I don't need a pump after all this. 
Becuase the gravel vaccum tube that came with my Python was too big I used an exiting one I had, but to make it work I had to step down the tube size for a short section. As it turns out that tube was slowing down the draining of the tank significantly. Taking that off in combination with the use of my u-shaped PVC draining pipe, that I made this weekend, sped thing up so that I can now do a 50% water change with just cold water in about 15 min.
Thanks for everyone's suggestions
Becuase the gravel vaccum tube that came with my Python was too big I used an exiting one I had, but to make it work I had to step down the tube size for a short section. As it turns out that tube was slowing down the draining of the tank significantly. Taking that off in combination with the use of my u-shaped PVC draining pipe, that I made this weekend, sped thing up so that I can now do a 50% water change with just cold water in about 15 min.Thanks for everyone's suggestions
