Check valves are probably the most misunderstood valves ever invented.
Well pump check valve placement.
Many well pumps have built in check valves.
Buy a check valve.
In a sewage system you are generally dealing with solid and semi solid liquids.
Although installers have different opinions in deep wells we recommend that check valves be installed every.
Another check valve may be installed in tile horizontal piping at tile surface or just below the well seal or pitless adapter as required by local codes.
Sizing for the application not the line size.
I will move the valve a bit.
Correct placement of sump pump check value.
If you mention check valves to most plant personnel the typical response is they don t work.
Than neccesary and the pump does not discharge from the well.
For sewage applications a ball check valve is popular to use as they stand up better to the tough conditions.
What they are how they work and why they must.
Even if a pump does have a built in check valve we recommend that a check valve be installed in the discharge line within 25 feet of the pump and below the draw down level of the water supply.
A ball check valve is much less likely to be effected by these.
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Hello i ve lived in my home for about 4 5 years and have always wondered if the random cycling of my well pump could be do to me not having a check valve between the pump tank and the well pump.
With no check valve that discharges to a floor drain.
One which i believe was not mentioned was the 3 16 hole within 6 of the discharge to prevent air lock during pump cycling.
There is risk of water hammer in the upper check valve if the lower check valve fails.
See diagram properly located and operating check valves hold water pressure in the system when the pump.
With a swing check valve these solids can make this function not work well over time.
The closer the check to the pump the less water that will reverse flow drain out when the pump shuts off.