Path: utzoo!hoptoad!pacbell!pyramid!lll-winken!gryphon!oleg
From: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: motor burnout on AquaClear filters?
Message-ID: <3314@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 88 08:03:41 GMT
References: <363@bacchus.DEC.COM> <5180@ihlpg.ATT.COM> <364@bacchus.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Organization: HASA
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In article <364@bacchus.DEC.COM> reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes:
>The more the filter is in need of cleaning, the more likely it is to fail to
>start after a short power interruption.

Same if the washers are worn out.  I had a similar problem, but never had a
burn-out, because I was in a habbit of checking on the tank twice a day.

>I am guessing that the motor burnout comes from several days of sitting there
>being plugged in but not running. The motors probably depend on the flow of
>water for cooling.

I seem to recall the documentation explicitly stating that fact.  They warn
not to turn the filter on without water in it.


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