6105 - No Power

[zoolan70]

I made the swap between tanks yesterday, and cleaned my 6105s before I moved them. One of them doesn't power up at all, as far as I can tell. I swapped power supplies, and both work with one 6105, and neither work in the other. Both have a lit red LED connected to either powerhead.

I took it apart and reassembled it, but even with the cover off, I don't see or feel any hint of the magnetic field changing. This unit is missing a blue bushing, but it has been missing for some time and always worked ok, just a little noisy at startup. The magnet and the powerhead motor seem fine inside, with no scoring or other marks.

Is there anything else I can try? If not, what do I do next? These are probably not even a year old...

Thanks!

Tim

 

[rvitko]

Just an FYI for anyone following this, do not use a pump with a missing part, a $2 problem can become a $200 problem. If the prop binds up and the coil and computer keeps trying to turn something that can turn the motor can be destroyed. Send it in-

Tunze USA
305 Victor St
Austin, TX 78753

 

[zoolan70]

Roger...

The problem is that it ISN'T a $2 part! It should be, but it isn't. I ordered a whole new drive unit, but there is no reason Tunze shouldn't sell a bag of the bushings for $2!

The pump did start to work yesterday, so I'll wait until the new drive unit comes in and if it is still noisy, I'll send it down.

Thanks!

 

[rvitko]

It will come in the new catalogue and I certainly could have worked out something to mail you a used one for only the cost of postage, but yes, at this time the bushings are not available new seperately. I was not taking a swing at you, but all parts are there for a reason and lately the vast majority of repairs I get are due to missing or misinstalled parts or failure to clean pumps. People search these threads when they have a problem and I wanted to clear up for future readers that the pumps should not be run this way.