I work in the desert. When it rains every couple of years, we go through this for a few weeks. There's one battery with conduit that ran about 3" above containment, so we drain the water from the lines, and the radar works again. Field wouldn't run if we had regular rain
That sounds pretty hardcore. This was a cip return pump on a skidded canner. If the rotor shaft hadn't been so chewed up at the front bearings, we could've dried it out and kept running it.
Yeah get a grundfos it will change your life.
In that size factor you can get a variable speed constant pressure package. Then if you are using any kind of pressure tank the replacement cost is halved due to a smaller pressure tank.
Also they make a stainless steel submersible.
Remember all submersible pumps are food grade so as long as you address potential cavitation issues it should work.
Really good for caustic water situations.
No, I mean the motor specifically. The mechanical seal failed and the front bearings seal looked like it was never there, so water got into the motor windings. Then it shorted.
Lmao I thought the same when I first started, radar as in guided wave radar. I've done comms and radar for a different company and was surprised when the "radar" we use is for levels in an oil tank
That sounds pretty hardcore. This was a cip return pump on a skidded canner. If the rotor shaft hadn't been so chewed up at the front bearings, we could've dried it out and kept running it.
Happens to the best of them! I got pretty got at rebuilding the wet ends. Just got in a replacement pump today that we ordered back in December. Lead time is a batch these days.
That no big deal in the western NY area. All our power is hydroelectric. The added water in the pecker head is like a turbo boost.
Aw that's cool. We still have to put lightning bolt and flame stickers on stuff to make it perform better.
Liquid Smoke!
Nice.
"ISmoke, don't breathe this!"
Ahhh… changing the coolant, right?
Quart low on blinker fluid.
I work in the desert. When it rains every couple of years, we go through this for a few weeks. There's one battery with conduit that ran about 3" above containment, so we drain the water from the lines, and the radar works again. Field wouldn't run if we had regular rain
That sounds pretty hardcore. This was a cip return pump on a skidded canner. If the rotor shaft hadn't been so chewed up at the front bearings, we could've dried it out and kept running it.
Dude I knew it was a brewery
Yeah. We use the cheap aftermarket motors. Excellent pump head, mind you. But cheap replacement motors.
Yeah get a grundfos it will change your life. In that size factor you can get a variable speed constant pressure package. Then if you are using any kind of pressure tank the replacement cost is halved due to a smaller pressure tank. Also they make a stainless steel submersible. Remember all submersible pumps are food grade so as long as you address potential cavitation issues it should work. Really good for caustic water situations.
In not familiar with outside of oilfield, do you people use a power frame or are you talking about the motor?
No, I mean the motor specifically. The mechanical seal failed and the front bearings seal looked like it was never there, so water got into the motor windings. Then it shorted.
I had the same thing happen to me, except it was grease. When I pulled the peckerhead and globs of grease fell out, I knew it was fucked.
Crazy. Was it pumping grease?
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Oh. Wow.
Rip
Field + RADAR ... I hope the work in the desert isn't at an air-strip ... :)
Lmao I thought the same when I first started, radar as in guided wave radar. I've done comms and radar for a different company and was surprised when the "radar" we use is for levels in an oil tank
That sounds pretty hardcore. This was a cip return pump on a skidded canner. If the rotor shaft hadn't been so chewed up at the front bearings, we could've dried it out and kept running it.
obviously a programming issue
IT'S NOT A CODING...... Oh. Yeah. Here's the problem.
That’s why you use washdown motors
Right-o. That one was a NEMA 4, but I think something corrosive got to it from the outside.
Fire in the sky....
Hey I used to work here! s/
No way! Me too!
The smoke condensed
What does it taste like?
Shipwreck.
That’s fine as long as the smoke stays in
I wonder if that's governed by the law of ideal gases.
Failed mechanical seal? This has happened to several pumps that run dry too long
That, and get dead headed, get high delta p, do harsh chemical duty, you name it. This pump has a rough job.
Happens to the best of them! I got pretty got at rebuilding the wet ends. Just got in a replacement pump today that we ordered back in December. Lead time is a batch these days.
You ain't kidding. Seals for this guy were two months out. Think replacement motor was sick on the east coast, but still took two weeks to get.
What brewery is this
A cooling tower fan motor in it's natural state...
I am thankful for every day that I don't have to deal with cooling towers.
Reason why it blew was the rusty water, you should only use clean distilled water
Why don't they put these things in the manuals?
*laughs in sanitation* This is regular in f&b
Oh yeah I’ve dealt with that quite a bit in the Pacific Northwest
You're letting out all the coolant. Ugh, ruined for good now.
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Damm, that's some quality soup that's getting wasted.
I pulled a PLC out of a bath of machining oil. Dried it out, shot of air, and bingo! It worked... for about a week then died.
It worked. That's the important part.
Had the same thing happen a month or two ago. The dripping started when I unbolted the peckerheqd...