Buffer tank STILL not working

Machine Repairs
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@Innocentbystander is correct. Ditch the tee, connect 1" feed directly and plumb bypass into buffer

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There is no tee on the tank. It’s directly connected to the pump. Even when the tank is completely full there is almost no flow

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Yes it’s full all the way. The bulkhead on the tank is only a few inches below the elevation on the pump intake. When I take the suction hose off of the pump it flows great.

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I usually do run it directly connected to the spigot. Often homes have slightly under 5gpm flow

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There is already a hole

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Looks like your by pass is incorrect, cap it at the inlet and route that house to the buffer

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Does it have to bypass to the tank for it to work? I thought it was only optional

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@TDclean was talking about the tee at the pump inlet.

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As mentioned before, get rid of the plumbing origami you’ve got going on and connect your 1” hose directly to the pump with this:

Removing the tee at the pump inlet will require you to run the bypass hose back to the buffer tank as mentioned before.

I think you’ve got air leaks in all that intake plumbing. Hell just looking at how that 1” hose is barely on the schedule 80 barb is a red flag. You usually have to put a heat gun on that spiral wire hose and soften it up so it’ll slip all the way onto the hose barb. Fix the plumbing and go from there. If it still doesn’t work at least then you’ll have one less variable to consider.

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It would probably be best for his future customers if be never got the tank feed working.

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Sometimes I amuse myself by just thinking what this site would be like if we were all in the Aviation industry. :rofl: “Hey guys, I’m starting up a little charter airline, but I can’t get my throttle button, or whatever it’s called, to make the engine rev up. Any suggestions?” :helicopter:

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“It would probably be best for his customers if he never got his button working” :joy:

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How did you attach the tethers to the tanks? I need to do it to 3 of them, water and 2 chem tanks…

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The replacement Fimco lid I bought came with a built in tether. It’s designed to pop into a 1/4” hole. I just tucked it behind/under one of the ratchet straps on the tank, though.

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