AWI Typhoon III problem

[kilo32]

I have an AWI Typhoon III installed and I'm having problems with vibration. The unit's output is split using a Y adapter with one side going to a 75 gal holding tank and the other side going to a small holding tank directly below the unit for use as an ATO. I've noticed that the float valve seems to drip slightly in the small tank and I've tried changing the float valve and the ASOV as suggested by AWI. I get the vibration about every 30 seconds or so unless I manually lift up on the float valve which stops it. They don't think that both float valves would have been defective but think it's more a back pressure issue that is stopping the ASOV from working properly and therefore making a float valve drip. I'm still jumping through some of the hoops that AWI is suggesting with their last thought to take out one of the filter elements to see if that changes the back pressure. I thought I'd at least throw this out for the members hoping that someone has already run into this same problem and has a solution.

 

[acroholic]

Not an answer to your problem, but I would never have an RO unit dumping directly into an ATO container only controlled by a float valve. If your tank leaks your ATO will have an endless supply of water to continually dump into your tank and onto your floor. Disaster if you are not around to deal with it.

 

[kilo32]

Acroholic;681037 wrote: Not an answer to your problem, but I would never have an RO unit dumping directly into an ATO container only controlled by a float valve. If your tank leaks your ATO will have an endless supply of water to continually dump into your tank and onto your floor. Disaster if you are not around to deal with it.

That's a good point. Thanks......I wonder if there's some type of an alarm alert that I coud set up with the Apex to let me know via e-mail alert if the ATO runs longer than what would be a normal amount of evaporation makeup. I'll have to give that some thought or maybe someone already knows how to set up that type of program.

 

[acroholic]

A lot of folks have set their ATOs up that way. For many, a flood is part of the learning curve. The best method is to have a multi gallon ATO container, then manually replenish it from a single RO reservoir. That way, if your tank leaks you get water on the floor, but not continuously and you also limit the potential loss of animals from an ever lowering SG.

I send RO water directly from my RODI to my ATO containers like I just told you not to do, but I control the water supply to my RO unit with electronic valves that, so I don't have the same potential issues r/t a mechanical float valve failure.