Ecotech Vectra L1 - New Version - Improvements!

[NeverlosT]

The holes do not appear blocked?

Sleepy is right on. These were actually completely blocked in this case leading to the bone dry magnet. All of that stuff coming out of the tube is being pushed out because of the pressure from pushing the sponge into the shaft chamber. It is roughly a 1/8" tube, which unless water is being forced through at high pressure (it is not in this case) will become biofouled quickly and plugged. Not a great design. It makes me worried about the RD3 cooling/flushing line which is standard 1/4" OD tubing but maybe the pressure differential is larger or the ID is bigger.

 

[zer0salinity]

I love Ecotech! They replaced my L1 Vectra with a L2 Vectra after I showed them pictures of the failure. They definitely stand by their product.

Ecotech its been the best customer service company ever. They replaced two MP40’s and one MP10 even out of the warranty period, they overnight it to me knowing that my acros colonies without flow are done. Awesome company and even if they have to replace the whole 1st year Vectra production they can, all liability problems from any product certified are obligated to have an insurance just in case goes wrong. Kudos to Ecotech[emoji106][emoji225][emoji886]

and that’s why I’ll keep buying from this great company. Honesty is definitely one of their core values and making sure the customer is happy.

 

[zer0salinity]

Sleepydoc is spot on there. I think vectra was trying to do the same thing but I agree their water "in" and "out" holes for the cooling loop are nearly beside each other so the pressure differential is likely minimal. Seems like a missed opportunity there, but who knows.

I agree that they all seem to be completely depending on radiant cooling but without elements to increase their surface area for improved convection. Interesting when you compare it to pumps like reeflo (AC) that actively cool the electric motor with a fan.

This, along with some of our hobbies lighting challenges, make me wish that a big fish would find the market attractive enough to swoop in and really do something right, but for an affordable price. I guess phillips was the closest thing we got with lighting, and even they just kind of dipped their toes in.

Wellp, it sounds like we have a few people here with technical backgrounds, lets start a company.

I would think that ecotech being aware of the issue regarding the cooling has analyzed the flow characteristic for their new using CFD analysis.

 

[NeverlosT]

I would think that ecotech being aware of the issue regarding the cooling has analyzed the flow characteristic for their new using CFD analysis.

One would hope.