adicus Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Sometime last night my JBJ ATO (less than 90 days in service failed). I went to JBJ website and to my surprise, the product is no longer listed. I submitted and email to the warranty group at JBJ requesting an RMA for return and replacement of the unit. So far all the extra JBJ items I have purchased have failed - Holding my breath waiting for the tank to crack, or all the pumps to fail at once. Red Sea - Please start shipping your Max 250!!! Link to comment
skydive Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I heard good things about the ATO but the TWO I had ended up junk and the third one is still in the box. How did yours fail? Both of mine failed when I was plugging them back in after a water change. When I plugged it in nothing happened, completely dead. Edited: The time they lasted was just a couple months each. Link to comment
skydive Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I have now a SP3000 on a timer that does real well except for it doesn't have a memory to it, meaning every time the surface changes with agitation it makes a horrid sound like a .22 going off instead of with the JBJ it stayed on for a few seconds even if the sensor came back up. The timer helped out so it's not doing it all day anymore just every couple hours. Link to comment
StevieT Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 I went to JBJ website and to my surprise, the product is no longer listed. http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_ato.html Link to comment
jcolletteiii Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I went with the aquamedic Niveaumat ATO. It uses an aquamedic dosing style pump. Great little unit - can't say enough good things about it. A bit on the expensive side, but if you search around a bit, you can find them for less than a Franklin. Link to comment
skydive Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 jc - that's what I have, the SP3000 does yours make a bunch of noise because of surface agitation? Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Mine took a dump too...I used the float switches and made a DIY....no problems since! Link to comment
jcolletteiii Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 jc - that's what I have, the SP3000 does yours make a bunch of noise because of surface agitation? Yeah, that's the one. Mine makes no noise at all. What do you mean noise because of surface agitation? I have it set up with the drip counter going into chamber 1, and the float sensor is in chamber 3. Once in awhile, the peristaltic pump sticks, and makes a kind of soft 'grinding' or 'grating' noise, but usually, I don't even know when it's going. Also, because there is only the one float switch, I have it on its own dedicated timer that goes on 4-5 times a day for a half hour at a time. I'm keeping my eyes open for a timer that has 10 or 15 minute increments though. Link to comment
adicus Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 I heard good things about the ATO but the TWO I had ended up junk and the third one is still in the box. How did yours fail? Both of mine failed when I was plugging them back in after a water change. When I plugged it in nothing happened, completely dead. Edited: The time they lasted was just a couple months each. Don't know how or when (within a day) it failed. Noticed the water level low in my tank and glanced over to see the ATO totally dark. http://www.jbjlighting.com/sys_ato.html Interesting - It wasn't listed on their page this weekend. Link to comment
Matty1124 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 i got mine used (1year) and its been on my tank for about 18 months now... now problems what so ever Link to comment
Detritus07 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 mine overflowed my tank. Haven't used it since. Link to comment
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