Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I cleaned it after 6 months and it really didn't need it so my going for a year this time. I guess it all depends on how dirty the water is going through it.@Badilac , how often do you clean your uv. I'm assuming this would just consist of wiping off the quartz sleeve, and wiping out the inside of the housing.
I cleaned it after 6 months and it really didn't need it so my going for a year this time. I guess it all depends on how dirty the water is going through it.
I want to program my apex that if the UV pump is not running to shut off the power to the UV. I would also like to have the UV wait 5 mins to turn back on after a power outage. Can someone please help me with the programming/statements?
I would leave the UV on at all costs. If there's water in the housing it shouldn't overheat even if it's static.
Mercury vapor lamps have a restrike time of around 10 minutes. I would set the delay after power interruption for 15+ minutes.
Just bought a Pentair 50w HO from aquacave. Plumbed it. Connected it but it didn’t turn on. Looks like a faulty ballast. Disappointed as BRS was pushing them.
UV Sterilizer Questions
I will start with the easy question ,, can I hook it up the way I want ,, I am sure that I can ,, but is it alright to do it this way ,, what I would like is to not tie it into my return line ,, put a pump into my sump tank ,, run water thru the sterilizer ,, let it empty back into the sump...lareefclub.com
I know I'm late to the thread but I would choose The Aqua UV over the Pentair strictly because of my experience with the support. My Pentair 18 Watt UV was leaking and it took more than a month of back and forth, manager approvals, higher-level approvals for them to send me $3 retail worth of gaskets and o-rings. Stuff which I had on hand anyway.
Then they refused to replace the power supply which was rusted, accused me of not installing it correctly, said they reviewed my unit and I installed it incorrectly even though I didn't send them the unit, or any photos or videos - basically they tried everything to not send $3 worth of o-rings and gaskets.
It was a comedy show from start to finish.
I received my 50w HO UV as recommended by BRS but it didn’t work. Must be something wrong with the bulb or the ballast. Most probably the ballast since it’s well documented they had some failing. They ask me to check with voltmeter but this costs mote than a new ballast. Beginning to regret my choice now.
PentairBRS asked you to do that? or Pentair did?
Pentair
Agreed. I have plumbed in the steriliser since Thursday and it’s sitting next to my tank like a huge black paperweight. It will be probably easier and quicker if I just bought a new lamp and power supply ( $ 180). I have a feeling it’s going to take a long time to get this resolved if I have to depend on their customer service department.Being that this is a brand new unit, I find that to be crap. They should have just sent you a new power supply and had you mail back the one you have.