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I looked around on the internet and searched on here with pretty much no luck on this question.
So like the title title says, has anyone ever just swapped out the stock pumps altogether but still used the boards?
I bought a used Jebao Dp-4 a bit ago for a really good price.
Come to find out, first, Jebao sends the pumps from the factory with the roller mechanisms in them backwards (look at the manual then look at the stock heads) the flat piece should be towards the inside of the pump not the outside. Changing this greatly improves the pumps not constantly getting stuck and the motor shaft spinning without moving the rollers.
I'm not a fan of the cheap pumps themselves in these units but like the units themselves so I'm thinking about swapping them out and upgrading the pumps to some 12v Kamoer KDTS pumps (should be a direct swap considering the jebaos are also 12v). I figure the pump heads may be larger on the Kamoers but I can always swap the guts into a different housing all the same.
The reason I'm going to use the KDTS models is simple, I can get them at ~$20 each after shipping even and second, I can use 2 dosing tubes in those heads (one on the top, one on bottom) and move the same amount of liquid 2 different directions at the same time without worries of using 2 pumps and them not being in sync.
The first 3 heads will still be being used for the tropic marin balling system as they are currently but I can use 2 dosing tubes in the 4th for timed small water changes daily with one tube moving old tank water out and the other moving fresh saltwater in using a single pump without any worries of moving too much either way.
I'm going to be ordering the replacement pumps in the next few days either way. I just figured I'd see if anyone else had thought to just upgrade the pumps in these units. I'll update once I receive the kamoers and hopefully if all goes well, give others another option for these pumps.
So like the title title says, has anyone ever just swapped out the stock pumps altogether but still used the boards?
I bought a used Jebao Dp-4 a bit ago for a really good price.
Come to find out, first, Jebao sends the pumps from the factory with the roller mechanisms in them backwards (look at the manual then look at the stock heads) the flat piece should be towards the inside of the pump not the outside. Changing this greatly improves the pumps not constantly getting stuck and the motor shaft spinning without moving the rollers.
I'm not a fan of the cheap pumps themselves in these units but like the units themselves so I'm thinking about swapping them out and upgrading the pumps to some 12v Kamoer KDTS pumps (should be a direct swap considering the jebaos are also 12v). I figure the pump heads may be larger on the Kamoers but I can always swap the guts into a different housing all the same.
The reason I'm going to use the KDTS models is simple, I can get them at ~$20 each after shipping even and second, I can use 2 dosing tubes in those heads (one on the top, one on bottom) and move the same amount of liquid 2 different directions at the same time without worries of using 2 pumps and them not being in sync.
The first 3 heads will still be being used for the tropic marin balling system as they are currently but I can use 2 dosing tubes in the 4th for timed small water changes daily with one tube moving old tank water out and the other moving fresh saltwater in using a single pump without any worries of moving too much either way.
I'm going to be ordering the replacement pumps in the next few days either way. I just figured I'd see if anyone else had thought to just upgrade the pumps in these units. I'll update once I receive the kamoers and hopefully if all goes well, give others another option for these pumps.