You’re about the hardest working bloke on TH-cam,Dean. I always look forward to your videos,lve learned so much. When do you ever have a break/ holiday with your family? Go have one,you deserve it. 😉
New subscriber, love binge watching these awesome reapairs! One question I have is about spares - do you offer to buy tools not worth repairing? Or do customers simply donate them to you instead of having to take care of the trash?
What about liquid isolating tape? I'd assume it can't be all that good at flexing after, but might make for a quick repair without involving exposed connectors. Then again, at the price a tube of it is, it might be best to just replace the lead whole for the same price and have its function guaranteed.
For making a connection really watertight, like the factory lead(manufacturer guarantee worthy)isn't that easy. Cable should be stripped the exact length, cable surface prepped. A mould(if that's good English. Formwork for the rubber), in the exact dimensions. Then the manufacturer should design a liquid rubber/resin of some kind that could be mixed at home, bonds really well with the insulation of the cable and wires . Then the application of this all should be performed perfectly.
i agree, i would have tried overmolding it myself with epoxy or hot glue if it were mine, but he is right, doing it professionally is not worth the risk.
Have you seen an oilcap to drain or refill ? There are such pumps but this one has no oil in the connection compartment. Here it has rubber seals only.The oil seal is unter the motor cover.
Thanks to your videos I am now also sporting that Casio 168 that I used to have as teenager. Nice to be wearing one again.
That strip connector repair looks like our old boy on the farm would do.
I can't believe someone did that and then Lowered it into the water. They must have been out of their mind.
Maybe they only used it like this for a flooded basement or something with the pump only half submerged. Still crazy, but it would work.
Safety first 😉
Great video as always!
You’re about the hardest working bloke on TH-cam,Dean. I always look forward to your videos,lve learned so much. When do you ever have a break/ holiday with your family? Go have one,you deserve it. 😉
New subscriber, love binge watching these awesome reapairs! One question I have is about spares - do you offer to buy tools not worth repairing? Or do customers simply donate them to you instead of having to take care of the trash?
They are just left to be bumped. I don't hold onto many broken tools more are disposed of
Don't those rubber parts need some kind of grease to be water tight?
What about liquid isolating tape? I'd assume it can't be all that good at flexing after, but might make for a quick repair without involving exposed connectors. Then again, at the price a tube of it is, it might be best to just replace the lead whole for the same price and have its function guaranteed.
I wish we could change to the UK standard plug system. Ours in South Africa came in the ..........
These old iron cast drainage pumps are about the only ones you can change the lead on, all those new factory sealed pumps I'm not even touching.
Dean, please can you suggest a Crimping tool for DIY work?
Thanks
Strip connector 🤦♂️🤣
Did you fix welders before?
Dean. Why is there no Transformer oil in There?
It is toxic for the environment . You can not pollute the aquiffer under EU regulations.
no this is a drainage pump, no oil so its more environmentally safe.
This pump has oil seal unter the motor cover only, the connection compartment has rubber seals only.
Would it be a possibility where that strip connector was . Could have been the float switch once upon a time?🤔
No this model donent have a float switch. The model with a float has 2 openings with another grommet to seal it.
No there would be 2 glands
Surely you should mega the motor first
It's a run capacitor
Or shorts between run and start winding due to water ingress
Why there is no gasket to seal the body of the pump? Wont the water get in if its just metal on metal?
When the top is off you can see the clean ring that sat on the gasket.
@idontgiveaship2575 Okay, Thank you for pointing that out, I was confused if that was a gasket or not ✌️
That seems very wasteful, there should be a kit with potting compound to repair the original cable, shortening it 30cm wouldn't hurt.
For making a connection really watertight, like the factory lead(manufacturer guarantee worthy)isn't that easy. Cable should be stripped the exact length, cable surface prepped. A mould(if that's good English. Formwork for the rubber), in the exact dimensions. Then the manufacturer should design a liquid rubber/resin of some kind that could be mixed at home, bonds really well with the insulation of the cable and wires . Then the application of this all should be performed perfectly.
i agree, i would have tried overmolding it myself with epoxy or hot glue if it were mine, but he is right, doing it professionally is not worth the risk.
You must see some right botch jobs.😅
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Denso tape around the new grommet would add an extra layer of protection here just in case anyone else comes across one of these in future. 👍
Should be full of oil.. this is not right
Have you seen an oilcap to drain or refill ? There are such pumps but this one has no oil in the connection compartment. Here it has rubber seals only.The oil seal is unter the motor cover.
not all pumps are oil filled. this a drainage pump
Don’t know what’s wrong Dean Pump was working fine till I put it in water 😂