Jebao DCP 8000 Unboxing

[Fish Tank Travis]

Hey guys, I just got my Jebao DCP 8000 yesterday (it's the newest version of their DC pumps). Here is a link to the one I bought:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/2017-New-Jeba...%3Aeb15b1dd1590a6a8d0d46e9effa6ecb9%7Ciid%3A1

This is supposed to be the quietest and most efficient version yet. Here are the pictures from the unboxing:
















These are not that readily available in the US yet and I believe they were just released in August of last year. There have been some comments on other forums that some places were importing and selling the Asian version, but that it was causing people problems when connecting it to power in the US. From what I have read, the US version has to have the controller labeled in English and has the "Sine Wave Technology" across the bottom.

The pump is rated for 2113gph at 65W, which is much better than the Rio 20HF it will be replacing that was rated at 1290gph at the same 65W. Being a DC pump, I can turn it down and use less power when running it on lower settings. I don't plan on running it full blast, which is one of the reasons I went for the 8000 over the 6000.

It comes with three sets of inlet/outlet fittings for 3/4", 1" and 1-1/4" PVC slip connections. It also has o-rings for the inlet and outlet. It can be run as an external pump, but must be placed below the water level of where it is pulling from because it is not a self priming pump.

It should look pretty much the same as the older DCT and DCS pumps that were it's predecessors, but I believe it is slightly smaller.

I will keep you guys posted on how it works out and how quiet it really is when I get it hooked up.

 

[jaws7777]

Thx for posting. Good luck

I really like the jebao pumps. Currently have dct 6000 and 4x 12000

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

Not sure if you saw in the instruction guide but I believe the DCP series goes up to 20000lph, which would put it somewhere in the 5500gph range.

 

[jaws7777]

Which model ?

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

The DCP 20000 is rated at 20000lph.

Update:

I got this thing installed on my tank in place of one of my RIO's. When I powered it up, I thought the controller was going through a boot sequence as it was counting up and then I heard my overflows start to quiet down into full siphon and realized that the pump was actually ramping up, but was so quiet I couldn't even hear it. It allows you to set it to settings between 30-100. I have mine on 57, which put the water level right where my RIO had it. According to the display, this is using 34W (the display displays the current wattage that the pump is running at), which is only about half of what my RIO used. The settings also make it very easy to tune my herbie style overflows since I can make such fine tunes with the pump controller. One thing that wasn't included was suction cups. It actually came with little rubber feet instead. I took off the ones from one of my RIO pumps and used those, even though they fit a little loose.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with this pump so far. Of course, it's only been about an hour, but if it keeps it up I am going to be very pleased with it.

 

[jaws7777]

The DCP 20000 is rated at 20000lph.

Update:

I got this thing installed on my tank in place of one of my RIO's. When I powered it up, I thought the controller was going through a boot sequence as it was counting up and then I heard my overflows start to quiet down into full siphon and realized that the pump was actually ramping up, but was so quiet I couldn't even hear it. It allows you to set it to settings between 30-100. I have mine on 57, which put the water level right where my RIO had it. According to the display, this is using 34W (the display displays the current wattage that the pump is running at), which is only about half of what my RIO used. The settings also make it very easy to tune my herbie style overflows since I can make such fine tunes with the pump controller. One thing that wasn't included was suction cups. It actually came with little rubber feet instead. I took off the ones from one of my RIO pumps and used those, even though they fit a little loose.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with this pump so far. Of course, it's only been about an hour, but if it keeps it up I am going to be very pleased with it.

Thats pretty cool that it ahows the wattage being used. Does it come with any literature on the gph for each setting ?

I use this to guesstimate.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

I believe it's similar to the chart above, except it lets you adjust based on the actual percentage values instead of having ten levels. You can go from 30-100 in one digit intervals. Lowest you can go is 30% and the highest is 100%.

 

[fishguy306]

You can get these on Amazon for pretty cheap, they are the correct model as well, not the Asia import. I ordered four of the DCP 10000 models a few weeks ago. I haven't seen a 20000 model anywhere yet, though I would love to grab one if there is one out there.

I just have one running at the moment, but I'm seriously impressed with it. The ramp up feature is pretty neat. This pump is also dead silent, I can't hear it running over my air pump.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

I saw the 20000 model on a foreign website, but couldn't find anything available for US consumers. Hopefully, it will make its way over here soon.

I just ordered another DCP 8000 to replace the second RIO pump in my setup. I didn't want to order two at first and find out they were just as loud as the RIO's. I ordered it from EBAY again because it was $20 cheaper than it was on Amazon. It's weird though, the DCP 10000 is almost $20 cheaper on Amazon then it is on EBAY. lol. It's a bit backwards.

Once I get the second RIO pump replaced, my setup should be virtually completely silent while running about 1600gph. I'm going to be pretty happy with that.

 

[fishguy306]

I noticed the same about pricing. The 10000 was about $20 cheaper than the 8000 size on Amazon when I bought them. Not sure how that works but I'm not complaining lol