CLEAN YOUR PUMPS
 

Just a friendly reminder =)

Went to crank and kill flow on my gfo reactor a few times since I like to agitate the whole mixture every day. When I killed flow to the unit entirely for a second my return pump (which also feeds the reactor) ceased and would not restart.

It's a speedwave 2640 and has only been running 6 months. Seems a bit soon for that to happen but I'm reminding everyone all the same. After only 5 min in a vinegar soak it was restarting every time. I hope to have it back on the system in an hour.

Monthly routine here to clean all my pumps regardless, a little TLC goes a long way.

Was it the actual pump or controller? Two of my three controllers have been replaced within the same time period.

You clean all your pumps once a month? Now thats dedication !!!

never mind, read your post better to see you got it working again :redface:

Yeah thankfully it just needed a cleaning. So far so good!

It's surprising other pump manufacturers haven't adopted the cooling bypass idea. Such a simple idea to keep the motor block cooler preventing calcium-carbonate build up.

Recently my magnesium dropped to 1200 so I'm wondering if this caused more precipitation inside the block? I was upping my 2-part dosing assuming my mag was ok.

Speaking of cleaning equipment, how often do you do a thorough clean of your skimmer?

yikes.. I haven't cleaned my return pump in two years :surprise:

Should probably clean my skimmer too.. :neutral:

... hey look, here's a squirrel in my back yard! BRB.