When You Wake Up In The Morning At A Quarter To One ...

[TORX]

When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to one
And you want to have a little fun
You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch

No you don't, when you when you wake up in the morning at a quarter to freaking one in the morning you realize that your return pump has failed and scramble in your boxers half asleep fixing it. I have been meaning to take a look at it as it has been running oddly for the last 2 weeks. Luckily I had a replacement pump ready to go. I have no idea what happened to it, I just removed it and put it into a bucket of salt water and hopefully looking at it tonight.

 

[SamB]

Why do these events always happen at night ??!!

 

[TORX]

No kidding. It is the one peice of equiptment that I keep a back up for. Everything else is fine to go a day without.

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[chrisstevens]

i usually only keep a back up heater. I do have some replacement parts for my return pump that i haven't got around to installing, but would hate to have $600 beast of a pump lying around for spare. Probably my 2nd worst nightmare aside from the tank springing a leak. Also been up all night when i broke my sump tank, and had to find a replacement quick and silicone in baffles and what not. That was not a fun day

 

[TORX]

I can imagine not. I am just running Jebao dc12000 pumps. So no harm having an extra. Plus my tank would have been shut down for possibly days without a backup pump. Heaters I can just grab at the local pet store, but nearest place that sells a pump for my use would be London and I would need to probably miss a days work.

0 clue what is wrong with the other pump. I narrowed it down to the pump itself. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. So in the market for a new back up. Got my money's worth out of it at least lol.

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[bluewater]

my guess - there's a mosfet inside the pump that is not user serviceable.

 

[Painter Steve]

That's what I call a rude awakening... glad your prepared with a spare pump.

 

[TORX]

Yup. Looks like time to get a new back up in a week or 2. Have to pay off my salt charge before my next toy.

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[Cliff]

These kind of things ussaly happen to me while I m on vacation a 1000 km away

 

[TORX]

Yikes

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[Luke.]

I can imagine not. I am just running Jebao dc12000 pumps. So no harm having an extra. Plus my tank would have been shut down for possibly days without a backup pump. Heaters I can just grab at the local pet store, but nearest place that sells a pump for my use would be London and I would need to probably miss a days work.

0 clue what is wrong with the other pump. I narrowed it down to the pump itself. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. So in the market for a new back up. Got my money's worth out of it at least lol.

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Hey torx ,I don't mean this in a sarcastic smart ass way .. but I'm been wondering about what pump to by for a future 90-120 gallon (hopefully the 120) , but anyway I love jebao powerheads would you still recommend a pump like this ? I see that they are fairly priced around $125 did that come with a controller as well

 

[TORX]

Hey torx ,I don't mean this in a sarcastic smart ass way .. but I'm been wondering about what pump to by for a future 90-120 gallon (hopefully the 120) , but anyway I love jebao powerheads would you still recommend a pump like this ? I see that they are fairly priced around $125 did that come with a controller as well

My backup pump is a jebao dc12000 and I am looking at a new back up of a dcs12000. Yes I recommend the product for the price range. Yes it comes with the controller.

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[Shooter000]

Oh man!, so glad you were able to quick fix with a new pump, you guys got me worrying now, week 1/2 till I'm a 1000miles away from my tank, my luck first night I'm gone the power goes out doesn't come back on till the next day and I show up Sunday with a cesspool of dead fish and coral:0, It will be just my luck!!
Fingers crossed for spring weather while I'm gone,lol:O

 

[yveterinarian]

What a rotten thing to happen at 0100! Glad you had a way to fix it fairly easily.

My last disaster was a leak at the seam of one of my tanks. I was extremely lucky that I just happened to pick up a tank someone had thrown to the curb and I had tested it for leaks the week before. Everything got transferred with no loss of life. My floor, on the other hand, buckled and lifted a good 4" off the ground! (hardwood floor). I dried it out with a fan over a few days but it was still buckled. I figured I would fix it when I got some time off but now after 2 months of drying on its own it has leveled itself out again! Something I never thought I would see as I thought the wood had swelled beyond fixing.
I, also, have a second pump on hand just in case but, touch wood, have never had to bring it into play.

 

[heath]

When you wake up in the morning at a quarter to one
And you want to have a little fun
You brush your teeth ch ch ch ch, ch ch ch ch

No you don't, when you when you wake up in the morning at a quarter to freaking one in the morning you realize that your return pump has failed and scramble in your boxers half asleep fixing it. I have been meaning to take a look at it as it has been running oddly for the last 2 weeks. Luckily I had a replacement pump ready to go. I have no idea what happened to it, I just removed it and put it into a bucket of salt water and hopefully looking at it tonight.

but, just be thankful that you woke up.. holy disaster...

 

[Tomtopping]

Yikes. Glad you got it working

 

[hark]

Same thing happened to me where the pump didn't fail but it wasn't pumping much water through it.. That's why i want to figure out how to monitor the gph of the pump through my Apex

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[TORX]

Same thing happened to me where the pump didn't fail but it wasn't pumping much water through it.. That's why i want to figure out how to monitor the gph of the pump through my Apex

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They are coming out with a flow monitoring module...eventually...at some point in the near or not so near future.

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[TORX]

Just one more reason for me to get my break out box running again. Also I should have an audible alarm as well.

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