Bloody Dosing Pump!

[Shultz]

Going to try & get hold of Ian this morning, my Dosing pump has now locked twice :mad:

First time it caused a "bus error" & the only way I could reset it was to pull the power for 10 secs....

I have just come down this morning to find it has locked again, so since 11pm lastnight it has not topped up, the sump is dangerously low :eek: Beginning to regret swopping from my 2 trusted peri's now :confused:

Anybody else had problems with these?

Cheers, Shelton.

[Stevielad]

Mine has stopped working altogether - just got the ? on the controller. Waiting on a reply from Ian but I'm guessing it needs to go back.

Can you not just use any old pump for top up - bit of a waste of a peri pump channel? I use a small maxijet.

I know what you mean though - I sold two peris too!

EDIT - if you long in the ULNS forum in the thread about automated dosing, the peri pump is not recommended for use as a top-up pump.

[Shultz]

Hi M8,

I rang Ian this morning, top service as per the norm, listened to the probs & said he'd replace it, he should have some mroe arriving this friday so I've got to ring him back then.... I would suggest you ring him at the shop tomorrow morn about yours?

Re topup... Yes tbh no peri pump should be used for it tbh! I have a level sensor & it only tops up if that reads low & its programmed to error if the sensor isn't reading high after 20mins max.....

Cheers, Shelton.

[Stevielad]

OK - cool - will give hime a bell.

[Shultz]

Have you managed to get anywhere with yours? I rang Ian friday morning & was told they hadn't come in, I've since left 2 messages without reply?

Cheers, Shelton.

[instantsquid]

Just hijacking the thread slightly...

I was under the impression that the dosing pumps were not designed to be run for any length of time - such as might be the case when topping up the sump with RO. I'm sure I read that quite recently - something about them overheating if run for prolonged periods?

[Stevielad]

Have you managed to get anywhere with yours? I rang Ian friday morning & was told they hadn't come in, I've since left 2 messages without reply?

Cheers, Shelton.

I've sent my transformer back a week ago - waiting for a replacement - hopefully just that, that has gone.

[Shultz]

Just hijacking the thread slightly...

I was under the impression that the dosing pumps were not designed to be run for any length of time - such as might be the case when topping up the sump with RO. I'm sure I read that quite recently - something about them overheating if run for prolonged periods?

I don't run mine all the time, I have 1 of the heads dosing kalk during the night at about 2 secs worth every 30 or so.... The main problem I had with mine is that it tends to lockup if you give it a manual command & every so often I get a bus error & it says its been disconnected even though its not been touched at all????

I've sent my transformer back a week ago - waiting for a replacement - hopefully just that, that has gone.

Hmmmmmmm, yes can't say the service has been as good as in the past, was told the units came in last Thursday & was going to be posted Friday, rang yesterday & left a message saying it hadn't arrived & could someone contact me, rang Ian directly on his mobile this afternoon as no returned call to be told it should be going out today! :(

So not holding my breath over the next couple of days......

Cheers, Shelton.

[wavey]

All sorted as you can see from other thread. This pump also needed a controller reset to remove old dosing programmes.