Problem: I’m not exactly sure how this is happening, but my return chamber is consistently full even as I am pulling water out of the other chambers. I just pulled so much water out that the chamber directly preceding the return chamber was missing most of its water. I’ve only noticed this as of yesterday, and I’ve not changed anything at all about how the chambers are configured. I’ve had the tank up for a couple of years now with no issues like this to date.
BACKSTORY:
I have a Neptune ATO in my return chamber, and the “high water” sensor is closed (meaning water is at/above it). This stops the ATO from topping off the tank with RO of course until the water level recedes below the “low water” mark.
It’s fairly common for the water to be above the high water mark for a variety of reasons, so normally I’ve just always ignored it for the most part and simply waited for enough water to evaporate. This usually takes less than a day to self-resolve.
But recently I’ve noticed the high sensor staying closed for more than a day, which is a problem since the salinity will just continue to rise if the tank is evaporating water but not receiving RO replacement water. So I flip on the neptune dos to start removing water from the tank, with the expectation that eventually the water in the return chamber will get to the proper level. I check the tank a few hours later (which was longer than I expected it to take), and I suddenly realize the chamber BEFORE the return has only a couple gallons left, to the point that the skimmer was no longer able to skim, and the heater was nearly fully exposed. Despite this, the return chamber still had water very close to the high water sensor in its chamber.
I don’t understand what could be causing this
BACKSTORY:
I have a Neptune ATO in my return chamber, and the “high water” sensor is closed (meaning water is at/above it). This stops the ATO from topping off the tank with RO of course until the water level recedes below the “low water” mark.
It’s fairly common for the water to be above the high water mark for a variety of reasons, so normally I’ve just always ignored it for the most part and simply waited for enough water to evaporate. This usually takes less than a day to self-resolve.
But recently I’ve noticed the high sensor staying closed for more than a day, which is a problem since the salinity will just continue to rise if the tank is evaporating water but not receiving RO replacement water. So I flip on the neptune dos to start removing water from the tank, with the expectation that eventually the water in the return chamber will get to the proper level. I check the tank a few hours later (which was longer than I expected it to take), and I suddenly realize the chamber BEFORE the return has only a couple gallons left, to the point that the skimmer was no longer able to skim, and the heater was nearly fully exposed. Despite this, the return chamber still had water very close to the high water sensor in its chamber.
I don’t understand what could be causing this