Greetings -
I've experienced a sudden loss of flow with two of my Varios 6 pumps over the past 45 days. The pump feeds a 90 gallon reefer 350 with a manifold that runs carbon and UV. Roughly 45 days ago, after a feeding the pump wouldn't turn back on. I tried everything I could think of; it was getting late in the day and I was traveling over the weekend so I ran to the LFS and picked up another Varios 6. I've heard it's good to have a backup anyway. When I returned from the LFS, the pump magically turned on. I thought everything was good to go but I noticed that the flow rate had substantially decreased. I swapped out the controller I received with the new pump and that fixed it. I figured, bad controller, it probably happened every so often.
Last night, the same thing happened. Feeding cycle, then pump wouldn't turn on. After an hour or so it did decide to turn on again but the same thing happened. See the screenshot below. I've got a flow meter after the manifold and it dropped roughly 50% from the mid 200s to the low 100s. It's clear that it's not the pump but the controller governing the pump for some reason.
In the following thread, https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/varios-6-losing-flow.406202/page-3 , @Jgardiner1981 notes that something similar where the controller was the cause of a drop in flow.
Has anyone else experienced this? My pump is currently running at to low of rate for the system. I know getting a new controller would likely fix it but I don't want to dump another $100 bucks into this $ pit unless I know it would be a relatively permanent solution.
Anyone experienced anything like this with the Varios 6 (or any of the Varios pumps) or have any advice. Thanks a million in advance.
I've experienced a sudden loss of flow with two of my Varios 6 pumps over the past 45 days. The pump feeds a 90 gallon reefer 350 with a manifold that runs carbon and UV. Roughly 45 days ago, after a feeding the pump wouldn't turn back on. I tried everything I could think of; it was getting late in the day and I was traveling over the weekend so I ran to the LFS and picked up another Varios 6. I've heard it's good to have a backup anyway. When I returned from the LFS, the pump magically turned on. I thought everything was good to go but I noticed that the flow rate had substantially decreased. I swapped out the controller I received with the new pump and that fixed it. I figured, bad controller, it probably happened every so often.
Last night, the same thing happened. Feeding cycle, then pump wouldn't turn on. After an hour or so it did decide to turn on again but the same thing happened. See the screenshot below. I've got a flow meter after the manifold and it dropped roughly 50% from the mid 200s to the low 100s. It's clear that it's not the pump but the controller governing the pump for some reason.
In the following thread, https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/varios-6-losing-flow.406202/page-3 , @Jgardiner1981 notes that something similar where the controller was the cause of a drop in flow.
Has anyone else experienced this? My pump is currently running at to low of rate for the system. I know getting a new controller would likely fix it but I don't want to dump another $100 bucks into this $ pit unless I know it would be a relatively permanent solution.
Anyone experienced anything like this with the Varios 6 (or any of the Varios pumps) or have any advice. Thanks a million in advance.
