cdburg
Well-Known Member
Does anyone have any ideas on what may cause a 6 month old March pump (used for about 5 brew days) to fail?
I was in the middle of my brew day on Monday, when one of my two pumps on my horizontal system failed. I have my pumps set up through a control panel using standard household switches. The pump was running to recirculate the mash. I turned it off to move some hoses. When I fliped the switch to turn it back on, I got a faint whirring, but no pumping. Nothing I could do got it to start pumping again.
I called MoreBeer and they sent out a replacement, no questions asked, but I'd rather not replace a pump every 6 months. I installed the new pump in the stand tonight, and it works, so it wasn't the electrical set up.
Does anyone have an idea what killed the original pump? It wasn't running dry. It had been running off and on for an hour, recirculating the mash. I've run it longer while sparging. Everything seemed normal, but it's almost like it seized somehow.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I was in the middle of my brew day on Monday, when one of my two pumps on my horizontal system failed. I have my pumps set up through a control panel using standard household switches. The pump was running to recirculate the mash. I turned it off to move some hoses. When I fliped the switch to turn it back on, I got a faint whirring, but no pumping. Nothing I could do got it to start pumping again.
I called MoreBeer and they sent out a replacement, no questions asked, but I'd rather not replace a pump every 6 months. I installed the new pump in the stand tonight, and it works, so it wasn't the electrical set up.
Does anyone have an idea what killed the original pump? It wasn't running dry. It had been running off and on for an hour, recirculating the mash. I've run it longer while sparging. Everything seemed normal, but it's almost like it seized somehow.
Thanks for any help you can provide.