float valves and solenoid

I am trying ot plumb my ro unit to a float valve in the sump to auto top off and shut down the ro unit when not in use. I can get the the solenoid to send the ro water but whent he valve shuts off in the sump the ro unit keeps dumping watse water without stopping. I have tryed every differant arangement of the 3 fittings and pipes that I can think of and still not getting anywhere. Can anyone help me out here??
 
I'm not sure about the plumbing part, youll have to check the instructions. You may not have enough water pressur to close asv.

Don
 
I don't have any instructions. It was a freeby. My water pressure going in is around 60psi min. I am guessing the back pressure from the float when shutoff would be the same or close to it. Do you think I could have to much pressure and that the solenoid is getting over powered by the water coming in?
 
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I don't have any instructions. It was a freeby. My water pressure going in is around 60psi min. I am guessing the back pressure from the float when shutoff would be the same or close to it. Do you think I could have to much pressure and that the solenoid is getting over powered by the water coming in?

What brand of valve. Most makers have instructions on the web. Mine is stock with the rodi and will only shut of at 63psi.

Don
 
I did mine this way too. Some say it's not wize because you run the risk of flood. I have two floats. If the first sticks the second one will kick in and shut it off. And my solenoid is normally closed, making the risk of it sticking open slim to none. Thirdly, my sump is in the basement so if by some extreme chance something goes wrong, a flood is not overly critical. So far the system has been running great for 2 years.

So first and foremost, you need a normally closed (NC) solenoid. Run your tap water to the solenoid. Then the solenoid feeds the RO. The float should should be normally open (NO). When the water in the sump drops, the float closes and energizes the solenoid thus opening the water flow to the RO. Once the sump rises, the float opens again and the power to the solenoid is cut off and resumes it's normally closed state, thus cutting off the water supply to the RO. In addtion, I'm not a fan of running 110v thru the switch so mine operates on low voltage with another switch to activate the 110v.
 
Mine is a water pressure solenoid not electric. It has 3 ports for hoses. This is where I am having problems. I am told that when the float closes thus shutting off the outlet for the ro water to the tank, the back pressure should close the solenoid shutting down the ro unit, but it keeps dumping waste water.

I think donw might be right and I need more pressure.
 
My presssure solenoid is on the supply side of the RO/DI. There are 3 connection points. One is water in. The other is water out. The third line is fed from the T that is installed on the RO/DI output. When the float valve shuts it creates a back pressure. The backpressure is fed via the T to the solenoid. After the pressure builds, it shuts down the feed to the RO/DI unit.

Dale
 
szwab,

That aut shutoff is very simialr to the solenoid I got for mine. It just works off back pressure but I can't get mine to work right.
 
selinoid

selinoid

I have had the same problems and I bought mine. The directions say there may be some air in there but I have also tried everything. I think I may take mine back for a test at the local shop. I'll let you know if I find something
Joe
 
thanks Joe,

I probably wolln't have time to work on mine till this weekend. But if I get it going I will let you know.


Chuck
 
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