Detecting pump failure

Stuart Chignell

Gunagulla wrote:

That may be a reason for some other ones failing, mine sure were not cheap! They worked perfectly well for a few weeks, before I had to start cleaning one or the other out every week or 2. If I try it again, it will be a flap valve, which should be more resistant to leakage due to bio film build-up.

Yeah...that is why I avoid them.

Gunagulla wrote:

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For those sort of dollars a second pump line to where ever you need it is pretty cheap by comparison.

Not when you have to replicate 8 ball valves and all the poly and pipe fittings- hundreds of dollars worth!

Which is why I'd never design a system that way. It obviously works (based on your results in your system thread) but it is not a layout that would suit my sensibilities.

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Detecting pump failure

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