my submersible pump caught on fire!!!

[flamenco-t]

I would never trusdt anything harbor freight made...I am sorry if this may offend anyone. Their stuff is good for an occasional use. For example, I'd use those pump for water change and etc, but I wouldn't use them as a permanent 24/7 pump on your tank. This goes with EVERYTHING they sell...Most of their products are made in china or india for mass produced with highest profit as possible. To do this, they compromise quality and longetivity.

For submersible pump, I like Quiet One, Mag, Eheim or Ocean Runner.

My favorite is Eheim and ocean Runner (notice they're both german made)

Btw, I am chinese

stan

 

[FishGoneWild]

Most of their products are made in china or india for mass produced with highest profit as possible. To do this, they compromise quality and longetivity.

For submersible pump, I like Quiet One, Mag, Eheim or Ocean Runner.

My favorite is Eheim and ocean Runner (notice they're both german made)

Btw, I am chinese

stan

Or could be made in Nunya!!!! Where ever that is?? Dang, sorry to hear about midnight's pump. At least everything is ok and no damage. So, what is the moral of this incident? Don't buy use sump pumps from hardware store???

 

[TMDragon]

http://www.harborfreight.com:80/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47117

Ah, so my pump isn't exactly the same, but it looks pretty close and is about the same price too. http://www.petsolutions.com/ViaAqua-Water-Pumps+I16972113+C49.aspx

For all I know they could have been made in the same place...I guess I should look into buying a backup pump and a smoke alarm, lol.

 

[yourbestfriend]

wow thats weird

 

[cichlaguapote]

Looks like it corroded and water got into it. Maybe it thought it was your new heater!

Yeah I'm thinking either it melted inside and water got into it, or the seal broke/came unglued and water got into it. Water + electricity can make that kind of smoke. I've killed enough power strips with water to say that..

 

[oscarluvr]

glad no one was harmed, or electrocuted, seal broke water came in contact with motor.

 

[haynchinook334]

better the pump, then the house. good thing you were home, eh.

 

[deeda]

I'm glad you were home to catch that! I'm curious if this pump was plugged into a GFCI circuit and if that would have tripped the circuit if this happened?

 

[LeToastaire]

Must have been running dry

 

[Venom SS]

I live in the Dallas area and we have a very high end LFS here that burned due to a similar situation. You are very lucky you were home. The store is rebuilt now, bigger and better than ever, but they lost something in the range of $100,000 in livestock, not to mention the multiple custom display tanks and all the high end inventory they carry. You can check out the store and some of their work at http://www.dallasnorthaquarium.com