Browse Forums Eco Living Re: How to reduce the maintenance of tank filters ? 2Jun 09, 2021 7:30 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: How to reduce the maintenance of tank filters ? 4Jun 16, 2021 9:41 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: How to reduce the maintenance of tank filters ? 6Jun 16, 2021 12:28 pm pedro777 On the house, we do have a leaf eater on each downpipe, however, as they have a very fine mesh underneath the wire mesh, these clog up very quickly. Whoever designed the early leaf diverters that had a coarse outer mesh and a mosquito proof inner mesh must have been having a real bad day! You can convert the old Leaf Eaters like you have to have the mosquito proof mesh on the outside. I am pretty sure that Bunnings sell the kit. I have designed a superior smaller leaf diverter with 500 micron filtration and high drainage capacity but I need to wait until a UV stabilised resin is developed to allow the filter to be SLA 3D printed. It should be possible to design a dry system sediment trap for the shed pipe. Can you post a photo? 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: How to reduce the maintenance of tank filters ? 7May 07, 2022 8:55 am Thanks for your reply "SaveH2O", much appreciated. As with many projects, the "squeakiest wheel gets oiled the most" so haven't had the time or energy to get this looked at any further. We have had a few chats about these problems, and as I remembered that doing anything serious with "first flush" or similar systems relied on having sufficient drop in levels, have now at least had the levels checked with a laser level. These are now all recorded, so a small step at least. Re: How to reduce the maintenance of tank filters ? 9May 08, 2022 4:27 pm Yes, I know.The filter screen has too shallow an angle and the larger aperture outside mesh is a failed design. The dominant market leader has mosquito proof outer mesh but its outer mesh also has the same shallow angle PLUS it also has a flat recess at the bottom that traps debris amongst other faults. The ICON Leaf and Debris Controller has a superior steeper outside filter screen but the unit is a conventional rain head shape and taller than the market leader and so everyone bought the inferior market leader because of the lesser head loss, the reason Bunnings ceased stocking the ICON unit. If you use the ICON diverter, you can 'reclaim' the head loss by replumbing the wet system pipe with a sediment trap and divert water directly into the tank via a low restriction inlet that also eliminates the head sapping vertical riser. I have linked the video below re your query in your other thread about pressure in a water column. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlvHczb2vN4 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. 18 90428 From what I know about water tanks (I've been working with a client on them for a few years now) is this - The concrete can last a lifetime if they don't crack for some… 2 10620 Thanks for letting us know. The programmer will have a look at this later today. 2 6667 |