On Monday 09 November 2020 12:09:20 jrmitchellj wrote: > Sounds like you have a bad algae growing in the system. I have seen > some algae go for the plastic/poly, and eventually break it down. > It may take a medium to strong caustic (Draino) solution to break it > down. But that might not be very good for the internals of the motor. > Without knowing what materials are used inside the motor, caustic > might be risky! > Have you considered putting a UV light over the tank to try to keep > the coolant sterile? > I had, but discounted it because its all plastic and UV is hard on the plastic. Humidity with the lid buckled down is 100%. I may, since I've the time, try a few drops of vinegar to diddle the ph toward acid, or a small dribble of drain leaner lye or a few drops of dri-gas alcohol.
I have the snot I skimmed off in the trash can yet so I can experiment to see what attacks it. If I find something that works, I'll post it. Thank you. > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > [email protected] > > > > "Good enough is the enemy of excellence"author unknown > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 8:24 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sunday 08 November 2020 14:48:53 Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > > > I just got back from wallies, found zip to clean this crap out of > > > the motor, so I brought back two pleated paper fuel filters from > > > the outboard gizmo's shelf but made for a huge 7/16" fuel tine, so > > > I've got a jury rig of shrink tubing and 3 assorted sizes of clear > > > plastic connecting the filter to the pump, and the other end to > > > the 1/4" bore of the lines going to the motor. The motor > > > connector is unplugged so nothing is running but the pump. I can > > > throw water against the ceiling 5 feet above the tank, but going > > > thru the motor to dribble back into the tank might be a gallon an > > > hour, its just a dribble. Certainly not enough to protect the > > > motor. I wonder if I plug it back in and give it the good gulf, > > > if it would boil violently enough to dislodge some of that pink > > > jell? 90-100 psi air blowing both ways doesn't do any good. I'm > > > only getting maybe 10% of the flow I got when it was new about 18 > > > months back. This is now fresh distilled water, which is a higher > > > solvent cleaning effect than tap water. I'll let it run 2-3 days, > > > by which time I should be able to tell by looking at the fuel > > > filter if I need to play with the ph. A teaspoon of TSP maybe? > > > Some lemi-shine? Sodium carbonate? But that's pretty brutal. Would > > > need a hell of a good rinsing. > > > > > > IDK, you guys tell me. > > > > Well. about 24 hours running, with and without the motor power, the > > paper & plastic fuel filter cartridge is turning pink, not so much > > on the paper pleats, but the plastic! Including the output nipple > > which should only be seeing filtered water. But no color in the tank > > or hoses to/from the motor. > > > > I had forgotten that the vfd is programmed to hold up the low speed > > torque by feeding the motor up to its FLA rated current below 1500 > > or so revs, so its idling when it gets hot, run it up to 8 grand and > > it runs about 2C above the tank. I've tape type stick on lcd > > thermometers on both. So maybe the motor is getting adequate cooling > > as long as its above 3 grand. But the flow is not improving either. > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
