Charles
November 19th 05, 05:17 AM
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:35:46 GMT, Brian >
wrote:
>I bought one of the early Fluval 204s, secondhand, about six years ago.
>It's been a great filter, quiet, clean, reliable. But a few days ago
>after a power outage, it didn't restart. I did the usual things to try
>and get it going again, but it was quite dead. I ordered a replacement
>impeller & shaft.
>
>What I find is that the new shaft assembly won't even go into the head.
>I trimmed a bit of plastic off the old shaft assembly, and I find that
>there is a tight spot halfway down the hole where the impeller seats. In
>other words, the impeller well wall is warped.
>
>I guess that when the filter sat (about 30 hours) with the power on but
>the impeller not turning, the magnetic drive created enough heat to warp
>the head. So instead of replacing $15 worth of parts, I need a whole new
>head unit.
>
>Mind you, I'm not turning against Fluval. I still think it was a good
>value for the money. I'm not buying an Eheim, ever, because they're just
>too overpriced.
>
>I'm just putting my experience out there, as a warning to others, to
>make sure your filter is running immediately after power outages. I
>wonder of others have experienced this problem.
>
>Cheers,
>
>B
How about just running a small drill bit down the hole to clean it
out?
wrote:
>I bought one of the early Fluval 204s, secondhand, about six years ago.
>It's been a great filter, quiet, clean, reliable. But a few days ago
>after a power outage, it didn't restart. I did the usual things to try
>and get it going again, but it was quite dead. I ordered a replacement
>impeller & shaft.
>
>What I find is that the new shaft assembly won't even go into the head.
>I trimmed a bit of plastic off the old shaft assembly, and I find that
>there is a tight spot halfway down the hole where the impeller seats. In
>other words, the impeller well wall is warped.
>
>I guess that when the filter sat (about 30 hours) with the power on but
>the impeller not turning, the magnetic drive created enough heat to warp
>the head. So instead of replacing $15 worth of parts, I need a whole new
>head unit.
>
>Mind you, I'm not turning against Fluval. I still think it was a good
>value for the money. I'm not buying an Eheim, ever, because they're just
>too overpriced.
>
>I'm just putting my experience out there, as a warning to others, to
>make sure your filter is running immediately after power outages. I
>wonder of others have experienced this problem.
>
>Cheers,
>
>B
How about just running a small drill bit down the hole to clean it
out?