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Old 08-13-2010, 09:52 PM
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I am running 2 mp40's at full 75% of the time in Ecomode for about 3months now and they seem to be holding up fine.
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Old 08-13-2010, 10:37 PM
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I think the DC motors used in these are pretty durable in start stop operation.
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Old 08-14-2010, 12:08 AM
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My buddy Smudge put me on to this link http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1890155 apparently running them at max speed all the time is toughest on the motor.
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