6000 problem

[Diehl]

Hi Roger, I have two 6000's on single controllers and everytime the power goes off for a few seconds the pumps stop working. The controllers are still working but not the pumps. But when that happens I unplug the pumps and plug them back in they start working fine? Is this normal? Or should I look for something causing this? There both pluged into a large surge protector.

 

[rvitko]

First, a difficulty start could be cause by a stuck upper bearing, check that this isn't stuck to the magnetic rotor. Brown outs in particular cause starting trouble as the pump gets a low power condition after a no power condition and this really messes up the start. It could also be that the food timer button is being activated by the same brown out type condition. If this is the case the only solution will be to run the pump on a battery UPS system so the brief power dips don't affect it.

 

[Diehl]

can I see a picture of what the upper baring looks like? I don't think thats it but I will check it. And I don't use a timer

 

[rvitko]

No, I meant the foodtimer on the single controller, you can see if this is the cause because the red light over pump on isn't on. I will find the picture for you.

 

[rvitko]

The piece with red oring cannot be stuck to the rest of it.

 

[Diehl]

No, I meant the foodtimer on the single controller, you can see if this is the cause because the red light over pump on isn't on. I will find the picture for you.

Thanks Roger I meant I don't have a food timer

 

[Diehl]

The piece with red oring cannot be stuck to the rest of it.

The red piece never comes out of the main body of the pump. I take the drive unit out once a week and clean it and the other part never comes out. I run the whole pump in vinager 50/50 mixture every couple of weeks

 

[Diehl]

Any other idea's Roger

 

[rvitko]

I think it is the foodtimer on the single controller. The same thing happens if you unplug the controller from a powered up pump ande plug it back in within a few seconds. I bet you will find if it happens again that the pump on light is not lit up (above the foodtimer button). This is happening because of the power dips and the only solution will be something to stabilize the power supply. A very basic UPS system would prevent this, possibly even one of the better surge supressors could.

 

[Diehl]

I think it is the foodtimer on the single controller. The same thing happens if you unplug the controller from a powered up pump ande plug it back in within a few seconds. I bet you will find if it happens again that the pump on light is not lit up (above the foodtimer button). This is happening because of the power dips and the only solution will be something to stabilize the power supply. A very basic UPS system would prevent this, possibly even one of the better surge supressors could.

But Roger I don't have the food timer add on with my controllers. And all the lights on the controller are on

 

[rvitko]

You cannot own a single controller without a food timer- red button on the controller, above it is a red LED that says pump on.

 

[Diehl]

Sorry Roger, I thought I had to buy a small sensor to make that work? I never use it so I never seen if it worked

 

[rvitko]

Next time this happens I would bet that the pump on light will be off indicating the food timer was tripped. This is a really simple circuit, when you push a momentary switch a capacitor charges, after it discharges the pumps start back up. This is tripped by very brief power interuptions but the pumps should come back on after the 5-10 minute count down on their own.