I Lost My Brakes

[Bryan]

Roger:

Was doing some maintenance on the tank and I noticed the prop on my 6080 was lying in the bottom of the strainer, the rest of the drive unit was happily spinning away. Upon examination I discovered the brakes had fallen out. I found one of the brakes lying in the substrate, but the other is missing.

How can this happen?, the only thing I can think of is a couple days ago we had a power outage that lasted about 1/2 sec, just enough to switch off the halides and to cause the pumps to chatter.

I put the remaining brake in and it appears to be running fine...

Strange

 

[rvitko]

Probably the brakes are worn from sand or particulate and the inident with the power allowed them to fall out. Phil should be able to send you a pair, you can limp by on one but I would get a set ASAP.

 

[Bryan]

Thanks Roger. Just dawned on me I can probably borrow the brakes from my 240/3 skimmer which i am not using, until I get the replacements.

How do I get ahold of Phil, does he have a website or e-mail address.

Thanks again.

 

[rvitko]

He is a member here Phil Gilbert- he is the Giesemann distributor for North America, www.giesemannlicht.com Be patient as I know he drove to MACNA from Quebec and has a long drive, he also has guests from Germany.