09-04-2007, 06:52 AM
Okay, I'm sure you are all past the point of caring, but here is the skinny on my pump. It is definetely in the tank. It is slender, and very long and has a big fat wire that comes out of it. The wire is very well insulated. The water line going out of the tank leads to a very curious, squat, silver-colored tank-like device that my plumber swears up and down is a filter -- but no filter like he has ever seen. The top comes off, but not easily. It has a lip around it. It also appears to have a pressure gauge, but it is NOT a pressure tank. The water continues on to TWO big fat black pressure tanks.
Anyway, no one could figure out the "filter" and so we ended up adding a 20 micron filter, a 5 micron filter and a very long UV filter.
Someday, I will need to open that first filter, though and see what is in there (although my plumber just recommends I bypass it altogether.)
If you have heard of such a thing, let me know. I have a picture, but it is really, shaky. This so-called filter looks like a little pressure tank to me, but the plumber says no.
Anyway, no one could figure out the "filter" and so we ended up adding a 20 micron filter, a 5 micron filter and a very long UV filter.
Someday, I will need to open that first filter, though and see what is in there (although my plumber just recommends I bypass it altogether.)
If you have heard of such a thing, let me know. I have a picture, but it is really, shaky. This so-called filter looks like a little pressure tank to me, but the plumber says no.