Dc pump with balls????

ca1ore · May 16, 2019

HMpops said:
Not dismissing your claim, for sure. However, the Vectra L2 is EcoTech's newest release. I'm in Florida, and we don't have basements, so I'm not running a lot of head height (62" with a Tee off for the reactors. Each with their own control valve). I was running multiple reactors (x3) and running at 80% with the L1, split return...plenty of pressure. Obviously, as I'm assuming most are aware, the Vectra L1 had issues with overheating, internally. Although mine lasted 3 years without a problem...till I did (last week).
I'll do my best, as I've not been involved in the community, to get involved and share my experience.

Like I said, in applications where flow is required the Vectra is a very good pump. I bought the M1 on the first day it was available and have been using it without issue on my closed loop ever since. Ask it to handle significant pressure (like a basement return) and it doesn't perform well at all - but it is not designed to! There appears to be nothing about the v2 vectras that would materially improve their ability to pump against pressure. For the OP, unless he is of a mind to spend $2K plus on something like an abyzz, I'd just continue to use a pump like the Iwaki that is designed to handle pressure - though it would perform less well than a Vectra under low pressure applications. Select the tool for the application.

phil bevilacqua · May 18, 2019

i went with the new M2.... says 21 ft head pressure which is about the same as my iwaki i have now... trying to save room under the stand and get pump in sump. we will see..lol

Williamson’s Reef · Aug 17, 2019

phil bevilacqua said:
i went with the new M2.... says 21 ft head pressure which is about the same as my iwaki i have now... trying to save room under the stand and get pump in sump. we will see..lol

Update? How is the pump ?

JasonK84 · Aug 17, 2019

I’ve been running the Current USA 6011 DC pump.

Can’t speak to its longevity much since it’s only been in operation since October 5th 2018 but it hasn’t skipped a beat yet. It can be ran internal or externally and is rated at 3170GPH and claims a max head of 20 feet.

I run one in the sump of my DT internally and I have another that I run externally on my mixing station. The mixing station pump will sacrifice itself to the DT if ever needed and a new one ordered for the mixing station.