One More Bite The Dust

Another Alpha 1000 failed on the newly planted Tomato growbed. It has a hard life anyway running continuously for more than a year for my barrel set.
 Removed the pump and found the rotor shaft broke.
 The shaft has been ground to a needle point and detached from the supporting rubber mount.
 The permanent magnet rotor has deformed probably due to scrubbing the pump inner wall.
 That's a sharp point
 The rubber mount with broken shaft inside,
Replaced with a spare rotor, no time to change the entire unit. I need to keep an eye on this over the next 2 weeks, may need to replace to a new pump before the festive break next month.

2 comments:

  1. Kita punya astro 1000 masih bertahan hingga kini.
    Sekarang beralih ke kolam IBC dan ternak ikan jade perch.
    Harao astro 1000 dapat berkawan baik dengan ikan jade perch

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    1. Like all china made pumps, so are good and some can fail after 1 week. So far ASTRO brand has been ok in their operation and durability.

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