Tunze osmolator pump!

[Benny Gyger]

is it me or is this thing an absolute P.O.S?? I got the tunze osmolator and the pump didn't work. Tunze has sent me 2 new pumps since the original one didn't work!! None of the 3 work!!? The bottom pump won't spin! Help? Anyone had this happen??

 

[jwshiver]

WOW that sucks. I have two and so far, knock on wood, no problems. One is a year and a half old. Can't blame you for being :mad:.

 

[Nomadic1]

Maybe it is not the pump at all, but, rather the control box/power supply. I've used them for 15 years now, and, my oldest one croaked 6 months ago at 14.5 years age. I've had to replace the pumps periodically, but, this last time it was an issue with the PCB.

Send it into Roger Vitko at Tunze USA. He will get it fixed up for you.

One way to test things is to take the two leads from the pump that are exposed, and touch them directly to the power jack (the part that plugs into the control unit) of the transformer. Put one wire on the outside of the jack that plugs into the control unit and the other wire on the inside of the jack. If the pump spins, there is a problem with the control unit. Polarity doesn't matter with this pump. If it does not spin, it is likely the power unit, because it is highly unlikely that three of the pumps don't work.

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

I hate the tunze atos. get a spectrapure with a peristaltic pump and you won't have to worry about it.

 

[Benny Gyger]

I hate the tunze atos. get a spectrapure with a peristaltic pump and you won't have to worry about it.

Is that the whole ATO kit? Or is that just a pump I can use with my tunze kit?

 

[cromag27 Verified Sponsor]

They sell both, but I'm not sure if you can use a third party pump with the tunze.

Is that the whole ATO kit? Or is that just a pump I can use with my tunze kit?

 

[AdamNC]

Wow. My pump has been going for almost 3 years. 1 year I was pushing Kalk solution through it from my ato reservoir.

 

[pelphrey]

Haven't had that issue.

My issue was the pump wouldn't stand up straight no matter what. Problem solved!

 

[Fishgeek88]

I think they switched something up. Ive had those pumps work for many many years. In the past 6 month I have had to swap 3-4 of these out on customers newer units. Its the same design but maybe they changed something in the manufacturing process...

 

[kingdog22]

Haven't had that issue.

My issue was the pump wouldn't stand up straight no matter what. Problem solved!

Where'd you get that cool bracket?

 

[kingdog22]

is it me or is this thing an absolute P.O.S?? I got the tunze osmolator and the pump didn't work. Tunze has sent me 2 new pumps since the original one didn't work!! None of the 3 work!!? The bottom pump won't spin! Help? Anyone had this happen??

Hello, would you sell any or all of the pumps?

 

[KJAG]

I hate the tunze atos. get a spectrapure with a peristaltic pump and you won't have to worry about it.

Totally agree. I have two of the Spectrapure UPLC 2's and they're bulletproof.

 

[FLSharkvictim]

TUNZE ATO's are superb and run amazing and in my 5 years of installing these on my client's tanks, I have yet to see one fail! I just bought the Apex Pump to replace the TUNZE pump ones it fails but it's still going strong after a year.

 

[Jerzyray]

I run kalk in my water and i have to replace the pump every 3 4 months.