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How stop cistern dead

  • 05-08-2015 12:37pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭


    I was hoping someone might have a clever solution for me here. I have a rainwater collection system that supplies flush water to the toilet. There is a pump that activates when the toilet flushes to refill the cistern. However as the cistern nears capacity the water fill slows to a trickle resulting in a juderring on/off from the pump which I'm guessing can't be good for it in the long term. Is there any way to have the ballcock arm stop the cistern filling in a single motion? The arm of the ballcock is bent downwards slightly but I don't want to push that too far in case it breaks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    There's a different type you can fit but they might block up alot over quality of the water.


    Like the fluidmaster ones


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    corkgsxr wrote: »
    There's a different type you can fit but they might block up alot over quality of the water.


    Like the fluidmaster ones

    Would they just fit the existing inlet pipe yeah?

    EDIT: Just googled them there. They have a vertical float so it looks like the inlet would have to be at the bottom of the tank as well or am I looking at them wrong?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,151 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    mordeith wrote: »
    I was hoping someone might have a clever solution for me here. I have a rainwater collection system that supplies flush water to the toilet. There is a pump that activates when the toilet flushes to refill the cistern. However as the cistern nears capacity the water fill slows to a trickle resulting in a juderring on/off from the pump which I'm guessing can't be good for it in the long term. Is there any way to have the ballcock arm stop the cistern filling in a single motion? The arm of the ballcock is bent downwards slightly but I don't want to push that too far in case it breaks.

    is this a home brew rig or a purchased system

    Does the pumps have pressure vessel on it, not a float switch, a pressure vessel?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    is this a home brew rig or a purchased system

    Does the pumps have pressure vessel on it, not a float switch, a pressure vessel?

    It's a purchased system. By pressure vessel do you mean a small tank? (we have one on our solar system). On the water pump there is a small clear glass container. I'm guessing that's a float switch?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    mordeith wrote: »
    Would they just fit the existing inlet pipe yeah?

    EDIT: Just googled them there. They have a vertical float so it looks like the inlet would have to be at the bottom of the tank as well or am I looking at them wrong?

    You can buy side and bottom entry


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,597 ✭✭✭gctest50


    you could dump the ballcock and get a float switch instead

    if the tank is big enough, wire it through a timeswitch so the pump doesn't run at night

    if possible hook it to the house alarm so it doesn't run when the house is unoccupied


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,151 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    gctest50 wrote: »

    if the tank is big enough, wire it through a timeswitch so the pump doesn't run at night

    if possible hook it to the house alarm so it doesn't run when the house is unoccupied

    Two very interesting ideas:)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Thanks, I'll look into the float switch.


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