Water Works 17 - Water Tank Leakage - 1

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Water leakage from the MAIN TANK-A.

The roof top main tank(TANK A) leaks when the water level exceeds 4 feet height. So we could not switch the water control system in Auto Mode. For sometime the water pump motor was operated in Manual Mode.

In December we requested Hj Ramlan of Bakti Suci to help solve the leakage problem. Hj Ramlan send his man to check the problem. They looked and tried to tighten the nuts and bolts where the water leakage was apparent, but the leakage could not be stopped.

Bakti Suci workers checking the Main Tank leakage problem.

Hj Ramlan told me to call him when the Tank is going to be empty, so that his worker can seal the leakage area from inside. When i called him few days later, he said it would be better if we get another contractor to do the repair work thoroughly.

Since the PPPEC bank account balance was pathetic, we postpone the Tank repair work till some other time.

It was hectic and troublesome for me, to run and ON the water pump motor manually whenever the water level drops. Sometimes, some units use up more water since they want to wash their unit or for whatever reason, the water level drop fast and the tank goes empty, then someone will calls me and inform that there is no more water in the tank. I had to run and ON the water pump motor.

Then about a month back, i made a temporary modification to the water level sensor rods in the main TANK A and switched to Auto mode. If the water level drops below 1 feet the water pump motor will operate and pump up the water from the "ground floor water tank" to the Tanks in the roof until the water in the Main Tank A reaches abt 3.5 feet then the water pump motor wili stop operating. The cycle will repeat again when the water level drops below 1 feet.

The picture show the water level sensor rods in Main Tank A.

A simple extension of the water level sensor rods using metal cables with green sleeves.