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      I'm going to let it go for the night and mess with it tomorrow, I'm tired and burnt out for the week

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      Oh whining about RDF problems. Like a rich man whining about his tax bracket lol. Jm

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      Quote Originally Posted by icu2 View Post
      Or there's a bolt on the shaft on side that the pumps are on that looks to be holding the drum. Again, I've never needed to try it but I'd assume
      that if you loosen that nut you could slide the drum towards the pump outlet side and adjust the seal on the water inlet side.
      Just guessing...
      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!

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      Quote Originally Posted by kby103 View Post
      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!
      seems like it. i.mean it worked great for 3 weeks and then something happened. it started to cycle more and more often. and got stuck once.

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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      seems like it. i.mean it worked great for 3 weeks and then something happened. it started to cycle more and more often. and got stuck once.
      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.

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      Quote Originally Posted by kby103 View Post
      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'll check it out tomorrow thanks. I'm drunk as a skunk so don't want to mess with anything now.

      again thanks for every ones advice and hopefully tomorrow I can get it figured out . if not I will swap in the 65/40
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      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

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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      I'll check it out tomorrow thanks. I'm drunk as a skunk so don't want to mess with anything now.

      again thanks for every ones advice and hopefully tomorrow I can get it figured out . if not I will swap in the 65/40
      Do you have the pump turned off? If it's still running you might open the door of the drum and allow the water to flow through and
      lift the float up so it can't trigger a cleaning cycle or you'll flood the yard again if it sticks on.
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      Quote Originally Posted by icu2 View Post
      Do you have the pump turned off? If it's still running you might open the door of the drum and allow the water to flow through and
      lift the float up so it can't trigger a cleaning cycle or you'll flood the yard again if it sticks on.
      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
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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      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 understand... my relief valves never would open and it's why I finally just open the door or manually prop open the relief valves if I know I need to bypass the drum.
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      Quote Originally Posted by icu2 View Post
      I understand... my relief valves never would open and it's why I finally just open the door or manually prop open the relief valves if I know I need to bypass the drum.
      Gotta love an adventure.
      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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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      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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      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.
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      Quote Originally Posted by icu2 View Post
      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 a adventure/challenge... you'll love the BE.
      totally agree here. I don't know if the relief valves opened for sure. the water was very low in the rdf but was nowhere close to starving the pump which was my biggest fear as I've mentioned to you
      I'm not to concerned now though...
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      Quote Originally Posted by kby103 View Post
      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.
      Steve can you measure this and Maybe i need to make adjustment

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      my gasket was always this way . Maybe the drum was set at the wrong length from the get go

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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      Steve can you measure this and Maybe i need to make adjustment
      I think it might just be the angle of the picture, but I just measured it and I have 2 1/2" between the drum and the wall on the inlet side.
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      Quote Originally Posted by icu2 View Post
      I think it might just be the angle of the picture, but I just measured it and I have 2 1/2" between the drum and the wall on the inlet side.
      I just measured mine and it is 2 and 1/8 inches (inside of drum case to the drum).

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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      probably got the wrinkle from poor quality control. just like my stupid evo 110 light. I've wasted a lot of $ in this hobby and don't have tome to fix a $3,000 rdf while trying to redo my pond and do ckk courses. I'm a little frustrated
      Well at least you have someone to blame. I was in the exact same situation but since I built everything myself, I had to yell at the guy in the mirror.
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      just measured im at 2 3/8"

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      Quote Originally Posted by kevin32 View Post
      just measured im at 2 3/8"
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