Is there any clean-room rating for this pump? Worried of the smoke, to use in class 1000 clean-room.. Please suggest. (already purchased though)
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I am not sure about with clean room rating although now I will look it up-it puts of a small amount of combustion smoke especially while getting into full vacuum. after that it lessons and I usually run a small exhaust fan at a window very close. Most of the time I have the vac off and just keep my chamber locked in a vac. Hope this helps-the way clean room sounds though this is prob not the best thing to have in there with out a proper exhaust system. Great unit !
1191868
Don't recommend its use in a clean room. It tends to leak oil when run for extended periods and the smoke you see is a mix of the oil vapor, from the pump getting warm, and impurities being drawn out of your materials in the chamber or appliance you're working on.
2243740
I'd strongly suggest a higher capacity pump if you're using a vacuum chamber. I'm using this pump (1.5cfm) on a 1 cu ft chamber, and it takes six minutes of pumping to get down to a useful degassing vacuum. It's a problem when the liquid in the chamber has only a 20 min pot life. A 5cfm unit isn't that much more expensive.
638098
Even at n6 volts it is noisier than I would want in my office, let alone bedroom. I also bought the model 160-8 Leisure Components unit (6-12 volt also) Much less noisy, but still noisier than a fish tank pump I used to have in my 15 gallon aquarium
1667265
Not sure who you bought this from since this is a general forum. The pump must be cleaned on a weekly basis depending on the number of pets you have. You can review a nice video of how to do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYyTFv_u3Sw
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this is a great machine. I use it, mainly for cleaning my E-Cig stuff, but water and wood isn't a good combination, how ever I don't think it would trash it on a short setting, if you have one that's not important. What the heck. I have an old harp, might have to try in, It would surely need cleaned. Great cleaner simple to use. If it doesn't work for this you will find another use and your money won't be wasted. LOL GBTM
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I have mine for more that 1 year, so far so good; never have any issues with pump, even run it couple of time with low water level in the tank. You have to be quite careful to keep proper water level in the tank. Try to avoid running coffeemaker with almost empty water tank. I'd agree with suggestion to descale it, I've found a lot of sediments when descaled mine. Good luck
1511215
Personally I used ours, owned 3 that are now sitting on a shelf in our garage, for humidity and to remove cig. smoke from the air. If I had to rate them, I would give them a 3 on a scale of 1 -10. Also, keep in mind, they are tough to clean, if you can get all the "white" accumulation off at all, and the additives are expensive. I would not recommend this product PERIOD! For your needs, there are products out there that will do a much better job in my humble opinion.
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I have not had a problem with mine. Did you check out the video's on how to clean the pump? That might help.
647606
Many powerful pumps are noisy, just like small air compressors. The "smoke" is vaporized oil - it's normal.
366265
I live in Palm Springs Ca, and replaced my 1.5 hp pump with a sp2300vsp and am very happy with it. Runs my pool vac even on a lower rpm ( 1700) saves money on my electric bill also
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I use one on my 120 display with no issue for the last 2 years. I also have one T to 2 1-inch returns. I am on my 2nd pump. First one burned out in about a year due to calcium build up. Have to clean them in vinegar every 4-6 months for longevity. Overall great pump though. Powerful.
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The one I put in was rated for 240vac at up to 10amps, normal running I am only drawing about 1.5amps and running at 1700rpm This is a very quiet running pump, you have to be standing right next to it to hear it run, very happy with it. It was very easy to install if you know electricity at all, I have the veriable speed, which you can program easily to set minimum and maximum speeds, good instruction manual with it, draws way less electricity than old one.
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I clean mine once a year, but run fire hotter than most. don't really believe in the air-tite belief. When you burn that way you get twice the buildup in your chimney. At any rate may very well save you from a fire, pretty cheap insurance!
1255047
I have had my machine for almost a year....no smoke whatsoever....have you followed instructions?
1555810
While I have used this pump many times for smaller pump applications it would be working too hard to run your in-floor cleaning system. I would use the full sized Eco-Star instead. you will get more energy savings and will pay for itself.
647603
what were you using it for the smoke is kinda normal the noise will subside as you evacuate the unit but make sure it has vacuum pump oil in it to the min max line on site glass
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Hey Jonathan this unit has not been rated. The unit is seal pretty good but lets face it this is not how this unit works. You are looking for a very expensive unit like a IQ air 1,200.00 and up this is a small company and did not have unit rated. Also the filters are great but they will never clean all the air in a room or more with out the ionization. Ionization does most of the work and at a lot lower cost call me Lou Lombardi toll free we can talk 800-868-5534.