Got a Wave going on in my tank

[tacocat]

Roger, I hooked up my new 7095, Marine Depot had 55 in stock, DANG. I was playing with the settings and I tried interval 1 with a 6 second pulse and 1 second interval. In this setting, I get a nice 1/4' rocking wave in my tank that is very similar to what I have seen in the wavebox.

It is cool to watch and really does a good job of suspending the detrius. My concer is for the pumps. With a 1 second interval, the pumps are turning on and off every second with varying intesities. Is this too hard on the pumps? The impellors, pumps and drivers are cool to touch.

 

[thrlride]

I have got to get me a pair of 6000's and a 7095.

 

[tacocat]

So is this OK for the pumps?

 

[rvitko]

I don't think they would have added the feature if it wasn't. On the other hand my personal opinion is it does increase the risk. I wouldn't do it myself.

 

[tacocat]

I am concern, but what would could be damaged? My concern was for the drivers, but they are cool to the touch. The pumps are cool also.

 

[rvitko]

Frequent on off leads to more clacium build up, which can lock up the rotor, which can fry the driver.

 

[tacocat]

Gotcha. I may switch it to interval 2 with 1.5 seconds pulse and 6 seconds of interval. That produces a nice wave/linear combo.

The only gripe (and this is nothing really) is that the moonlight be a blue LED instead of white.