rygh
Guest
Funny/annoying story.
So my peristaltic pump on my ATO died yesterday.
(Only 1 year old - Grr.)
So I took it apart a bit, to see if anything was obviously wrong.
But I did not take the tubing apart, I just pulled it off the rollers,
and put it to the side, while I poked around with the motor.
No luck, so left it to do something else.
A couple hours later, I noticed the Low-Water-Error message was on.
Checked the sump, and it was down about 10 gallons.
Rushed around in panic looking for a flood - but nothing. ?????
Finally figured it out. With the flex tubing off the rollers, there was nothing to stop a siphon.
And in my messing around, I had left the ATO tubing below water level in the sump.
So the water had gone from the sump, up 8 feet, across the ceiling, through the
pump, back down, and outside to my fresh water reservoir in the shed.
Which was now suddenly pretty full, and not very fresh.
So my peristaltic pump on my ATO died yesterday.
(Only 1 year old - Grr.)
So I took it apart a bit, to see if anything was obviously wrong.
But I did not take the tubing apart, I just pulled it off the rollers,
and put it to the side, while I poked around with the motor.
No luck, so left it to do something else.
A couple hours later, I noticed the Low-Water-Error message was on.
Checked the sump, and it was down about 10 gallons.
Rushed around in panic looking for a flood - but nothing. ?????
Finally figured it out. With the flex tubing off the rollers, there was nothing to stop a siphon.
And in my messing around, I had left the ATO tubing below water level in the sump.
So the water had gone from the sump, up 8 feet, across the ceiling, through the
pump, back down, and outside to my fresh water reservoir in the shed.
Which was now suddenly pretty full, and not very fresh.
