A couple of weeks ago I had the wetside and dryside on one of my Mp40s randomly fall off, the dry side falling into my kalk reservoir. Luckily after a quick rinse in RODI and a rice soak for a week it's working just fine but I want a more failsafe way to keep the dryside from falling (the stickers that come with the pumps do not work). Has anyone come up with a solution for this?
Best way to prevent vortechs from falling off
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Coral reefer
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Make sure you are using the correct spacer
And find a way to secure the cord somehow. The stick on things they come with can work depending what you stick them to. And use more than one.
And find a way to secure the cord somehow. The stick on things they come with can work depending what you stick them to. And use more than one.
SupraSaltyReefer
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How thick is your glass? Are you using the correct spacers? Is the cord facing up?
grizfyrfyter
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There are zip tie mounts that you can screw into a wall or your stand. I made the same exact mistake once. My ex wife was convinced it was just an excuse to upgrade to the new quite drive motor lol
I am using the correct spacers... the pump in question was an older style mp40 where for my thickness (3/4") you use a very thin rubber film and can see the rotating part of the motor. I might try using 4 stickers at a time + if I can find a hook for my rim secure the cord to that as well. The cord was facing up but that seemed to only increase the force pushing it away from the glass, idk but when I remounted it I let it rotate to the direction of least resistance.
nanoguy
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Has this been an ongoing issue or did it just start recently? Just tossing this out there, but did you replace the wet end with a new one recently? The new wet ends don't work well with some of the older gen vortechs. If that's the case, contact Ecotech and open up a ticket. Ecotech will replace the magnets on the dry end so it's compatible with the new wet side free of charge minus the shipping cost to get the unit to them.
RandyC
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These hide pretty well if you put them right at the edge of the glass on a rimless tank.
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SupraSaltyReefer
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