Pump ran dry

[KenRexford]

Ok, so this sucks. I got a brand new Varios 6 pump and hooked it up partially. Complicated why. However, due to an apparent weird glitch in my setup, I managed to have the pump surprisingly running completely dry for an unknown length of time. Just stopped that $#!+.
The question. How do I know whether I damaged the pump? I mean, it wasn’t hot. I was able to test whether it still spins and it does. But, maybe it “works” but doesn’t work right. As I have not had the Varios pumps before, I won’t know if it is working “right” or not. Is a pump either ok or dead, no in-between?
Suppose it’s “fine” mechanically. Could the dry run burn off lube or something like that where I need to re-lube it? Might the impeller be scratched where I need a new impeller? Any suggestions on what I might need to look for, know, etc.?

 

[DCR]

Running dry would likely damage the bearing housing or the impeller assuming it did not completely seize up. It might make some noise and rattling if it has been damaged. Run it and see if it works

 

[Lavey29]

Same thing happened to my Vectra M2. It's been working fine ever since for 8 months now.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Ok, so this sucks. I got a brand new Varios 6 pump and hooked it up partially. Complicated why. However, due to an apparent weird glitch in my setup, I managed to have the pump surprisingly running completely dry for an unknown length of time. Just stopped that $#!+.
The question. How do I know whether I damaged the pump? I mean, it wasn’t hot. I was able to test whether it still spins and it does. But, maybe it “works” but doesn’t work right. As I have not had the Varios pumps before, I won’t know if it is working “right” or not. Is a pump either ok or dead, no in-between?
Suppose it’s “fine” mechanically. Could the dry run burn off lube or something like that where I need to re-lube it? Might the impeller be scratched where I need a new impeller? Any suggestions on what I might need to look for, know, etc.?

Can’t you take it apart and check the impeller and bearings for damage or wear carefully

 

[KenRexford]

Can’t you take it apart and check the impeller and bearings for damage or wear carefully

I looked, but I am not a dc pump impeller specialist.

 

[Lavey29]

I looked, but I am not a dc pump impeller specialist.

As long as it wasn't an extended period of time it should be fine. Mine was dry like 10 minutes.

 

[GHOSTLY]

bump but i suggest seeing if you can exchange for a new one since you said its new

 

[outhouse]

I looked, but I am not a dc pump impeller specialist.

you dont have to be. look at bearings for excessive wear and play. Better to replace bearings if there cooked now. If you can feel the bearings wiggle a little then you cooked them, Pump will still work but it will make noise under load. Chances are you did not cook it. But you need to be able to know how to take it a part for cleaning, and you need to know a sloppy bearing from a new one.

 

[outhouse]

worse case is a 53 dollar impeller, plus shipping and tax. Take your impeller out and see if the bearing has play moving the housing side to side. They dont use lube, they use water to cool and lubricate the ceramic shaft and nylon/plastic bearings in some and ceramic bearings in others.

If it feels tight and spins freely, your in luck

 

[KenRexford]

After sleeping on it, I realized that my mistake had a cool answer. I had plugged it into my Hydros Control WiFi strip but didn’t complete installation. When my home WiFi glitched, the strip defaulted to “on” which activated the pump. When I heard it on, I quickly unplugged it, cursed at myself for being an idiot, rebooted the home WiFi, and posted. Then slept.

This morning, I remembered that the Hydros Control has “logs.” Turns out that my pump only ran dry for maybe a minute. Should be fine.

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Dohhh like Homer Simpson says lol