Innovatek Eheim HPPS Plus 12V Water Pump

oarsome · 11-09-2005, 10:57 PM

Is this pump strong enough for:

LRWB G4
MCW55
PA120.3

presently I have an MCP 600 but the noise is driving me crazy...I need something quiter, if not the above suggested, what are my other options?
cheers,

a.

Long Haired Git · 11-10-2005, 12:02 AM

My simulations show not a large performance hit from dropping to a MCP350.
Yes, the flow rate reduces but the Watts added by the pump is also reduced.
What price performance?

Eheim 1048 AC model's are noteworthy for performance vs noise.

oarsome · 11-10-2005, 08:21 PM

Hi, thanks for the response, I used your approximater, nice little tool

On the innovatek website they make this claim "Lifting height (head height): 5.5 ft+ More power than a Eheim 1048!"

Is that a lie, or misleading?

jaydee · 11-10-2005, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oarsome

Hi, thanks for the response, I used your approximater, nice little tool

On the innovatek website they make this claim "Lifting height (head height): 5.5 ft+ More power than a Eheim 1048!"

Is that a lie, or misleading?

Probably correct. Would not take much to get the extra lift. They probably added the extra performance for PC use.

ToasterIQ2000 · 11-11-2005, 10:12 PM

The Innovatek 1046s use a different rotor than fish prefer. When I first learned of the modified rotor I think it was only available aftermarket from german wc sites.

I have two machines running 1046s, both are built for silence: large passive radiators, CPU, GPU, chipset, HD coolers, pretty visual flow indicators, pressure compensating diaphrams ... and other Rube Goldberg-isms that amuse me...

On a cold morning when I can see my breath a 1046 pushes 0.5 l/m through all that.

I've burned out two of the 12v DC to euro AC HPPS inverters on the test bench. One of my theories is that those little inverters burn out if their connection to the pump is allowed to wiggle and spark. If you do anything other than set the pump in place with the HPPS converter snapped in place and never fiddling with it, I'd reccomend soldered connections between the pump and inverter.

11-09-2005, 10:57 PM	#1
oarsome Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Great white North Posts: 5	Innovatek Eheim HPPS Plus 12V Water Pump Is this pump strong enough for: LRWB G4 MCW55 PA120.3 presently I have an MCP 600 but the noise is driving me crazy...I need something quiter, if not the above suggested, what are my other options? cheers, a.

11-10-2005, 12:02 AM	#2
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	My simulations show not a large performance hit from dropping to a MCP350. Yes, the flow rate reduces but the Watts added by the pump is also reduced. What price performance? Eheim 1048 AC model's are noteworthy for performance vs noise. __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)

11-10-2005, 08:21 PM	#3
oarsome Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Great white North Posts: 5	Hi, thanks for the response, I used your approximater, nice little tool On the innovatek website they make this claim "Lifting height (head height): 5.5 ft+ More power than a Eheim 1048!" Is that a lie, or misleading?

11-11-2005, 10:12 PM	#5
ToasterIQ2000 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gorky Island, WA USA Posts: 22	The Innovatek 1046s use a different rotor than fish prefer. When I first learned of the modified rotor I think it was only available aftermarket from german wc sites. I have two machines running 1046s, both are built for silence: large passive radiators, CPU, GPU, chipset, HD coolers, pretty visual flow indicators, pressure compensating diaphrams ... and other Rube Goldberg-isms that amuse me... On a cold morning when I can see my breath a 1046 pushes 0.5 l/m through all that. I've burned out two of the 12v DC to euro AC HPPS inverters on the test bench. One of my theories is that those little inverters burn out if their connection to the pump is allowed to wiggle and spark. If you do anything other than set the pump in place with the HPPS converter snapped in place and never fiddling with it, I'd reccomend soldered connections between the pump and inverter.

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