Grr Aps Filter Again!

[BigbruiserAl]

Sorry another post on these, im just about to throw mine out as cheap junk, im also open to the idea im a moron and not done t right. I have connected in and out correctly but primeing with the blue button does nothing , how long do you pump for and tips to get this running would help

 

[BigbruiserAl]

Edited due to me being an idiot

 

[BigbruiserAl]

Last bump from me, was me being a moron as suspeced, sent them a web not saying i was having trouble, went through some trouble shooting tips with me, 20min later works fine, not loud but a low hum, cant notice it over the tv. Customer service like that has to be worth £44 alone?

 

[waterdrop]

Glad you got it worked out! Can you describe what made the difference?

 

[coldcazzie]

That's good to hear some people have been having real problems with these filters, but I love mine and so does my husband! We will definitely be buying from them again.

 

[BigbruiserAl]

yes sorry might help someone else if there as dumb as me lol.

Followed all the normal instructions, my tank is very deep 100cm i think, i only half filled it as it being cleaned from an old salt water set. Being only half full(150 Litres maybe) the water line did not cover the inlet pipe thus suckng in air and not primeing. filled the tank and bingo works fine. Yes i fell stupid but if helps someone its in the spirit of the forum

 

[Tizer]

Most pumps are gravity based, just requires a bit of logic

 

[waterdrop]

I think those things -always- have the chance of helping beginners. Beginners are by defination wading into a hobby world of stuff that seems weird and are encountering things they've just never thought about before (it's like me wondering why the nice bush growing outside my window for the last 20 years suddenly decided to die this spring.. I'm not a gardener and it makes me curious )

Anyway, yes, I think beginners tend to buy thing (a filter) that has a pump and plugs in and there's definately a tendency to think of it as an "appliance" or "electrical thingy" (not saying you did this, just thinking out loud here) that should basically do it's job once placed in the tank and plugged in. As we know, it's not quite all the way there!

Instead, the darn things are a little water juggling act of sorts and it's better to think of the electrical pump (or air bubbles in the old ones) as just the thing that tips them over from not working to being in a working state. With HOBs and Externals particularly, people often have just never encountered the varieties of appearances that "siphoning" and "priming" can take on. Don't you think?

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