Mark Plumb
handy homeowner
I have a hydroflo acid neutralizer unit-TNFA15 I installed last year (It's still covered by the 5-year warranty).
I'm on well water. I haven't had any well issues.
For over a year, the system has worked without problem. No water leaks, no air in the water line.
About three months ago, I started getting air in all my water faucets the morning after the backwash. The air will come out in a big pulse (including toilets). After that, I'm fine until the next backwash (every six days).
I called the local supplier I bought the unit from. They say I may have a bad control head. I can return it to them, they will ship it to the factory where it will be tested, If it's bad, the factory will give me a credit. (I can buy a new head now and get a credit for it, so I have continuous service.) The cost for the control head is as much as the whole unit. ($500-$1000)
Before I return the unit and risk the $500, I'd like to eliminate other possible problem sources.
I've done a physical inspection of the control head exterior, and it's perfectly clean.
Is it possible that the well pump is bringing up air under semi-continuous use required to run the backwash?
--A few weeks ago (I think after we started having the air in the water line problem) we had a power outage and I had to run my generator intermittently to run the well pump. (The generator is just large enough to power the pump--not much else runs when the pump does.)
Do you have any other ideas or has anyone seen a similar problem?
Thanks,
Mark
I'm on well water. I haven't had any well issues.
For over a year, the system has worked without problem. No water leaks, no air in the water line.
About three months ago, I started getting air in all my water faucets the morning after the backwash. The air will come out in a big pulse (including toilets). After that, I'm fine until the next backwash (every six days).
I called the local supplier I bought the unit from. They say I may have a bad control head. I can return it to them, they will ship it to the factory where it will be tested, If it's bad, the factory will give me a credit. (I can buy a new head now and get a credit for it, so I have continuous service.) The cost for the control head is as much as the whole unit. ($500-$1000)
Before I return the unit and risk the $500, I'd like to eliminate other possible problem sources.
I've done a physical inspection of the control head exterior, and it's perfectly clean.
Is it possible that the well pump is bringing up air under semi-continuous use required to run the backwash?
--A few weeks ago (I think after we started having the air in the water line problem) we had a power outage and I had to run my generator intermittently to run the well pump. (The generator is just large enough to power the pump--not much else runs when the pump does.)
Do you have any other ideas or has anyone seen a similar problem?
Thanks,
Mark