help-Powerhead is dogey

Fish Friend · 10-31-2005, 03:25 AM

hi,
i have a aquaclear 20 powerhead in my 10 gallon with a sponge attached to it, for some reason over the past few weeks its been acting pretty dogey, the bit where it sucks air in isnt working even when i put it on full flow, the flow of the powerhead goes down very quickly, i cleaned it top to bottom last night, when i turned it on it was fine, but this morning its really slow again and kind of clicking??, can anyone think why its doing this?
ive ad it for quite a few months but it shouldnt be not working now!
thanks in advance

Georgia Peach · 10-31-2005, 04:48 AM

sounds like the magnet is dying

**TheOldSalt** · 10-31-2005, 06:53 AM

Hmmm...weird. My guess is that it's somehow sucking up something and getting sticky again, OR that you have the impeller shaft just a tiny bit crooked, which lets it work okay for a little while until the thing finally works itself out of alignemt enough to start rubbing the sides. It might also be running hot, a strong possibility, which is warping the rotor chamber and making the rotor start to rub the sides.

10-31-2005, 03:25 AM	#1
Fish Friend Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 234	help-Powerhead is dogey hi, i have a aquaclear 20 powerhead in my 10 gallon with a sponge attached to it, for some reason over the past few weeks its been acting pretty dogey, the bit where it sucks air in isnt working even when i put it on full flow, the flow of the powerhead goes down very quickly, i cleaned it top to bottom last night, when i turned it on it was fine, but this morning its really slow again and kind of clicking??, can anyone think why its doing this? ive ad it for quite a few months but it shouldnt be not working now! thanks in advance __________________ "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." ================================================== 32g:Freshwater Community 10g: Rearing tank soon to be upgraded to a 15g and turned into a nano setup!! -Parky

10-31-2005, 04:48 AM	#2
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,581	sounds like the magnet is dying __________________ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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10-31-2005, 06:53 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,255	Hmmm...weird. My guess is that it's somehow sucking up something and getting sticky again, OR that you have the impeller shaft just a tiny bit crooked, which lets it work okay for a little while until the thing finally works itself out of alignemt enough to start rubbing the sides. It might also be running hot, a strong possibility, which is warping the rotor chamber and making the rotor start to rub the sides.

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