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Swamp (Gunner?) flushing tank?

Been reading about flushing the tank to reduce sediment concentration. We are on really hard well-water. We have a salt softener, but it is a little hammer on a big lump of Calcium.

The top water trays are already showing crusty bits and we have only had the thing running barely a week.

I drained the tank by removing the overflow fitting. I thought I am thinking a Tee cut into the pump delivery line and a small restriction and hose to the overflow outlet.

That will mean constant water waste, but we can live with that if it makes the swamp last longer.

Thoughts?

Thanks

Dave

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Dave, I can't do that
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It happens that Dave, I can't do that formulated :

In my experience Swamp coolers always waste a little water so that the water does not keep getting more and more concentration of salts.

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John G

Just thinking more about this, a more simple way would be to use the intern al part of the overflow tube.

Mark where the water level is when the swamp and pump has stopped and the f loat valve has shut off. That's the High water level.

Run the thing and let it stabilize the water level, say after 30-minutes on a hot day. Mark that level which will be the Low water level.

Unscrew the inside piece of the overflow tube and drill 1/16" hole somewher e between Low and High and screw it back into the overflow fitting. That wi ll bleed off water after shut off so it will only happen when the pump is n ot running. Right now I am pumping about 3-gallons per hour out the Tee and that's using just a 1/16" diameter hole at pump pressure though.

I guess the only down side to the hole in the overflow is that if the swamp is running for all of Summer. :) Here, it is turned off around 8:30pm as o utside temps generally drop to around low 80s by then

Thoughts?

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