Hi all - hoping to get some beginner help. I have an RO System that has just started making a loud cyclical noise and leaking. I’m not too knowledgeable about this stuff, so hoping to get help from the photos (neighbor that shares the well took them as this is a weekend project property). I am not really sure what the grey box is - but since you plug it in, I assume it pulls the water from the pressure tank. The gauge on the right goes up and down with the noise.
I will be at the house tomorrow, but wanted to see if there was any help/easy answers based on my description and photos. Or - if anyone has suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot/photograph when I arrive Close up - TGI Topway Global Inc. Plug this in and it makes the loud noise. Gauge on the right goes up and down. Thinking this is what pulls the water from the pressure tank through the system? Pump and pressure tank.
tomorrow.
Since you don't know anything about it I assume that means no maintenance or filter replacements have been performed. And since the control panel for the system appears trashed I'd remove the system. Have you had the water tested? Is an RO system needed?
When was the last time the sediment filter cartridge has been changed?
The system we have feeds a large holding tank that supplies water to two houses. Can I buy just any 5-stage system and replace it? Or are there certain capacity / throughput that is required?
That sounds like a good option because the control does seem like a Frankenstein.
The first question is do you need to RO filter ALL the water for both houses? That is quite expensive and wasteful of water. If you've got to you've got to but that's an expensive way to go. It is much more normal to use other filtration methods as needed for general use water (flushing toilets, washing clothes, bathing...) then have an RO system just to produce drinking water.
I got cover off sump pit (I posted about that). The reason I took it off is because having issues with pump. it was coming on, run for like a second, shut off, come on, etc. Then stop altogether. Or it would come on, run to empty the pit, and shut off like normal. I had issue before and I pulled on discharge pipe coming from pit and shook and little and has worked fine for months. Thought maybe float stuck on basin wall. So I can see float and it moves freely. with cover still on I was able to reach in one of the holes and lift float but pump didn't come on even though there was enough water in pit that it should have come on. then suddenly it started the short second long bursts, then came on and emptied pit. right now when I lift float it comes on. So I am guessing float switch bad and need whole new pump as seems like one unit.
current pump is myers. SP25V1 1/4 hp 6.5 amps. don't see GPH listed. not sure if this is good sizing or if should get larger. the basement is an addition 24x30, pit is 18", pipe is 1 1/2". there is 30 rise up out of pit, 90 elbow, 2' run to wall and there is check valve in this run. 90 at wall. Then 7' rise. 90 elbow to outside and then another 90 outside to connect to drain pipe. so 9 1/2' rise, 4- 90's, and and about 2 1/2' horizontal total. I have never had it overflow. when very hard rain it runs probably every 30 sec? although I can't be sure because it is unfinished at this point so not down there whole lot and isn't something I have thought about timing or actually measuring the number of inches of rise in pit during a heavy storm.
one thing is that the range from on to off doesn't seem like enough which I would think contributes to the frequency of the pump coming on it comes on and empties pit quickly, then comes on again in short amount of time. . not sure if this distance is pretty much same for all pumps? or how much adjustment there is?
I have a " Little Giant " Sump Pump installed a couple of years ago and it`s was working fine up to a month ago. It started making a loud suction noise at the end of it`s cycle. It still works and is operated by a pressure switch. Just wondering if maybe there is a problem with the switch. Maybe it`s not working right. Any advice?
12-17-20, 07:38 PM
