Hi, Mike,

Yeah, those nephews are a pain in the patoot!!! I do have a couple that could use a good raspberry, however!

I would not use that line with a day-care situation, either. The fitting I have seen is a small, plastic screw-in that would not offer adequate protection if, somehow, that opening became your only suction side water source.

(That's how John Edwards won his first big case and, eventually, started his political career)

A cover could be made perhaps, but with your liability exposure, I'd resign myself to the smaller pump. You'll have to run it a little more, but I think you'll still get satisfactory results.

Dave S.