So I had a water softener installed and it is having issues during the regen. It is not siphoning water out of the brine tank during the brine draw. I have a long drain that is 1/2" hard pipe. The drain setup is as follows: PVC coming off of the valve drain connection through an inline check valve then straight up approx 5'. The drain then runs horizontally along the wall then across the top of the garage for a total of about 30' (all horizontal). Then the drain runs down 8 feet back towards the ground and through the block wall to the outside where it ties in to the sewer cap. I can see water flow all the way through the drain set up for the first 30 seconds or so of the brine draw and then it stops. When that happens the brine water is no longer getting pulled from the brine tank and it is actually trickling back in to the brine tank. I disconnected the drain line and just ran 6' of 1/2" hose to a bucket and what happens is the first 30 seconds of the brine draw is heavy flow. Then the remaining 60 minutes is almost a slow trickle. I wonder if that trickle is no not enough pressure to keep the in-line check valve open thus causing the backup? Or is the 5' of elevation causing the issue?
Valve injector ratings: BLFC .2 gpm, DLFC 2.4 gpm
I am thinking about scrapping that drain setup and going to 3/4" pipe with no in-line check valve and just the air gap at the end either just inside the garage on the downward flow section or just outside the garage where it exits the wall. But I don't want to go through that if the elevation of the drain is the issue and not the valve.
Thoughts?
Valve injector ratings: BLFC .2 gpm, DLFC 2.4 gpm
I am thinking about scrapping that drain setup and going to 3/4" pipe with no in-line check valve and just the air gap at the end either just inside the garage on the downward flow section or just outside the garage where it exits the wall. But I don't want to go through that if the elevation of the drain is the issue and not the valve.
Thoughts?