New Jebao vs Old Vectra L1

Imran Sid’s · Sep 29, 2021

Hi Friends,

I have life-aquatic return pump and it had ceramic shaft impeller which broker. after this failure i feel buy another ceramic impeller is not worth it. So i though to move on to DC. I my hunt i got two pump

1 - Jeboa DCT 8000 -- New.
2 - Vectra L1 -- Old another reefer is selling.

I do have reeflink and MP40's to link vectra.

But i need you advice is it worth buy a used ecotech used pump or better to go with brand new pump.

Thanks
Imran

Gtinnel · Sep 29, 2021

I would take into account how old the used pump was, but for me personally I'd probably go with Jebao. I've used jebao returns pumps for several years with absolutely no issues.

Imran Sid’s · Sep 29, 2021

Vectra was in use for abt 2 yrs.

outhouse · Sep 30, 2021

My Jebao are as good as any other DC pumps, both the baby one on my calcium reactor and my basement return pump dcp 10000 have been flawless. And pay for themselves in electricity savings. The 8000 is probably 100 bucks how can you go wrong? and if your curious, the 8000 has the same impeller as the 10000 just less torque in motor

DrZoidburg · Sep 30, 2021

Depends on the price I guess. I currently have a L1, pretty old no problems. Kept up on cleaning. Its near perfect still. I would only look out for the older L1. Some from overheating would cause the insides to warp.

Imran Sid’s · Sep 30, 2021

Price wise the difference between is around 70 bucks, Is there a way to find the overheating issue in a pump by model/serial.

as i have reeflink, the controllability is a plus for me.

DrZoidburg · Sep 30, 2021

Imran Sid’s said:
Price wise the difference between is around 70 bucks, Is there a way to find the overheating issue in a pump by model/serial.

as i have reeflink, the controllability is a plus for me.

Its the older ones with white insides, in where the impeller is. They made the fixes a few years ago. Some time after 2017-2018 not sure exactly. The new ones and the fixed old L1's have black plastic inside. Basically what was happening was inside where impeller is was melting so they used a different plastic to fix issue.