Installed the Nautilus 500 on my personal system

pcrobot · Post by **pcrobot** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:03 pm

Very nice!

TheGeekMistress · Post by **TheGeekMistress** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:58 pm

here's two pix of my Asetek maglev pump

-------- pulled the res container off --------

-------- maganet on the impeller and a hole in the pump which is the electromaganet --------

TGM

stev · Post by **stev** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:20 am

With the DDC pump, NO squeal when there is fluid in the pump. If you get a squeal, then shut down the DDC ASAP. The pump is running dry.

With the BOSCH pump, it still squeals if the fluid in the pump is basically water without enough lubrication of PG.

http://www.boschmotorsandcontrols.co.uk ... /index.htm

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:36 am

awesome links and images. Now I know what is going on in the inside of one of these pump!

TheGeekMistress · Post by **TheGeekMistress** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:02 pm

with a maglev pump, when you can tell it's running dry and if you should shut down, is a bit harder.

the maglev will neveer squeal or really make any noise at all. the only way to tell if something's wrong or gone dry is if you feel it. you'll feel a tubmling bumping feeling, liken to tennis shoes in the dryer but on a fraction of that scale.

when my pump failed, it wasn't the pump that failed, it was the electronic PCB and the surface mount electronics on it that failed.

Asetek has a nice chat interface and the tech support guy said he's sending me out a new PCB and once i get it' to have me send him the old one back.

TGM