Cleanout pipe in the bog

[sherry]

What I read here is that, with the vertical cleanout pipe in the bog, we turn off the pump, screw off the cap of the cleanout pipe, attached to an external pipe, then turn on the pump and dirty water would flush out. But when I did the above with one of the cleanout pipes (in total 4), no water flush out and water still came out from the slits as usual, as if the cap was still on. Does that mean the pipe was blocked? Did I do anything wrong?

 

[mrsclem]

Can you post a picture of your setup? There may be some reason for not getting water at clean out cap.

 

[sherry]

Can you post a picture of your setup? There may be some reason for not getting water at clean out cap.

It's the typical bog setup. The inlet then 4 parallel pipes, each has its own vertical clean out pipe.

 

[mrsclem]

It's possible that your pump is not strong enough to force water to the clean out pipes. As long as you are getting good water flow along the entire bog you should be good.
Did you open up all 4 caps? Maybe try one at a time.

 

[GBBUDD]

What I read here is that, with the vertical cleanout pipe in the bog, we turn off the pump, screw off the cap of the cleanout pipe, attached to an external pipe, then turn on the pump and dirty water would flush out. But when I did the above with one of the cleanout pipes (in total 4), no water flush out and water still came out from the slits as usual, as if the cap was still on. Does that mean the pipe was blocked? Did I do anything wrong?

You need to have pressure within the bog. If the un no back pressure from months of the bog working . Then there is no way path of least resistance will be a pipe that rises. IT won't be for probably a year or more before you start seeing anything
. How often and how big are your cuts In The pipe