This is an EK X-RES 18w tank and pump combination from Feb 2014.
It seems a little liquid got onto the circuit board and one of the magnets stopped working. Apart from the smudges (doesn't look burned or anything) it looks okish and I am going to ask at Maplin if they can do something.
If I give it a little nudge, the motor still spins fine but cannot start by itself.
An order placed on Saturday night/Sunday morning will not arrive before Tuesday, I guess?
p.s. I fixed the circuit board with a bit of tinfoil until the new pump arrives...
pps. so yeah, the EK X-RES idea to put the pump directly under the resevoir on flat surface, hold in place with 4 tiny uncommon star-head screws that you cannot tighten enough is bad. The second pump lasted about exactly a month before the liquid destroyed it as well. I admit, the one fitted by Overclockers lasted nearly two years before this happened, but it will eventual happen with this pump.
I now went for the "XSPC D5 Photon 170 Reservoir/Pump Combo", this looks much more solid and you can handscrew the pump really tight to the tank. The pump is as quiet as the other with several power settings.
pps. another four months with the D5 Photon and working great. You can put it on the side, diagonal or straight, doesn't matter.
It seems a little liquid got onto the circuit board and one of the magnets stopped working. Apart from the smudges (doesn't look burned or anything) it looks okish and I am going to ask at Maplin if they can do something.
If I give it a little nudge, the motor still spins fine but cannot start by itself.
An order placed on Saturday night/Sunday morning will not arrive before Tuesday, I guess?
p.s. I fixed the circuit board with a bit of tinfoil until the new pump arrives...
pps. so yeah, the EK X-RES idea to put the pump directly under the resevoir on flat surface, hold in place with 4 tiny uncommon star-head screws that you cannot tighten enough is bad. The second pump lasted about exactly a month before the liquid destroyed it as well. I admit, the one fitted by Overclockers lasted nearly two years before this happened, but it will eventual happen with this pump.
I now went for the "XSPC D5 Photon 170 Reservoir/Pump Combo", this looks much more solid and you can handscrew the pump really tight to the tank. The pump is as quiet as the other with several power settings.
pps. another four months with the D5 Photon and working great. You can put it on the side, diagonal or straight, doesn't matter.
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