jeffblly Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I have a Toms Aqualifter and the jbj ATO system with about 3 feet of tubing from a bucket to the back chambers of a NC24. How can I get the Aqualifter to pump more water to the tank or do I need to buy a different pump? The pump does not have enough time to fill water into the tank without the autoshutoff turing off the ATO. Is there a way to turn off the autoshutoff feature on the ATO? I have it set at about 15 or 20 minutes now and I thought that was the max time it allowed. I need more time of the slow drip to fill my tank back up to the float. Im using just sensor A on mode A if that helps any. Link to comment
jeffblly Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Can anyone help? Still havent figured it out. Link to comment
archx Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 the tom aqualifter is too slow. I had the same problem with it Get a stronger pump. Mine has been running fine for 9 months so far. Link to comment
twichstile Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 i dont know about your timer, but the Aqua lifter pumps 3.5 gph. check this switch out: http://www.melevsreef.com/plumbing/auto_topoff.html Link to comment
jeffblly Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 What pump did you get? Link to comment
twichstile Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~cat...ory~FIOFOA.html Link to comment
jeffblly Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Thats the pump I have but it is not dripping fast enough before the 15 minute fail safe of the JBJ shuts the pump off and goes into fail mode. I have to reset the JBJ to work again. I see others that are using both together. Is there something Im missing? Link to comment
skydive Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 How high does the water have to travel? Link to comment
jeffblly Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 The water has to travel about 2.5 feet. I moved it closer to test and it still dripped at the same rate. Link to comment
skydive Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It's rated for 2.5' brand new but after a while it gets weaker. Link to comment
archx Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 just ditch the aqualifter. get a stronger pump and your problem's solved. the JBJ ATO is not the problem. It does what it's supposed to do Link to comment
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