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11-18-2003, 08:50 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Friendly Reminder: Avoid Disaster!!
Woke up this morning to my wife telling me to get out of bed...the tank shut off as well as the refrigerator. She said that it had only been off for about 15 minutes because she heard it running when she first got up. The C/B popped on the main panel, no big deal so I reset it. Everything comes back on except my main return pump. An Iwaki 30RLT. I feel it and it is humming but not spinning. It is extremely hot to the touch. I place a 10" room fan on it to cool it down. Meanwhile, I rig a Mag pump up to get water from sump to tank...About 15 minutes later, I plug the Iwaki back in. Still only a hum...
I detach the pump from the tank and the sump. I disassemble it and this is what I see...
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11-18-2003, 08:51 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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11-18-2003, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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hmm my post moved down under your first photo, when I looked I was the first to reply - I decided to come back here to see if you've edited..
ahh ugly -
how long do you soak ?
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Last edited by clyde; 11-18-2003 at 09:05 AM.
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11-18-2003, 08:52 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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These pics are after i scrubbed a little and realized I should take some pics
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11-18-2003, 08:54 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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If you look closely at the 1st picture and the swirl marks up top, you can see the rotation of the impeller and the calcium deposits that seized the pump.
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11-18-2003, 08:55 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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This is after 1 year and 5 months....all parts are sitting in vinegar now...
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11-18-2003, 09:09 AM
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TCMAS MEMBER
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Austin, TX
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tsk, I put down the laptop, then realized I saw an ebay item for an impeller and full assembly for 5.00 (so far and closes in 1 hour) so I went back to check..
its an 20RLT, yours a 30
anyone interested http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=46312
thought would be nice to have a backup, just swap and soak the offending impeller for a day or so.
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11-18-2003, 09:09 AM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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Good thing you were home and not flying to God only knows where.
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11-18-2003, 09:17 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Tell me about it...perfect timing...
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11-18-2003, 09:43 AM
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Schmidt happens!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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ick-but way to go erin!-i wonder how long she thought about not telling ya! 
hope everything turns out well!
tg
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11-18-2003, 09:48 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Hastings, MN
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Whew! Nice catch. I wonder if that's why my pump is so darn loud.
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11-18-2003, 10:07 AM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
Posts: 1,548
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Here they are clean...much better!!!
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11-18-2003, 10:13 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: RED WING MN
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crap building up
This actually has been happening to a quite a few in the area, besides not starting, also blowing breakers, sparks everywhere....Whether its the slime, crud, calcium deposits I am just as quilty as most of us were too busy, forget, don't care or will get around to it next week/month.....
The last pump I had that did not work the sponge inside the grid part was hard as a rock, NO wonder it didn't work. I have not checked them since.....almost a year ago.....I'm busy cleaning tonight!!! Like a lot of things, it is just getting back to the basics.
Thanks Greg, glad to see you didn't have a mess, but who is next!!!!  |
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11-18-2003, 10:21 AM
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Anti-Acan Activist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: St. Paul, MN
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Quote:
Originally posted by mnreefgeek
Good thing you were home and not flying to God only knows where.
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That is a very good point. With that in mind we should consider showing our significant others what to do in the event of a pump failure or have them put an SOS out on this site for someone to come help... That could have been a complete disaster in my house if it happened. My wife would not have had a clue what to do, even if I explained it to her. The only thing I would be able to do is have her put out a request for help on this site.
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