Tunze V Seio

[Horace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6952965#post6952965 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
I don't see why not, The maxijet inner workings are not changed at all, the only thing changed is the impeller hgead into a propeller. There are quite afew people using them on wave timer without any issues. THAT is assuming that you've built in a stopper to prevent the reverse spinning. All of my mods have the stoppers built in so they start up right every time.


D.

This is the only problem with the mod I made. The stopper doesnt seem to stop the prop. I think its because the prop doesnt come out far enough to hit the stopper. How far past the prop do you put the stopper??? Mine doesnt come out more than probably 1/4" when its spinning the wrong way.

 

[dhnguyen]

Horace,

I have mine so that the stopper is just out of reach of the propeller when not spinning (less than 1/4" maybe even less than 1/8"). Try moving your propeller a bit further out it should work.

D.

 

[dhnguyen]

I am also going to build one of these motorized mount for these babies

Then I will be SET

 

[Horace]

yep... thats why. I will have to redo my mod then. Mine looks pretty ghetto right now because I just wanted to get a working version of it. I did my housing with a mitre saw and the slits are not even at all. I need to do it with the radial arm saw. Then it will be alot nicer looking.

 

[Horace]

Where are the plans for that??

 

[dhnguyen]

You'd be surprised what a miter saw can do

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6936755#post6936755 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by h20cooled
Rio has a very bad reputation with their pumps and Tunze has the opisite reputation. Personanlly I would never put any faith in a Rio, I won one at our local reef club and was using it to keep the water change water stirred up well it died after 2 month use.

I hate when people make this argument about the SEIOS.


Its like arguing you'd never buy a Cadillac because Saturns have reliability issues.

Theyre a different pump, made by a different daughter company, on different machines. Just the same mother company (TAAM)

 

[oldimpala]

Its like arguing you'd never buy a Cadillac because Saturns have reliability issues.

Well.. Actually; they're both valid arguments. I wouldn't buy a Caddy, for a multitude of reasons, but mostly due to reliability issuse with a "daughter" company. I'm sure, much like GM, the share from common engineers, and parts bins, plus an overall attitude of "Cost" or "Quality". Parent companies set quality targets, and they shouldn't be dictated by price, or product line.

I've owned Seios, returned Seios, and bought Tunzes. Still have those. Quality, Operation cost, and Long-Term reliability trumps short term investment.

I've owned GMs, sold them, and replaced them with other cars(Still own GM antiques; just the newer stuff). Quality, Operation cost, and Long-Term reliability trumps short term investment.

Same theory applies. Doesn't matter if it's a car, or aquarium pump. You should build to the best of your ability, charge a fair price, and people will come. You'll note people like Marine Depot can't keep Streams on the shelves at $400 a whack with a controller. There's a reason for that....

-Andy/Oldimpala

 

[Horace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6953083#post6953083 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
You'd be surprised what a miter saw can do

Well the miter I was using made it difficult because the saw did not come down so it cut it evenly on the front side and the back side of the PVC. Very hard to explain, but it made it VERY VERY difficult if not impossible to get even cuts. The mitre comes down into the PVC on an arch, where a radial comes straight back and forth. You can then set it at a desiered cut depth and all of the slits will be exactly the same. With a the mitre I was using, I dont see how this is possible..

 

[woogie]

dhnguyen, you're the diy master. That thing looks awesome. Do you sell the mods?? Does the flow difuse like the tunze's "turrible stream".