Osmolator causing back siphon!

[yarsrevenge]

My osmolator's pump is causing a *slight* back siphon after the pump shuts off (drip, drip, leaky....) My sump is about a 1' lower than the top of the 32g rubbermaid brute holding vessel. Any Ideas? In the meantime I will raise the feed line higher maybe to discourage the continuance of the watr feed.
TIA

 

[grim]

Here is an idea, clip the return to the top of your overflow so you add water down your return lines. I use a HOB overflow and have the osmolator plumbed to a neilsen reactor that is plumbed up to the back of the overflow..

jb

 

[yarsrevenge]

Hey, Grim thanks for the advice and I actually was able to solve it pretty easily after I thought about it. I put an airline "T" just above the highest fill line in the Brute container and now when the pump shuts off the siphon is instantly broken. The "T" is quite a bit smaller orfice than the Osmolators hosing and it seems to pump rodi into the sump just fine. I even tested it from maximum (lowest height) and it still pumped into the sump.
Thanks

 

[rvitko]

Top off is supposed to go into the tank never the sump, this is the only way you will never defeat gravity. The sensors will mount in the sump but the top off hose must go into the tank or some point above the reservoir. If you do it any other way it is at your own risk, it was never designed to go to the sump.