Osmolator going crazy!

[A.G]

Hi,

I just installed the osmolator as directed by the manual and wheneve I plug it in I get this peeping sound and the "High water" light goes on and the " Low water" level keeps going on and off. I tryed to relocate the sensors, take it apart and reinstall it, turning the float switch up side down and changing the volte from 12v to 9v. Nothing worked. How can I fix this????

Thanks in advance,

A.G

 

[rvitko]

Is the float near any sort of magnetic field? I would take it to the kitchen and test it with just a bowl of water for the optic sensor.

 

[A.G]

Thanks Roger,

It still not working and the controller is still peeping going on and off etc.

Any other suggestions?

 

[rvitko]

You have tried the float in both positions? Where did you buy it from? Saudi Arabia has 230V 60hz and the 230V power supplies are for 50Hz and when you put 60Hz through it makes more power when it is converted to DC. Either the rectifier is bad and it is putting out AC or the higher DC voltage it is putting out damaged a diode on the board- that is my hypothesis of why it doesn't work.

 

[A.G]

hey Roger,

I took the controller apart and reinstall every thing and star working !!
I didnt do anything to it and it simply start working ....

now you got me worried about the 50Hz thing..Should I change the adapter with a local one ( that is 60Hz)?Though its working fine at the moment?

Also, I have a q about te water level..in the manual it says that the water level should be at the tip of the sensor ..in my case whenever there are some tiny bubbles touching the sensor the water level goes up a little..so the water is about 1cm above the tip. Is this normal? do you think i should isolate the sensor some how ?

Thank you roger for all the help,

A.G

 

[rvitko]

It sounds like everything is normal. The osmolator runs about 10 sec after registering full so it does fill slightly past the tip. This was done to minimize constant off and on.

I would not worry, I was grasping at straws trying to figure out the problem. The osmolators go through 2 tests before they leave the factory so it is hard to imagine one leaving not working. We had that problem in the past so a second test procedure was added. I know that a bad transformer putting out AC causes strange behavior and that a blown diode will cause the alarm/ blinking light you describe so I was just taking a guess, you are probably adding about 1V from the 6oHz vs 50 Hz so in 9V you probablly really get 11V because the transformers run a bit high anyway. 12 is probably more like 14V. Neither should be high enough to do damage except maybe a shorter pump life in the 12V.

 

[A.G]

I understand .its on 9v now working good.

So I should not worry about the bubbles around the sensor?

Once again thank you Roger. I really appreaciate it,

A.G

 

[rvitko]

You do want to be concerned about any bubbles and minimize them as best as possible. The sensor cannot tell the difference between bubbles or being out of the water so it will turn on the pump.