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Unread 04/27/2011, 12:37 PM   #22
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Well tcmfish i have no idea how it happening. Maybe this is what’s going on there.

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Yes the FIRST run starts with an EMPTY pipe. The EMPTY pipe has more air to displace and allows the water to rise higher in the resevior (air compresses) before it reaches the bend. Tha water in teh resevoir is HIGHER than the water in the bend and the siphone fires. In the second fill, some water is left in the pipe and there is LESS air to compress. By the time the water in the resevoir reaches the height of the bend, the bend is allowing water to flow over it at the same rate the pump is filling the resevoir.

You need a larger pump or a smaller pipe.
Anyway i had enough with this for one day and I’m going to sleep. Tomorrow I’m gona drill a whole and see what’s gona happen.


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