Red sea ato leaking

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For the people who have red sea ato plus. That part of the check valve leaking that hole any idea why is that hole there

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It’s the siphon breaker. Water is supposed to leak out of there when the pump is running. It states so in the instructions.
 

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I also did not read the instructions carefully which resulted in RODI water getting all over my floor the first day of operation.

As stated above by @sublime275 the siphon break will leak water while the ATO motor is running. This prevents water from the display tank from siphoning back into the reservoir. Below is a picture of how I have the connector positioned in my ATO reservoir (ie, any water that drips from the siphon break goes back into the reservoir):

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It’s the siphon breaker. Water is supposed to leak out of there when the pump is running. It states so in the instructions.
agree.
 

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Just changed my reservoir to a mhux higher one almost 1m high. When the ato turns on and then goes back off it keeps dripping. Any idea why? Didnt have this when I had my smaller reservoir
 

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