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Old 11-30-2013, 05:08 PM
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I've had power supplies and controllers fail as well so for sure could be the issue but the controller wouldn't lite up at all for both failure modes.
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Old 11-30-2013, 05:13 PM
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How old are your pumps ?
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Old 11-30-2013, 05:52 PM
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6/8 months
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Old 11-30-2013, 06:24 PM
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Borrowed a power supply and controller. And it turns out to be the pump.
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Old 11-30-2013, 07:10 PM
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mine kicked it a few weeks ago, too. Controller went. I managed to get a replacement for it and try it out, and the pump was seized! I took the impeller out and fiddled with it enough, and it eventually turned back on.

However, I still bought a new return pump. (tunze)
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Old 11-30-2013, 08:16 PM
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I picked up a Laguna. See how it does. Though I did like the feed mode on Dc pump
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Old 11-30-2013, 08:28 PM
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These pumps simply are not reliable. It's too bad because they put out some nice flow for 80ish watts. I still am not sure what to replace mine with.
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Old 11-30-2013, 05:13 PM
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The controller lights up.

I test a controller a while ago that would show it was working but wouldn't bump up the pump.

On way to lfs so we will see
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