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Frequently Asked Questions / 10 months Progress Report tweaking needed cutoff

« on: March 11, 2021, 07:35:47 AM »

Once again we have a home in mountains we rent for up to 15 or so people. We installed your valve last July (10 months ago) and put a new AO Smith 36 gallon diaphragm pump in set to 40/60. So far so good but I'd like to tweak if possible. My main goal is to make pump last really long. We have 5 showers/5 toilets etc... mostly eco stuff. I'm curious if we can tweak the pressure switch to cut in at 35psi or 30 psi and maybe even go 63 or 65 psi on the high cutoff I can't find anything anywhere about that? We have pex everywhere so don't think the 65psi will be a problem? but I don't think going 35psi or 30psi would cause too much inconvenience.

Let me know you thoughts on pros cons on messing with this or am I splitting hairs ?

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Frequently Asked Questions / Re: Short Term Vacation Rental 20 people

« on: July 05, 2020, 10:28:05 PM »

Update:

We installed the CSV today successfully with no leaks that's the good news for now. We left old system 30 gallon (10yr old tank) and old T as is and now when we turn things on (dishwasher, sink, etc... randomly) the pump goes from 60 to 40 in about 60 secs or slightly less. My guess is the tank is waterlogged ? I'm prepared to just go out and get a new T and new 20 gallon tank tomorrow if this sounds like it may be the problem still ??

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Frequently Asked Questions / Short Term Vacation Rental 20 people

« on: June 28, 2020, 08:45:10 AM »

Greetings,

Im glad I ran across your site last week. Was just about to go buy an 80 gallon tank because I thought ours was shot since it's been short cycling a lot and tank probably 10+ years old. Well, I've been reading your info on site a bunch and pretty much sold but just have a few questions on what to buy on Monday. Here are some more facts first. Hold's up to 20 people, 5 showers, 5 sinks, bike wash station, 5 toilets, 2 washers maybe 3 soon and usually always a drip or small leak somewhere until I catch it and fix but that could be a month or so til I find. So it's full blast for 3 days 15 people then nothing for a week then full blast 10 people 2 days then 6 days, then maybe we will stop by etc. Well puts out 10-12 gallons per min and motor prob 3/4 or 1 horsepower and is at least 7 yrs old but maybe close to 10ish so prob on it's way out soon.

Knowing all this should I just get the PK1A Kit with a 10 gallon or 20 gallon tank because of the real tiny leaks?

We have all pex with some brass and some plastic fittings all over so is it better 30/50 or 40/60 setup. Been at 40/60 for 5 yrs no problems and were slowly making every fixture energy star

We were gonna set sediment filter on output side of tank and valve also to help with sand in fixtures

And I"m thinking of getting for safety relay module also

plenty of space in crawlspace for your setup we have a 40 gallon tank now and had space for 80 gallon

Any other thoughts on what to buy and how to design ?