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    glad they have now started to be a lot more reasonable. the sensor in mine is on a slide bracket so i guess you will get the same set up so would be easy for you to convert to gravity in future if you ever wanted to which is quite good.

    will be interesting to see how your other lid does and to see if this is an issue that i may come across.

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    Still no response from the dealer which is really bad.
    I have now connected both of my water pumps to the drum controller so that if the same thing happens again they will be turned off rather than flooding the filter shed.
    The sliding bracket is already in position for a gravity fed conversion if required, I think they're sending me a second one to mount on the inlet side of the drum.
    I noticed today that immediately after the drum cleans itself the water level is a fair bit below the float switch so it should be possible to drop the switch a fair bit which will reduce the water level in the drum between cleans. I did notice that my drum seems to clean fairly infrequently so this might just solve the issue. Fingers crossed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apbarr View Post
    Still no response from the dealer which is really bad.
    I have now connected both of my water pumps to the drum controller so that if the same thing happens again they will be turned off rather than flooding the filter shed.
    The sliding bracket is already in position for a gravity fed conversion if required, I think they're sending me a second one to mount on the inlet side of the drum.
    I noticed today that immediately after the drum cleans itself the water level is a fair bit below the float switch so it should be possible to drop the switch a fair bit which will reduce the water level in the drum between cleans. I did notice that my drum seems to clean fairly infrequently so this might just solve the issue. Fingers crossed.
    Defiantly sounds like that is the issue and may be why the dealer is staying quiet as AEM said the dealer would have fitted the float sensor so they may have got a telling of from AEM.

    At least AEM are now complying and getting the issues sorted. Have they said at what height you now need to install the float ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by goldengrahams91 View Post
    Defiantly sounds like that is the issue and may be why the dealer is staying quiet as AEM said the dealer would have fitted the float sensor so they may have got a telling of from AEM.

    At least AEM are now complying and getting the issues sorted. Have they said at what height you now need to install the float ?
    Not yet, hopefully they will be included when the parts arrive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apbarr View Post
    Still no response from the dealer which is really bad.
    I have now connected both of my water pumps to the drum controller so that if the same thing happens again they will be turned off rather than flooding the filter shed.
    The sliding bracket is already in position for a gravity fed conversion if required, I think they're sending me a second one to mount on the inlet side of the drum.
    I noticed today that immediately after the drum cleans itself the water level is a fair bit below the float switch so it should be possible to drop the switch a fair bit which will reduce the water level in the drum between cleans. I did notice that my drum seems to clean fairly infrequently so this might just solve the issue. Fingers crossed.

    Are you sure the waste is being flushed away after each cleaning cycle? There may be a blockage to waste.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keithatrax View Post
    Are you sure the waste is being flushed away after each cleaning cycle? There may be a blockage to waste.
    Yes, the waste is clear, if I do a manual clean there's no back up in the waste system at all.

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    Quite interesting is this....
    I really hope you do get it sorted once and for all.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ant62 View Post
    Quite interesting is this....
    I really hope you do get it sorted once and for all.......
    I'm sure I will. The parts arrived yesterday but I won't be able to fit them until Wednesday as I'm going into hospital for a small procedure on Tuesday. I did notice that the float switches were either fitted or had worked their way off the vertical which wouldn't be helping. I straightened them up and it seems to be working better.

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    Hope your ok after tuesday mate.....fingers crossed....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ant62 View Post
    Hope your ok after tuesday mate.....fingers crossed....
    Nothing major, removal of some polyps

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    Not matter what it is you are having done take it easy.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ant62 View Post
    Not matter what it is you are having done take it easy.....
    Well as it turns out I didn't need the procedure as once they examined me internally it turned out to be something different. Back in 4/6 weeks for results and further action if required.

    Since the parts arrived the drum is behaving itself, sods law

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    Well at least you got the opportunity to sort the drum.............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ant62 View Post
    Well at least you got the opportunity to sort the drum.............
    Not after being poked and prodded, will try to get it done tomorrow but quite busy with other things. Still seems to be working fine at the moment

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    Quote Originally Posted by apbarr View Post
    To be honest I'm a little disappointed. I had an initial problem with the drum not turning which was down to an improperly set slip clutch mechanism. Once I borrowed a torque wrench and set it to 65 N/m all was fine. I checked earlier today to be faced with a half empty pond and overflowing drum. It appears that for some reason the drum has not been working. There was a red light showing on the control panel and the mesh has simply clogged up and restricted the flow to the point where the drum filled up and overflowed. I am considering fitting an overflow to the drum to avoid losing so much water if this happens again but I'm now in the position where I don't trust the drum enough to go away and leave it.
    ap,

    Darn I was hoping to hear good things about a drum at this price. Is your drum actually fitted below water level outside of the pond? In my head I was thinking that the top of the drum would be an inch or so above pond level so that if anything stops due to lack of electricity or a blockage then the drum does not overflow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Handy Kenny View Post
    ap,

    Darn I was hoping to hear good things about a drum at this price. Is your drum actually fitted below water level outside of the pond? In my head I was thinking that the top of the drum would be an inch or so above pond level so that if anything stops due to lack of electricity or a blockage then the drum does not overflow.

    Handy Kenny
    My drum is pump fed and fitted well above the pond level. What I hadn't done was connect my water pumps to the drum controller so that they switched off when there was a problem with the water level.
    I received parts from the manufacturer and fitted them today so hopefully my problems will be over.
    When it's running properly I'm very happy with the performance of the drum, there's nothing else out there for that price at the moment but I'm sure that will change in the next couple of years

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    How is the drum running after you fitted the parts......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ant62 View Post
    How is the drum running after you fitted the parts......
    It's running OK at the moment but the manufacturer is sending me other parts to fit which should ensure that I have no more problems. The upside is that I've learned a lot about exactly how the drum operates. Looking forward to the coming season to see how the drum copes with algae growth and higher feed rates. Once it all settles down I'll take some underwater video.

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    Apbarr nice one mate. You shouldnt have a problem pal. With five bar jets. Straight to drain. My draco is only 2.3 bar. On the jets. Half yours. No problems at all . And i was over feeding. And my water is gin clear. Exactly in summer as in winter. Chuffed for you. That it is all running spot on now. Fred

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    Quote Originally Posted by apbarr View Post
    It's running OK at the moment but the manufacturer is sending me other parts to fit which should ensure that I have no more problems. The upside is that I've learned a lot about exactly how the drum operates. Looking forward to the coming season to see how the drum copes with algae growth and higher feed rates. Once it all settles down I'll take some underwater video.
    Nice to hear you have got to the bottom of it.....

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