Thread: Veriflow Pumps

Which veriflow pumps does everyone recommend?

Im considering either ea or pond expert 10000 but seeing mixed reviews about all the veriflows

Originally Posted by RudeDogg1

Which veriflow pumps does everyone recommend?

Im considering either ea or pond expert 10000 but seeing mixed reviews about all the veriflows

I had 3 EA 10k's on mine, they were okay, didn't last a very long time though, as 2 of them have died I upgraded them to EA 30k just in case they died as I ran them quite high, the main reason I stuck with EA as the swaps kept the pipework pretty much the same.

I do mean to fix the 10ks's and keep as spares but have not got around to it, I did use a casing front on my last 10k that split.... so get from this what you like, 2 dead 10k's and the third split case in I'd say 3.5 years the first one went, pond is now circa 5 years old

Not certain how this compares to others

Originally Posted by dbs

I had 3 EA 10k's on mine, they were okay, didn't last a very long time though, as 2 of them have died I upgraded them to EA 30k just in case they died as I ran them quite high, the main reason I stuck with EA as the swaps kept the pipework pretty much the same.

I do mean to fix the 10ks's and keep as spares but have not got around to it, I did use a casing front on my last 10k that split.... so get from this what you like, 2 dead 10k's and the third split case in I'd say 3.5 years the first one went, pond is now circa 5 years old


Not certain how this compares to others

i have both the pond expert and EA the 2 x 10000 pond experts have run fine, the 20000 Ea has also run fine , it was just cost at the time

I have had aqua forte's in 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 the 30,000 packed up, but the others are still OK.
but you can't get any spares for them...nothing...not even an O ring...

So I swapped over to coastal koi's Aqua Eco (sine wave) varios 20,000 pumps though as you can get spares for them, body, impellor, controller everything...
https://coastal-koi.com/product/aqua...e-wave-spares/

Messner auga if you can get one.

Originally Posted by davethefish1

I have had aqua forte's in 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 the 30,000 packed up, but the others are still OK.
but you can't get any spares for them...nothing...not even an O ring...

So I swapped over to coastal koi's Aqua Eco (sine wave) varios 20,000 pumps though as you can get spares for them, body, impellor, controller everything...
https://coastal-koi.com/product/aqua...e-wave-spares/

I did think about one of them but I read it limits you from turning it down under a certain percent which put me off cuz I want to slow it right down in winter

Yeah Im steering towards a pondxpert

Originally Posted by davethefish1

I have had aqua forte's in 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 the 30,000 packed up, but the others are still OK.
but you can't get any spares for them...nothing...not even an O ring...

So I swapped over to coastal koi's Aqua Eco (sine wave) varios 20,000 pumps though as you can get spares for them, body, impellor, controller everything...
https://coastal-koi.com/product/aqua...e-wave-spares/

The common failure point on the identical looking Jebao and Aqua forte's tends to be the O-rings between the pump body and impeller housing which start to seep after a few years. Adding PTFE tape to them can extend their life by a couple more years.

I would have thought the spares for these Aqua Eco pumps would fit the others, but they don't seem to have the O-rings listed.

Originally Posted by stormstorr

And the third control box just gone with an E03 Error.

I read something the other day about that error being a bad capacitor so of ur handy with a soldering iron u can prob fix it

Originally Posted by RudeDogg1

I did think about one of them but I read it limits you from turning it down under a certain percent which put me off cuz I want to slow it right down in winter

You can always use a manual valve to throttle the water flow down or send some of the water back to the pump intake. Variable speed pumps are relatively new technology. Single speed pumps don't have electronic controllers that often fail so single speed pumps can be cheaper and more reliable.

Originally Posted by noo

You can always use a manual valve to throttle the water flow down or send some of the water back to the pump intake. Variable speed pumps are relatively new technology. Single speed pumps don't have electronic controllers that often fail so single speed pumps can be cheaper and more reliable.

Agreed.
If you are going to put a valve on the pump, just remember to throttle the output, not the input.
Throttling the output just appears to be extra head to overcome, whereas throttling the input can cause cavitation on the impeller and cause extra wear.

throttling the output on a non variable pump surely will put more pressure on the motor causing over heat or worse still burn out.

keith

Originally Posted by rolo

throttling the output on a non variable pump surely will put more pressure on the motor causing over heat or worse still burn out.

keith

It's exactly the same as raising the height of the output, there is a bit more dynamic head, so the flow will reduce.
There is no reason for the pump to run significantly hotter as they are designed to run up to their maximum head.
There is still a good rate of cooling water passing through the pump.