[RE-wrenches] Another pump quesiton

Wed Sep 16 13:16:34 EDT 2020

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> On Sep 16, 2020, at 1:00 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <offgridsolar at sti.net> wrote:
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> I just dialed Ivan pumps (EL Sid)  and it is disconnected. Not good! Anybody know for sure?
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> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:13:18 -0700, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <offgridsolar at sti.net> wrote:
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>> I have not seen electronics fail in an El Cid from Ivan labs fail. Probably only 4 installed. The one here is 15 years old on my domestic hot water. The others are still working, I think.
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>> Talk to Dan at Ivan and see what he says. There was not a website really (last time I looked) but here is the number
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>>  ivan labs 561-747-5354  Talk with Dan
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>> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:55:31 -0600, Ray <ray at solarray.com> wrote:
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>> I've always suspected that one of the issues was the variable voltage of DC systems.  Batteries get low, and the current increases quite a bit, cold weather or EQing and the voltage can get really high and cause problems.  The total variation just seems to take out a fair bit of both brushes and controls.  This is just my long standing theory however, and I don't have Lab results.
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>> I actually had similar problems on 120 vac, when I lived on the edge of the grid.  Voltage varied from 90 to 145 vac, and cooked quite a few things like washing machine controls (every 3 months or so)  Once I put in a backup power system to protect those circuits, the controls lasted for a decade. 
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>> On 9/15/20 10:29 PM, Sindelar Solar wrote:
>> This has been my experience as well, although I can't give such specific rationale as to why the El Sids failed - the electronics just usually and eventually fail in my battery-based hydronic system. The Marches just eventually wear out.
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>> Allan
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>> On 9/15/2020 9:57 PM, Howie Michaelson wrote:
>> Dave,
>> I used to use El Sids a lot in SHW systems with direct PV drive for the glycol circulation.  I've long stopped installing SHW, but have used them in off grid hydronic heat systems as well. The electronics have failed on many of these pumps over the years.  They seem particularly intolerant of higher voltages, even small ones, which if they are being driven off battery voltage, is hard to avoid.  None-the-less while I really liked the El Sids, they were too expensive to have as many failures as they did. I'm familiar with March pumps as well, but they always seem to fail prematurely as well, for even more money. I was hoping there might be a suitable replacement for  a somewhat less expensive alternative.
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>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 10:29 AM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <offgridsolar at sti.net <mailto:offgridsolar at sti.net>> wrote:
>> Why did the El Sid fail? The one way I have seen them fail, and any pump for that matter is rain water that has (for some reason) lower than a normal PH. Below from wiki.
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>> Normal, clean rain has a pH value of between 5.0 and 5.5, which is slightly acidic. However, when rain combines with sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides—produced from power plants and automobiles—the rain becomes much more acidic. Typical acid rain has a pH value of 4.0.
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>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:49:35 -0400, Howie Michaelson <Howie.Michaelson at gmail.com <mailto:Howie.Michaelson at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>> I need to replace 3-5 El Sid pumps I'm using in a low volume hydronic heating system.  Other than laing pumps, are there any recommendations for 12, 24, or 48 vDC pumps?  Having magnetic drives that mate with the impeller body of the El Sids, would be a bonus.
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