seio 1500 mod question.

saltwaterfishlover · 04/29/2006, 02:03 PM

I have had 2 1500 for a little over a year now with little problem other than the need to clean and remove build up. well earlier this week while cleaning one I dropped the impellor shaft and it shattered. I substituted a 4mm stainless steel shaft. seems fine right now. do you thing this will make it more tolerant of a wave maker or timer?
thanks andy

sparks56 · 04/29/2006, 02:38 PM

i think it will rust

exoticaquatix · 04/30/2006, 12:19 AM

i have never seen SS rust. but then again i dont make a common practice of submerging it in salwater.

-nick

david8956 · 04/30/2006, 06:41 AM

sparks56 - All MaxiJet pumps have SS shafts.......they don't rust.

That said, some lower grades of SS will rust, so it depends on what grade SS was used to make the shaft you used.

saltwaterfishlover · 04/30/2006, 06:56 AM

not sure of the grade it is probably a so so grade it is the drive shaft of a RC boatGraupner GR1117. the nice thing is the impellors spin better now....

david8956 · 04/30/2006, 07:04 AM

If it was a RC boat prop shaft I'll bet it will be fine. Just keep an eye on it every month or 2 when you clean the pump. Even a "cheap" grade SS won't rust very fast.

04/29/2006, 02:03 PM	#1
saltwaterfishlover Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Deerfield Beach, Florida Posts: 1,983	seio 1500 mod question. I have had 2 1500 for a little over a year now with little problem other than the need to clean and remove build up. well earlier this week while cleaning one I dropped the impellor shaft and it shattered. I substituted a 4mm stainless steel shaft. seems fine right now. do you thing this will make it more tolerant of a wave maker or timer? thanks andy __________________ {andy} saltwater since 1982..its such a love hate relationship

04/29/2006, 02:38 PM	#2
sparks56 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: palm coast, fl. Posts: 216	i think it will rust __________________ STEVE Current Tank Info: 65 gal. softie tank/ new 120 sps in the works, 40 gal sump/ mag 18 return/ 1/4 delta star/ 25watt uv/ 2x250 ARO 10k ushio's/ 2 - 110 watt reef suns/ 2- 110watt actinics /DELTEC-AP 600 skimmer/ 150 gal. cichlid tank

04/30/2006, 12:19 AM	#3
exoticaquatix Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: baltimore, MD Posts: 536	i have never seen SS rust. but then again i dont make a common practice of submerging it in salwater. -nick __________________ This dude either has two glass eyes or he's wearing his patch on the wrong sa-sa-sa-side. -Aesop Current Tank Info: 120gal 500w MH 10K XMs 30g sump, MSX-200 skimmer, vortech MP40w and Tunze nanostreams; 9 gal, 29gal FW planted tanks

04/30/2006, 06:41 AM	#4
david8956 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Citrus Park, FL Posts: 1,133	sparks56 - All MaxiJet pumps have SS shafts.......they don't rust. That said, some lower grades of SS will rust, so it depends on what grade SS was used to make the shaft you used. __________________ David Current Tank Info: 72 G Bowfront reef with custom Maple stand & canopy. 20 G sump, Eheim 1262 return pump, 2 MJ Stream mods. 2 - 250 watt SE 14K AquaConnects & 2 X 110 watt VHO. EuroReef ES 6-1 skimmer. 1/10hp Arctica chiller.

04/30/2006, 06:56 AM	#5
saltwaterfishlover Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Deerfield Beach, Florida Posts: 1,983	not sure of the grade it is probably a so so grade it is the drive shaft of a RC boatGraupner GR1117. the nice thing is the impellors spin better now.... __________________ {andy} saltwater since 1982..its such a love hate relationship

04/30/2006, 07:04 AM	#6
david8956 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Citrus Park, FL Posts: 1,133	If it was a RC boat prop shaft I'll bet it will be fine. Just keep an eye on it every month or 2 when you clean the pump. Even a "cheap" grade SS won't rust very fast. __________________ David Current Tank Info: 72 G Bowfront reef with custom Maple stand & canopy. 20 G sump, Eheim 1262 return pump, 2 MJ Stream mods. 2 - 250 watt SE 14K AquaConnects & 2 X 110 watt VHO. EuroReef ES 6-1 skimmer. 1/10hp Arctica chiller.