Resun Waver-15000 - Page 6

demo · #**126** 04/01/2007, 02:37 AM

Any chance you can have another look for the constant stream link?
anyone else seen these pumps available as a constant stream?

HippieSmell · #**127** 04/01/2007, 10:55 AM

I'll look, but it was on ebay, so you have as much chance of finding it as I do.

demo · #**128** 04/01/2007, 03:13 PM

I look on the official resun website but they don't even list the waver...........

BLANKENSHIP76 · #**129** 04/02/2007, 09:50 AM

Look at the shipping!!!

HippieSmell · #**130** 04/02/2007, 10:56 AM

I know, I can't wait until someone stateside carries them.

Brent Thomann · #**131** 04/02/2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by demo
Any chance you can have another look for the constant stream link?
anyone else seen these pumps available as a constant stream?

Mine works sometimes as a constant stream, not supposed to. only been using it a month too. I'll take a look at the controller and I see it stuck on one of the settings. I simple unplug for a while and then plug everything back in and it works again as its supposed to.

They're built very poorly and work very poorly, also very big!

Brent Thomann · #**132** 04/02/2007, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by demo
Any chance you can have another look for the constant stream link?
anyone else seen these pumps available as a constant stream?

Mine works sometimes as a constant stream, not supposed to. only been using it a month too. I'll take a look at the controller and I see it stuck on one of the settings. I simple unplug for a while and then plug everything back in and it works again as its supposed to.

They're built very poorly and work very poorly, also very big!

normanviking · #**133** 04/09/2007, 10:31 AM

Any more updates on these things? Has anyone done any tinkering with these? Would be cool to use for a wave box or use the Tunze controller on it.

BLANKENSHIP76 · #**134** 04/09/2007, 12:04 PM

Seems like a tunze 6060 would be a better investment, I am plugging mine in with the new 110V plug tonight, I will let you all know what I think of it.

Huhhhhh · #**135** 04/09/2007, 01:06 PM

I just ordered one last night. So I guess I'll find out what there all about soon.

Everybody that has them, how are they working?

eastcoaster1 · #**136** 04/09/2007, 07:19 PM

Brent Thomann

It sounds like your Resun Wavemaker is behaving like mine was when I first got it.
Mine would run for hours and then all of a sudden it would stop. I'd unplugged it a few times and it would start again. Turns out one of the parts on the circuit board had pulled out from the bead of solder that was holding it on. I think when I did the unplugging trick all I was really doing was moving the controller around enough for the part to make contact with the circuit board.
I re-soldered the part and the wave maker has been running constantly for weeks.
Might be worth opening up the controller and having a look at the parts and how they are attached to the board. It should be pretty easy to figure out if any of them are loose.

BLANKENSHIP76 · #**137** 04/09/2007, 08:07 PM

Well, I hooked mine up and it is running as it suppossed to. The flow is very wide, and not near as direct as the Tunze.

I have a hard time believing this thing moves as much water as advertised, but I have not tested it, so I am by no means an expert.

Well, I have this and 2 tunze 6060s going in my 120 so one thing I do have is flow!!!!!

LewisW96 · #**138** 04/09/2007, 08:30 PM

Anyone try one on a Tunze multi-controller?

Lewis

jacmyoung · #**139** 04/09/2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by BLANKENSHIP76
Well, I hooked mine up and it is running as it suppossed to. The flow is very wide, and not near as direct as the Tunze.

I have a hard time believing this thing moves as much water as advertised, but I have not tested it, so I am by no means an expert.

Well, I have this and 2 tunze 6060s going in my 120 so one thing I do have is flow!!!!!

That was my question, I had a hard time believing that this Chinese engineered DC pump can put out nearly 4,000gph at 25W, when the Tunze 6100 does 3,170gph at 45W and the Vortech does 3,000gph at 35W.

The max flow of this pump should be more or less around 2,500gph, not much to brag about with the large size.

However with DC pumps like this one, can you simply use a bigger transformer to work with the controller and come up with more flow? If so will that cause any problem for the DC motor or the controller?

jacmyoung · #**140** 04/10/2007, 12:59 PM

Any DC motor experts out there?

L98-Z · #**141** 04/29/2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by jacmyoung
Any DC motor experts out there?

Not an expert, but it's pretty amazing how you can apply a little more to a DC motor and they'll still work fine. Go overboard and you'll be buying a new one though.

My biggest interest in this pump is the ability to produce a wavebox out of it. I'm pretty certain I could build a timer/controller, which is the main issue with AC pumps.

I'm with everyone else, I wish these would come into the states, and even better, be sold by pump only.

jacmyoung · #**142** 04/29/2007, 12:56 AM

How much is a little more? 10%? 20%?. Will 50% be overboard? If a DC motor is rated say 20V and 2A max, and you stay within the 2A, is this fine?

I assumed a controllable DC motor is much more complex than an AC motor, with electronics in it that may be less capable of withstanding overload.

L98-Z · #**143** 04/29/2007, 01:05 AM

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Originally posted by jacmyoung
How much is a little more? 10%? 20%?. Will 50% be overboard? If a DC motor is rated say 20V and 2A max, and you stay within the 2A, is this fine?

If I had to take a guess, I'd say 50% more is too much. A safe guess even.

Depends on the motor and the amount they're using it at currently. I've taken small DC motors and put ridiculous amounts of current and voltage through them, just playing around. As long as it's not done for too long of a time, you'd be surprised what they can take. I'm not saying you wouldn't be wearing them down quicker either though....

If we had a data sheet on the motor used, I'd imagine we'd be able to draw better conclusions. I'm not sure you could do much to tell what these motors could take without testing them.

If these pumps were stateside, I'd purchase a few of them to play around with. Especially if we could purchase the pump without the controller.

jacmyoung · #**144** 04/29/2007, 01:15 AM

Thank you for the response. Let me be more specific, and I know this is a little off but bear with me.

The Tunze 6055s will soon be available. Based on the information we know so far, the transformer is rated 800mA on the AC side, and 12-24V/1.2A on the DC side, the pump motor is rated 12-24V and Imax at 1.2A as well, but Tunze rated the pump at 18W only.

Given the above, can we safely over drive the motor to 28W even though the pump is rated at 18W? The transformer has several speed settings marked by 12V, 14V...24V.

When I say safely, I really mean long term safe operation.

L98-Z · #**145** 04/29/2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally posted by jacmyoung
Thank you for the response. Let me be more specific, and I know this is a little off but bear with me.

The Tunze 6055s will soon be available. Based on the information we know so far, the transformer is rated 800mA on the AC side, and 12-24V/1.2A on the DC side, the pump motor is rated 12-24V and Imax at 1.2A as well, but Tunze rated the pump at 18W only.

Given the above, can we safely over drive the motor to 28W even though the pump is rated at 18W? The transformer has several speed settings marked by 12V, 14V...24V.

When I say safely, I really mean long term safe operation.

I honestly wouldn't know. I wish I could give you more help, but I'm simply not knowledgable enough in motors to give what I believe to be an accurate assumption.

jacmyoung · #**146** 04/29/2007, 02:10 AM

I didn't think there could be an easy answer, the only sure way to find out may be just as you said to test it and see how long it will last.

funbag · #**147** 05/07/2007, 01:54 AM

Resun Motor is on-and-off periodically by PIC controller. It produces some waves.

http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=rtSSp_OI4I4$
http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=lWJyLUwFJ84$
http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=UdhPJGATEYc$

eastcoaster1 · #**148** 05/07/2007, 04:57 AM

That cool. What's a PIC controller?

L98-Z · #**149** 05/07/2007, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by eastcoaster1
That cool. What's a PIC controller?

An extremly popular microcontroller by microchip.

HippieSmell · #**150** 05/07/2007, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by funbag
Resun Motor is on-and-off periodically by PIC controller. It produces some waves.

http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=rtSSp_OI4I4$
http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=lWJyLUwFJ84$
http://flvs.daum.net/flvPlayer.swf?vid=UdhPJGATEYc$

Wow, that's some nice pulsing action. Any more info on how that was done?