ssheipel
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Okay, things are progressing.
Some notes for those that follow. (Roger there are several question here in this rambling for you -- see points 3, 4 and 5 ).
1) Throw away the instructions -- I'm almot entirely being serious, not ironic. The gaping holes in information and the poor translation from the German to English of what information is there, and the lack of any meaningful connection between instructions and diagrams is highly counter-productive.
It is much more useful to view the photo Roger posted here, and/or to go to commercial retail Websites until you find one with photos of the Streams attached to the mounting rail.
Then just play with the parts you have until you create, as Roger helpfully described it, a clamp of sorts. What form that clamp will take will depend on the type of tank trim you have.
2) The process by which the wee nut that must be pushed into the suction cup could have been designed by an English comedy troupe, but given the assembly process is presumably not designed to produce humour, here is a tip that made the installation of the nut into the suction cup very simple.
Boil water. Pour boiling water over suction cup, or otherwise submerse said suction cup in said boiling water, to soften it. Position the nut (rounded side down) against the hole, into which the nut is to be inserted, on the suction cup and with a strong, broad flat surface (I used a stainless steel, flat, spackle spatula, press downard on the nut. Into the cup the nut will pop in a frustration-free second. Alternatively you can spend a few days with various tools trying to insert the nut without first softening the suction cup if you want to provide great levels of hillarity to those watching you attempt this feat.
3) If you get the adapter screws (so very conveniently titled "3000.244, Holder device extension for...") you will find that the two stainless steel screws will allow the construction of a clamp (see point 1, above) that fits (um, sort of, but not in a stable fashion) the trim on your aquarium. What you will also find, however, is that this configuration leaves nothing (e.g. a screw) of the correct length (even with the parts left over from the original mounting assembly kit) to connect the suction cup to the mounting rail in a way that the suction cut reaches the aquarium glass.
Roger, do you recommend cutting one of the plastic screws? By what means? Will the thread still "take" with the nut after such amputation?
I note that one CAN the flex the rail (with the weight of the pump connected to the rail) so that the rail flexes inward toward the glass a distance that eventuall brings the suction cup in contact with the aquarium glass. HOWEVER, this "solution" would seem to create unsuitable stress and flexing of the bracket and screws where they form a clamp at the aquarium trim.
Further, Roger, I assume that leaving the bottom of the rail "hanging," as it were (that is, not in contact with the glass via the suction cup) will not be suitable once the pump is in operation -- I would forsee a bouncing of the pump at the end of the rail, which I would guess would create an unsuitable loosening motion of the clamp section at the aquarium trim end of the mounting unit. Please advise on the validity of my assumptions in this regard.
Also, Roger, should I be concerned about having two stainless-steel screws in the vicinity of--theoretically not touching but within millimeters of--salt water? Is the system designed with the operating assumption that salt water will not be splashed onto the screws in the environment of an aquarium?
4) There are no instructions or a parts itemization (contents of package") regarding the "swivel arm" (which IS identified in the "component parts" section of the instructions booklet).
Installation is not complicated by any means, but installation will require the removal of the "suction housing" (the screened front of the pump). Note that on my particular pump (6000) with the swivel arm installed on the "top" of the pump, the label of the pump (Roger I assume the label is benign in the salt water environment and does need to be removed) is "upside down" and the electrical cord exit from the pump closer to the "top." I offer this only in assistance for positioning of the pump for installation of the swivel arm.
5) OR give up and wait for availability of, and then buy, a mounting magnet (or make your own -- there are RC threads on this) or buy the fake-rock mounting system. Roger, is it a sound assumption that the magnetic mounting system will allow the pumps to swivel in the same fasthion they are allowed to swivel withe the current mounting rail system?
Thanks,
Steve
Some notes for those that follow. (Roger there are several question here in this rambling for you -- see points 3, 4 and 5 ).
1) Throw away the instructions -- I'm almot entirely being serious, not ironic. The gaping holes in information and the poor translation from the German to English of what information is there, and the lack of any meaningful connection between instructions and diagrams is highly counter-productive.
It is much more useful to view the photo Roger posted here, and/or to go to commercial retail Websites until you find one with photos of the Streams attached to the mounting rail.
Then just play with the parts you have until you create, as Roger helpfully described it, a clamp of sorts. What form that clamp will take will depend on the type of tank trim you have.
2) The process by which the wee nut that must be pushed into the suction cup could have been designed by an English comedy troupe, but given the assembly process is presumably not designed to produce humour, here is a tip that made the installation of the nut into the suction cup very simple.
Boil water. Pour boiling water over suction cup, or otherwise submerse said suction cup in said boiling water, to soften it. Position the nut (rounded side down) against the hole, into which the nut is to be inserted, on the suction cup and with a strong, broad flat surface (I used a stainless steel, flat, spackle spatula, press downard on the nut. Into the cup the nut will pop in a frustration-free second. Alternatively you can spend a few days with various tools trying to insert the nut without first softening the suction cup if you want to provide great levels of hillarity to those watching you attempt this feat.
3) If you get the adapter screws (so very conveniently titled "3000.244, Holder device extension for...") you will find that the two stainless steel screws will allow the construction of a clamp (see point 1, above) that fits (um, sort of, but not in a stable fashion) the trim on your aquarium. What you will also find, however, is that this configuration leaves nothing (e.g. a screw) of the correct length (even with the parts left over from the original mounting assembly kit) to connect the suction cup to the mounting rail in a way that the suction cut reaches the aquarium glass.
Roger, do you recommend cutting one of the plastic screws? By what means? Will the thread still "take" with the nut after such amputation?
I note that one CAN the flex the rail (with the weight of the pump connected to the rail) so that the rail flexes inward toward the glass a distance that eventuall brings the suction cup in contact with the aquarium glass. HOWEVER, this "solution" would seem to create unsuitable stress and flexing of the bracket and screws where they form a clamp at the aquarium trim.
Further, Roger, I assume that leaving the bottom of the rail "hanging," as it were (that is, not in contact with the glass via the suction cup) will not be suitable once the pump is in operation -- I would forsee a bouncing of the pump at the end of the rail, which I would guess would create an unsuitable loosening motion of the clamp section at the aquarium trim end of the mounting unit. Please advise on the validity of my assumptions in this regard.
Also, Roger, should I be concerned about having two stainless-steel screws in the vicinity of--theoretically not touching but within millimeters of--salt water? Is the system designed with the operating assumption that salt water will not be splashed onto the screws in the environment of an aquarium?
4) There are no instructions or a parts itemization (contents of package") regarding the "swivel arm" (which IS identified in the "component parts" section of the instructions booklet).
Installation is not complicated by any means, but installation will require the removal of the "suction housing" (the screened front of the pump). Note that on my particular pump (6000) with the swivel arm installed on the "top" of the pump, the label of the pump (Roger I assume the label is benign in the salt water environment and does need to be removed) is "upside down" and the electrical cord exit from the pump closer to the "top." I offer this only in assistance for positioning of the pump for installation of the swivel arm.
5) OR give up and wait for availability of, and then buy, a mounting magnet (or make your own -- there are RC threads on this) or buy the fake-rock mounting system. Roger, is it a sound assumption that the magnetic mounting system will allow the pumps to swivel in the same fasthion they are allowed to swivel withe the current mounting rail system?
Thanks,
Steve
