I've had a bleach injection setup for a number of years, with the stenner injector after all the equipment, in the top of a horizontal pipe just before going back into the ground at the pad. Nothing's materially changed recently. I noticed liquid dripping out of the output side connector of the stenner pump. When it wasn't running. I disconnected the line at the injector and had myself a little bit of a water fountain. Because, what's another 20 bucks, I replaced the entire injector as opposed to just the backflow piece. Now, I've got just a slow drip. So, there was an issue with the backflow manifold piece, but it's still leaking out. Am I pushing too much water through return plumbing that's too restrictive? Maybe. This is on a 2-speed pump running on high (it's usually on low except for special occasions). Not sure what would have changed, but, trying to figure out what to do to fix it. It's probably not a big deal that it only happens on high speed (I'm assuming it doesn't happen on low, but have to go back out to test it). Also assuming there's no way bleach will get pushed through there (with pump on high) with all that reverse pressure on it. So, only run bleach when I'm on low. Sure. Just thinking what else I can tweak here. The depth of the injector into the pipe (2") is to spec when I first installed it (was it supposed to hit the center of the pipe? whatever it was, that's what I'm doing). The one thing I can think of is, cut the tip at a 45 degree angle such that the water flow hits the "back" and the bleach goes forward in the flow direction, if that makes sense. Currently, it's cut normal/flat.
I'm not worried about water loss when I'm running on high because it's not that much (even though there are "special occasions" that last several days). I'm not worried about busting the seal on the outlet of the pump where it connects to the bleach line (though I could see it wearing away over time). Anything else here I can try?
Thanks!
I'm not worried about water loss when I'm running on high because it's not that much (even though there are "special occasions" that last several days). I'm not worried about busting the seal on the outlet of the pump where it connects to the bleach line (though I could see it wearing away over time). Anything else here I can try?
Thanks!