Today I counted how many broken pressure gauges I had out of 10. Want to guess? Looks like I need 5! Nice! How many do you have broken?
Water Wizard Leak!
There was a leak I just could not find. I would fix a little leak and then the floor would still be wet. It was driving me crazy, but in retrospect you should be able to look at the first picture and realize what the problem is.
The high pressure hose is sitting on the large electric motor for the Water Wizard. So the top of the hose was not leaking and the bottom half was wet and has a small drip. But when the motor cuts on or you move the hose away from the motor the leak looked pretty bad.
The high pressure hose is 4 feet long by the way.
RO Water Leak and MacGyver Fitting
I had a very small crack in my ro water line today and no union! What to do? Well I will tell you…you make a MacGyver fitting!
I Hooked up the Pumps Today
The pumps work today! Boy was it a pain wiring the Marathon Electric Motor. I dropped a nut into the motor and then had to remove the motor off its mounts…. fun fun fun! Then I had a leak (last picture) but it was easy to fix. We will see what happens tomorrow because the RO tank might overflow!
I Hooked up the Pumps Some Today
I hooked up the pumps most of the way today. I put the pumps in place and attached all the hoses! I just need to attach the power and it will be ready. When I was done and about to leave the water line fell off somehow (which is connected via a push lock fitting), but luckily I was still there! You can actually see it about to fall off in the first picture.
OSHA Would be Proud!
Today I decided to cut boards so I would not fall in the pit in the equipment room. As long as you are careful it is no big deal! This was from when someone stole all my grates and I had to use the equipment rooms and some spares I had. (Pit was 13″ wide and I cut the boards 12 3/4″)
Erie Brush Vacuum Hoses – Update
Original Post April 24th, 2008
The Erie Brush vacuum hoses almost made it 2 years. I think that is pretty good? But looking at the vacuum hose closer the yellow does not look so good. I probably should have purchased a different color or already replaced them.
Can Someone Explain This?
To install my new Marathon motor and Multi-Stage Motor, I purchased some 5/16-18 stainless steel hex cap screws, flat washers and lock nuts. Why would the manufacture (Hillman) package the hex cap screws in a pack of 3, the flat washers in a pack of 5 and the lock nuts in a pack of 5? Does that make any sense? I need 8 of each so I need 2 packs of lock nuts, 3 packs of screws and 2 packs of washers?
Vacuum Motor Problem
Look and see if you can spot the problem with the vacuum motor. The dome on the vacuum was luckily not hurt. I also added a new gasket. I stuck it on the vacuum motor just like Greg taught me! JK Greg.
Water Wizard Leaking – Update
Well I removed the 1″ barb today, which I was scared to do. It came right off though, which is good. But look how bad it got: I really should have paid better attention.