Osmolator reservoir question

[bureau13]

Hey, I sort of read past something in the manual without paying attention, and now I'm seeing it. Basically, there's a statement that says the water level in the storage reservoir cannot be higher than the level in the tank/sump, wherever you're pumping the top-off water I guess. Well, my top-off reservoir is a 12x12x24 (high) tank, and my sump is about 16" hight, with the water level about 10 or 12 inches when running. When I fill the top-off tank past the water level of the sump, it tries to reach equilibrium by sort of dribbling into the sump. I'm kind of surprised I guess I expected the pump not running to prevent this....is there anything I can do other than not filling up my top-off reservoir (which will be a bit of a bummer)?

jds

 

[smatter]

Install a check valve.

 

[rvitko]

Check valves can and will fail. You will notice the manual always shows pumping the water up to the tank, never to the sump, if gravity ever fails flooding will be the least of our concerns

 

[bureau13]

Someone gave me a good idea....put a PVC pipe standing up in the sump that's higher than the level of water in the top-off reservoir, and run the line up to that. I think I'm going to try that...I'd prefer not to run the line up the back of my tank, although I suppose that's an option as well.

jds