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Old 03-04-2013, 02:41 AM
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So far so good, it's become a little more silent over the weekend. After following the break in procedures I put the cup on and started pulling skimmate out Friday night. It'll take some playing around with to get the settings right and I'll need to find a stand for it since it doesn't seem to like how deep my sump is (~10"). Temporarily I put it on a margarine container this morning and it's pulled about half an inch of some pretty nasty looking sludge out already.
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Old 03-06-2013, 01:53 AM
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Lowered it by a couple of inches this morning and it seems to be a lot happier! It's now running a lot closer to that 7.5-8" recommended level.

The pump is now very quiet, the sound of the air rushing in is now the loudest part, which surprises me a little because of the silencer.
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Old 03-18-2013, 06:57 PM
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How do you like you Omega now? Still doing good?
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Old 03-19-2013, 04:50 AM
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Still really happy with it. The air noise is still a little louder than I'd like, actually a lot louder than I'd like, but the pump is now dead silent. Pulling out lots of really nice, disgusting black gunk.

It also recovers REALLY well from feeding or hands in the tank. Usually a full recovery within an hour or so.
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Old 03-19-2013, 06:53 AM
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I just picked mine up tonight. Can't fire it up until my plumbing is done but had a question. The way mine came the end of the ceramic shaft for the needle wheel doesn't seat in anything. The volute piece is wide open so the end of the shaft is unsupported. Is this how it's supposed to be?
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Old 03-22-2013, 01:02 AM
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I just picked mine up tonight. Can't fire it up until my plumbing is done but had a question. The way mine came the end of the ceramic shaft for the needle wheel doesn't seat in anything. The volute piece is wide open so the end of the shaft is unsupported. Is this how it's supposed to be?
Hey, sorry I missed this.

To be honest I don't recall. It seems to me that there was a bracket that went between the volute assembly and the pump to support the needlewheel, I likely would've noticed if the needlewheel was just loose but I'm not 100% sure of that.
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Old 03-22-2013, 02:59 AM
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Yeah that piece was missing from my box. Waiting for proline to send me one.
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Talked to vertex yesterday about the omega series and the new 135 is now a in cone pump. No release date but should be 6 to 8 weeks.

Does anyone have more info as that was all I could find
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