I'm going to let it go for the night and mess with it tomorrow, I'm tired and burnt out for the week
I'm going to let it go for the night and mess with it tomorrow, I'm tired and burnt out for the week
Oh whining about RDF problems. Like a rich man whining about his tax bracket lol. Jm
Interesting- I'll check mine out tomorrow. That sounds right, and if so, the drum may just have worked itself toward the pump side, allowing the seal to get twisted. Looking at the video and your picture, the wheels on Kevin's appear to be much closer to the pump side, so you may have nailed it!
It looks like you have at least 3-4 wheel widths between the wheels and the inlet wall, while ICU has about 2. If the seal is close to the end of the inlet, that would allow it to wrinkle up like yours. Could be a 2 minute fix, loosen the nut, push the drum over and see if that gets the seal fixed.
I understand rdf have moving parts that can and will fail regardless the brand etc.. hopefully i can getot back on track. it was working great at first
pump is at 1100 rpm which is low flow. i can shut off the water to the spray bar and limp it through the night. the water just gets low in the the rdf and believe relief valve opened on the rdf.. im pretty brewed up so don't want to mess with to much lol.
I have matala and Japanese mat in first tier of shower, so not to worried about the rdf being somewhat bypassed for now
Last edited by kevin32; 07-28-2017 at 11:23 PM.
they must have opened I only had 10 inches of water on rdf a week ago. I turned off the water to the spray bar and forgot to turn back on the water got very low in the rdf but the pump did not get starved...
taking the removable screen out is probably a better option Steve. just saying what happened to me and again thanks for the help . don't mind an adventure or challenge at times.
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Last edited by kevin32; 07-28-2017 at 11:33 PM.
The valves are on the side of the drum... you should see water pouring out of the side of the drum as opposed to the screen if they open.
Some water will always come through the screen... I've had the RDF fail and agree that my pumps have never been starved as it never completely
drains the RDF because, although it's reduced to a fraction of the rate it should flow when it's cleaning itself normally, it still passes water.
If you don't mind an adventure/challenge... you'll love the BE.
Last edited by kevin32; 07-29-2017 at 12:15 AM.
my gasket was always this way . Maybe the drum was set at the wrong length from the get go
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just measured im at 2 3/8"