I'm cursed, now my AC 110 died

[polish]

Careful though, they have been known to be so powerful that they will suck sand even through a prefilter. If this is the case you may have to throw it in the dump and go with a Whisper filter instead

This man speaks the truth.

And no one said I went with Whisper.

I just said I'd take one over a stupid AC dumpster decoration. Although at this point I am swearing off HOB filters forever, I had to unplug one of my stupid Bio Wheel filters last night. I was trying to fall asleep and I could hear the cover or impellar something buzzing, it was driving me bananas.

It wasn't near as loud as the AC110s death scream it was doing prior to it's visit to Mr. Trash Can, but still I demand silence aside from water sounds.

So it looks like I need to order another canister for my 29g in my room and ditch the last 2 BioWheel HOB's I am using on it.


Rena XP series for life! (I do want to try an Fx5 though)

 

[solchitlins]

I just run 2 foam blocks on mine

 

[waytoodeep03]

jammed a pen into it and it started back up.
thanks

when you say " jammed a pen" where exactly did you jam this pen? My ac 110 died after sand got sucked into it

 

[tcarswell]

I just run 2 foam blocks on mine

same on both my aqua clears no carbon just foam and their bio stuff

 

[solchitlins]

when you say " jammed a pen" where exactly did you jam this pen? My ac 110 died after sand got sucked into it

down into the propeller, I took the input tube off, I could touch the propeller with my finger and tell it had power but was not spining so I pushed a pen in there and it came back to life and started making a lot of noise for a minute untill I got the tube back on and put some more water in it. Then it was fine. My ac100s allways sound bad " clank, click," unless I turn down the flow.

I should have taken it apart and cleaned it but I was being lazy.

 

[sp33dstix]

give the impellter a flick with you finger. that should get it spinning again.

a burned out aquaclear is a very very rare thing. some of mine are 15 years old and counting..

Seems like you have already done that though =D
I had an AC for over 10 years...still running strong. Recently replaced a sponge on it...it was disintegrating.

Although one of my filters makes some noise...can't make it stop.

 

[FSM]

I've got an old AC50 that occasionally doesn't start up again after power-outages. I take the motor off and rinse it out; that works.