That's why this company is one of the leaders in innovation in this industry. I also know of some pretty cool things coming soon from them!
The rumors are circulating I see I can't wait for the "cool things" to hit the market
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That's why this company is one of the leaders in innovation in this industry. I also know of some pretty cool things coming soon from them!
It's good to see that they are working on improving the design. In all honesty, I think it is too soon to say whether the changes have worked or not. At least they made some changes, though.
It's not clear to me from the pics how water is actually circulated through the holes. Just because there's a path for the water to flow doesn't mean it will. Have you been able to tell?
So I sent another message to customer service with the pics of the volute, impeller housing and impeller shroud. I basically asked if they know this is an issue shouldn't they be offering the new items BEFORE the pump craps out? Luckily for me I have another L1 as a backup. But knowing so many people with issues is alarming.
Any updates to this thread? I'm thinking about ordering a new Vectra L1 and I was hoping the redesign has solved the failure issues.Bear with me but I believe that the holes use water pressure differences to circulate water. The water pressure toward the outside of the volute is much higher than in the impeller chamber or toward the middle of the volute, so if you put a hole toward the outside and a return near the middle, water would circulate into the outer hole and out the inner hole.
Whether their particular fix did the trick, I cant say yet, but mine is still working well at this time. Maybe in another month or so I will disassemble it and have a look.
I see the comments of wanting to go with Abyzz for the heart of the system, but unless your return pump is impossible to remove/service, I just cant see paying 3x as much for a similar return pump (actually the ecotech has more features). Heck you could buy two of these and still come out ahead. But I understand if you need even more flow or want to reduce power consumption, then Abyzz could be the way to go.
Interesting to read that some folks running these internally have not had such issues.
Either way, no matter what pump we all choose, it is nice to have a company like ecotech actually fixing their issues instead of just living with a high return rate.