Sloan Flushmate

ChrisJ

Does anyone here have experience with Flushmates?

Is it normal to have a small amount of water in the bottom of the tank? I see some action down there when I flush it, but I can't tell if it's going up, or down, or both. I always thought these were 100% sealed and the tank stayed totally dry.

mattmia2

no experience but pretty sure the water is supposed to remain within the device. there were ones that were recalled because they had problems with exploding, do you have one of those?

https://www.flushmate.com/recall

mattmia2

Is it condensation on the tank full of cold municipal water?

9326yssh

Usually i will see the tank dry, the water could be leaking from the small vacuum breaker on top or condensation if the tank was constantly running that's probably why they call you out there to check, the movement you see while flushing is just the prusser of the flush

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860910#Comment_1860910

There's some kinda thing on the side at the bottom that I see doing something. That's the problem I can't see if it's just peeing out a little each flush or if it's also draining at the end.

I have a feeling it's getting replaced by a toto soon.

ChrisJ

No to both questions. It's a year after the recall and no condensation.

9326yssh

What toilet brand to you have now?

I have installed 3 Sloan units they didn't work properly and my supplier stop selling them to do many complaints, the once from Gerber using Eco flush work properly

Check this out you have a little prusser relive valve on the water inlet

ChrisJ

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860918#Comment_1860918

It's a Gerber 1.6 and the place I see something happening is from that square area at the bottom in your diagram.

ChrisJ

mattmia2

It looks like there is some sort of draft regulator there, maybe that is leaking

PC7060

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/201788/sloan-flushmate

should be dry. Water in tank is typically leaking plunger valve (#3 in IPB) on top of plastic tank.

9326yssh

https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860926#Comment_1860926

That's an overflow drain if water is collected in the tank, if you only see water movement while flushing it's like I said only the prusser from the flush possibly causing some water to back up to the tank

Intplm.

Yes. It can be normal to see water at the bottom of the tank. If it's not leaking anywhere else and not affecting performance, I would not be concerned.