Ecotech M1 Turning on / off

amazongb · Jan 19, 2019

This morning at 3:00 a.m. I woke up to my main return pump, an Ecotech M1 turning on, off, on, off etc.. I messed around with it but couldn't get it working. Fortunately, I bought a Neptune COR 20 during Black Friday, so I swapped it out, thankful that I decided to spend money on an extra return pump.

Has anyone experienced this issue with the M1? It's the weekend, so I'm going to call Ecotech next week.. my hunch is the power adapter or motor is failing.. hopeful it's the adapter. It's been in use for about 17 months.

I think I'll keep the COR 20 installed, hopefully fix the M1 and use it as a backup.

road_runner · Jan 19, 2019

How aweful it is to need a spare pump when you buy such expensive pump...that's the theme with vectra owners..they need plan b

ncaldwell · Jan 19, 2019

Is it just turning on and off because of software or is the propeller getting seized? In my m1 the plastic around the propeller was swelling and causing it to stop. I now have 2 m1's just in case. Ecotech replaced it free of charge but I had to buy a new one since I couldn't wait for a replacement through the mail

amazongb · Jan 19, 2019

Ohashimz said:
How aweful it is to need a spare pump when you buy such expensive pump...that's the theme with vectra owners..they need plan b

Couldn't agree more. I thought the M1 was a solid pump when I bought it, then later reviews showed quite a few failures..

amazongb · Jan 19, 2019

ncaldwell said:
Is it just turning on and off because of software or is the propeller getting seized? In my m1 the plastic around the propeller was swelling and causing it to stop. I now have 2 m1's just in case. Ecotech replaced it free of charge but I had to buy a new one since I couldn't wait for a replacement through the mail

It got a full cleaning last weekend during my routine water change.. I've kept it fairly pristine..seems like the pump can spin okay.. I'm thinking the power adapter or motor..

road_runner · Jan 19, 2019

amazongb said:
Couldn't agree more. I thought the M1 was a solid pump when I bought it, then later reviews showed quite a few failures..

I ended up removing my L1 after discovering that the flow it produce is absolutely horrible. Got me an RD3 80 which gave me double the flow compared to the l1 in the same setup.
Now my skimmer also work better since my return flow improved alot.

amazongb · Jan 19, 2019

Ohashimz said:
I ended up removing my L1 after discovering that the flow it produce is absolutely horrible. Got me an RD3 80 which gave me double the flow compared to the l1 in the same setup.
Now my skimmer also work better since my return flow improved alot.

Wow, that's a really nice pump you have there..