Osmolator problem

[bertcmg]

Roger,

I have had my topup unit for about 8 months with no issues, I recently redid mysetup and now when I plug the unit back up it gives me a loud beep sound with both the too high and too low lights on.

I have checked the following

Sensors are both above water

Sensor orientation is OK

There is water in the top-up bucket and the pump is sitting on the bottom

I have cheked that the sensors are clean and the overflow protection sensor is not stuck

All wires/ connections in good shape

I have unplugged the whole unit and tried it on a seperate setup with same results ( beeping and lights )

The only thing diff is that I have zip tied the wires together to make things neater. Is it at all possible that the wires are maybe causing interference.

Bert

 

[rvitko]

It is possible that it is interference. The float is magnetic in operation so any magnetic field can cause a problem, ballasts and pumps are the usual culprit but certainly a heavy power cord could cause a problem. You could test it seperately with just a tray of water and a rubber band to restrain the float, do this in the kitchen or a seperate room from the aquarium. Also, the optic sensor cable has four extremely fine wires inside of it. These wires can be damaged if crimped too hard.

 

[bertcmg]

The wires were zip tied to each other and not crimped

I undid the zipties and tried to run it with the same results

Any ideas whatelse it could be

 

[rvitko]

Did you try it seperate from any new pumps or ballasts? It is worthwhile to test it in the kitchen with just a try of water and away from sources of magnetic interference. Otherwise you would need to send it in to the distributor in Canada for service.

 

[rvitko]

You might also open it and check if their is any water damage, this is usually what causes this problem if it isn't magnetic interference.