Tunze nano mod

What the!?!

Great work jacmyoung!! I'll be following this thread with great interest! Thanks for your contributions.
 
I knew we wouldn't have to wait days to see the infamous jacmyoung stopper... wow, this is a work of art. If you're closer I 'd come by to get personal lessons...

I guess as they say, the ball is on my court now.

Great work jacmyoung. Let us know how reliable the stopper is...
Does it correct the spin, 100% of the time?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9415690#post9415690 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skydancer
I knew we wouldn't have to wait days to see the infamous jacmyoung stopper... wow, this is a work of art. If you're closer I 'd come by to get personal lessons...

I guess as they say, the ball is on my court now.

Great work jacmyoung. Let us know how reliable the stopper is...
Does it correct the spin, 100% of the time?
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Your welcome anytime. Love to see your nice tank in person too. I don't know about lecturing, tried that once realized not made for that.

The mod has worked 100% so far, and the self-correction is very swift, so much so most of the time it seemed it magically started right without the need for correction. Whereas before that this pump almost always started in reverse.
 
Outstanding! Great work on this one jacmyoung; superb innovation, first class execution, good pics!

I am looking at using one of these in a 21x21x21 cube. The shorter output sounds like it may really help as I don't need the distance just the volume of flow. What do you all think? Will it be too much? The only other flow is from a Eheim 1260 return through a SCWD from the sump.
 
Told ya you needed a stopper ;)

Nice work jacmyoung

Now if Tunze would only get their head out of the sand and start listening to people who actually use these pumps. Damn engineers always think they know best on what the customers want/need. :lol:
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9411812#post9411812 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mr pink floyd
haha DH, thats exactly what i said, or tried to at least. My brain must work differently from yours
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Well not exactly. The build tolerance vary from pump to pump and as such a slightly stronger magnet would be shot straight out of the motor body like a bullet versus only move foward just enough to break the spin.
 
My thanks go to everyone for the compliment and good suggestions.

And you dhnguyen, without your assurance I wouldn't have dared to try.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9417521#post9417521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
Told ya you needed a stopper ;)

Nice work jacmyoung

Now if Tunze would only get their head out of the sand and start listening to people who actually use these pumps. Damn engineers always think they know best on what the customers want/need. :lol:
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I guess I'll need to buy a dremel now =P

Any suggestions on what kind etc.? I've never used one before =)
 
jacmyoung, great work

I want to thank you for doing all of this, i would never have thought to put something together like that, nor do i have the tools. you are doing great things here, I'd say keep it up, but i think this pump has been pushed to its limit, the next mod might be with different props...

any takers?
 
I already have a prop in mind ;)

BUT.. The magnet and motor are puny and weak as heck. I doubt we will be able to get a better propeller to spin on it -- not without trimming it way down and then you will end up with the same flow anyway.
 
well this mod doesnt haev to be only done to the 6025, if the 6045-55 have stronger drives, we may be able to fit bigger magnets/props on them
 
Not the 6045 either. It uses the same motor as the 6025.

The 6055 is a DC powered pump and should be much more powerful. Lets see what that story is when it is released in the US.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9418622#post9418622 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
Not the 6045 either. It uses the same motor as the 6025.
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Is this an absolute? not trying to second guess your asumption, you could verry well be correct, but I think you are incorrect. I think there is more then just housings that are differant.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9419190#post9419190 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
Yes even Tunze stated this on their forum.


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1035674
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well quoting what you did makies it seem like that, but when you add what was before that it seems like he is only refering to the front housing. Like I said I could be wrong. maybee we should ask roger! He will clear it up.



I had initially stated that the front housing was identical, this is not true. The 6045 has a shorter pipe (internally) and a tab to stop backwards rotation. I was wrong, I had not worked with a 6045 in such detail until recently. My last test work of these pumps was back in June and I had forgotten many details and the samples I had were not identical to the final versions. The 6045 is different from a 6025 in the length of this pipe, the propeller reversal ...
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9419190#post9419190 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
Yes even Tunze stated this on their forum.


http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1035674
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dhnguyen,
I used to own the 6045 and tested them with a kill-a-watt and were measuring 1 watt less than the 6025s (although the original Tunze spec on the 6045 was calling for 8W I only got 6W). I believe that the 6025 has a stronger transformer and therefore pulls 1 extra watt and spins the magnet faster. With the mods that we've done on the 6025 it is obvious that exceeds the 6045 performance. My next post will show the modded 6025 measurements. Keep thinking on the prop idea though... I'm so interested and yes, I 'll do the flow measurements.
 
here is my mod i am trying on a 6025...

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i was able to drill out small holes in the flange...

the flow is definitely improved but not to the strength of a 6045. i like the mod without having to cut away the whole flange which may be important for prop stability.
 
The moment of truth...

The moment of truth...

Hey genious, hum... I meant to say jacmyoung. I made your stopper... WOW:eek1: the 6025 spins right EVERY TIME!!!, so... why didn't you patent it and sell it to Tunze??? Man what a cool stopper!!! kudos to you... I 'm so impressed.

So I went ahead and modded the 6025 to the "full blast"...
A deal is a deal... Mine doesn't look as nice as yours but take a look.
6025fullblastmod.jpg


So now the flow measurement results based on my ol bucket method again... As always I took 9 measurements and discarded the highest and lowest two, so I can be consistent with all the tests...

Let's recap:
The results below is the average flow in GPH
6025 without any mods: 705
6045 without any mods: 925
6025 With the mod that eliminates the inside tunnel: 1111
6025 with the mod that eliminates the inside tunnel and reduces the front plastic (wide flow), with the Jacmyoung stopper:thumbsup: : 1078
6025 with the full blast mod and the cool stopper: 1230.

Unbelievable!!! I'm changing all four of my 6025s to the full blast mod. Jacmyoung... did I have the chance to say "YOU'RE DA MAN". Good going buddy. Thanks for all your contributions and bright ideas!!!
What are you going to think of for the 6055s? I can't wait...
 
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