Why you should check your pumps regularly...
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Topic: Why you should check your pumps regularly...
Posted By: phys
Subject: Why you should check your pumps regularly...
Date Posted: January 21 2017 at 11:27pm
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1. I found an mp40 with a splitting magnet. 2. Dirty impellers slow flow and cause more work on the pump. 3. I found a pump with a broken impeller. 4. Too much stuff on your intake can clog your pump. Anybody else think of a reason? lol
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: January 22 2017 at 8:48am
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Good thread. I don't typically depend on controller automation which can send a convenient alert when the temperature is out of range but can't tell when a pump has stopped pushing water. For me, it's the same reason I observe and casually check my systems every time I walk by. I check that the animals look right, that the water is moving at the right speed in the right direction, that the stick-on thermometer on the corner of the tank is reading the right temperature, etc., etc.. Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: January 22 2017 at 10:47am
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Swollen impellers on small pumps, and corroded magnets on stream style magnets come to my mind. Also, cleaning off intake screens. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: January 22 2017 at 11:28am
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Or if you have a reefflo to see if the seals have blown yet. :) ------------- 180G Mixed Reef Tank 170G Dart Frog Tank |
Posted By: Lyscer
Date Posted: January 22 2017 at 2:30pm
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Great topic! I am in the same boat as Mark on this one and observe my tank and when I notice that things are out of whack fix them - but sometimes life gets busy and you don't notice until it is too late, which is why I am looking into flow sensors.
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