Stream 6000 keeps beeping

[johns]

Roger-

Wondering if you can help trouble-shoot why my Stream 6000 keeps giving that warning beep every few days. Using it with a multicontroller to pulse between 30% and 80%. It is VERY clean right now and in fact, it lately has even given that warning beep even right after I've thoroughly cleaned it. Usually it beeps for 20-30 seconds and then it finally starts back up. A couple times (like tonight) it wouldn't start back up until I took it apart.

The past few times I've taken it apart, the red rubber O-ring is not seated on the bottom of the impeller magnet shaft. I have found it inside the base unit out of place. But I dont know if that is what causes the stream to stop, or if it is just coming un-seated when I pull out the shaft to take it apart. Just a thought.

Any help?

 

[rvitko]

I think the problem is that the upper bearing is stuck to the magnet- see the sticky thread at the top of the forum.

If you are seeing the oring, the bearing must be stuck to the magnet- these are two seperate pieces and the magnet should spin on the bearing which sits on top of the oring.

 

[johns]

That's it Roger. The magnet is definitely attached to the bearing on mine then.

So should I just soak the whole magnet-shaft-bearing assembly in vinegar and then pry them apart to fix it? I guess I'll clean the nside of the magnet while I'm at it.

And then how do I get the bearing back down into the stream housing? Just plop it down at the bottom? Does it just rest at the bottom there easily, or is there somthing else I should know about that?

 

[rvitko]

I just pry them apart by gently working around the diameter with a butter knife or slotted screwdriver. Then soak in vinegar.

Then, just place it on the end of the magnet and push the whole assembly back down in there.

 

[johns]

So if I place it on the end of the magnet and push the whole assembly back down in there, they wont be stuck together again?

 

[rvitko]

It is stuck because of calcium, if you remove the calcium, problem solved.