Minkus
New Member
Hi all,
New to the forum and did some searching/research on the subject but came up a little short. Long story short, I recently bought this house and have a single tank iron/sulfur filter that loses its air pocket within minutes of the air draw cycle during regen.
System specs:
-12 GPM well pump with pressure set to 50/70
-3/4inch lines
-100, and 50-micron spin downs between the pressure tank and iron filter
-salt-based water softener after iron filter
Iron filter system:
-ProSystems iron filter with aeration (Aquion?)
-Installed in November of 2018
-tank is 10 "x 48"
-paperwork says 1.5cuft of katalox but I measured depth at about 23.5 inches meaning only 1cuft in the tank.
-5gpm service and backwash rate, but removed the DLFC button to get a full flow rate of between 10-12gpm.
-1/2 discharge line to drain (about 6 feet away in the floor)
-BW=10 minutes (well runs dry after about 12 minutes at this flow rate but that is another story altogether)
--getting about 5-7 inches of media lift during backwash.
-Air draw=8 minutes
-rinse=3 minutes
I have shown light through the tank during regen and found that I am getting "ok" lift during backwash, air draw is functioning and I get an air pocket about 20 inches deep by the end of that part of the cycle. However during the rinse cycle, and continuing after the regen cycle completes, my tank continues to fill with water and lose the air pocket. Within about 5 minutes of the air draw cycle completing, the air pocket is gone and that tank is completely full of water (I can see the water splashing off the umbrella diffuser in the top of the tank and see the water level rising.).
I'm sure this is not normal. I don't hear any air leaking out of the tank during this time (though the sound of the water flowing and splashing inside makes it difficult to know for sure), but I do get a large amount of air in my water lines after every cycle (I know some air in the lines is normal but it sounds like my toilet is exploding when flushed after the cycle). Needless to say, my sulfur smell sucks and I'm sure I'm not getting much iron filtration with no air pocket
So my question is should my tank lose the pocket that fast? And if not what could be causing it to lose it so quickly?
Thanks
New to the forum and did some searching/research on the subject but came up a little short. Long story short, I recently bought this house and have a single tank iron/sulfur filter that loses its air pocket within minutes of the air draw cycle during regen.
System specs:
-12 GPM well pump with pressure set to 50/70
-3/4inch lines
-100, and 50-micron spin downs between the pressure tank and iron filter
-salt-based water softener after iron filter
Iron filter system:
-ProSystems iron filter with aeration (Aquion?)
-Installed in November of 2018
-tank is 10 "x 48"
-paperwork says 1.5cuft of katalox but I measured depth at about 23.5 inches meaning only 1cuft in the tank.
-5gpm service and backwash rate, but removed the DLFC button to get a full flow rate of between 10-12gpm.
-1/2 discharge line to drain (about 6 feet away in the floor)
-BW=10 minutes (well runs dry after about 12 minutes at this flow rate but that is another story altogether)
--getting about 5-7 inches of media lift during backwash.
-Air draw=8 minutes
-rinse=3 minutes
I have shown light through the tank during regen and found that I am getting "ok" lift during backwash, air draw is functioning and I get an air pocket about 20 inches deep by the end of that part of the cycle. However during the rinse cycle, and continuing after the regen cycle completes, my tank continues to fill with water and lose the air pocket. Within about 5 minutes of the air draw cycle completing, the air pocket is gone and that tank is completely full of water (I can see the water splashing off the umbrella diffuser in the top of the tank and see the water level rising.).
I'm sure this is not normal. I don't hear any air leaking out of the tank during this time (though the sound of the water flowing and splashing inside makes it difficult to know for sure), but I do get a large amount of air in my water lines after every cycle (I know some air in the lines is normal but it sounds like my toilet is exploding when flushed after the cycle). Needless to say, my sulfur smell sucks and I'm sure I'm not getting much iron filtration with no air pocket
So my question is should my tank lose the pocket that fast? And if not what could be causing it to lose it so quickly?
Thanks