I just purchased a nano wavebox from the trading/sales forum. It worked for about ten minutes, then it just stopped. I tried cleaning the pump to see if that was the problem, but this didn't do anything. Not sure if it's the controller or the pump. The controller looks like it is working. The lights are blinking from green to red, and the red light to the pump is showing that it's on. Any suggestions on what can be done would be appreciated.
Nano Wavebox
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Update: Plugged it back in this morning, and it worked again for about 5 minutes. I did notice that it skips a cycle every now and then before it stopped completely. Wondering if I need a new controller or a new pump. As it is the only Tunze product that I own, is there another way to test the pump without the controller?
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This would indicate to me that the propeller assembly is partially jammed, it works on a lower voltage because the wattage is dropped and this avoids overheating the power supply. The pump will work with no controller. My guess is though that there is some calcium or dried salt on the titanium alloy shaft that the prop assembly spins on, this increase friction increases the wattage to a safety shut off point. I would clean the pump.
Thanks Roger. It is working pretty well now. I think the calcium deposit was my main problem. I gave it a good soak and scrub to get rid of any deposit. I tried plugging it into the slave cable, but it didn't work at all. Also the photo sensor doesn't seem to be working. Do you think this is a controller issue? If so, would the 7092 controller be the solution? Thanks for your help.
Does it work though with the master cable? If so I suspect the slave cable just has a bad connection, this can be replaced. The photocell may not be completely plugged in, sometimes the hole in the housing doesn't line up well with the port, it is a mm or so off and this makes it hard to insert the photocell plug.
