Aquastream XT Ultra

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johnolg

Newbie

Aquastream XT Ultra

Monday, February 25th 2008, 12:31pm

Hi Guys

Just got my Aquastream XT Ultra and I am having a problem with the frequency setting.
If I set the Aquastream to "Automatic frequency settings", it spends about 5 minutes trying to find its optimal frequency before settling at about 80Hz. at which it vibrates a lot and is very loud. After a bit of trial and error I found its best setting (for noise) seems to be 58Hz. My questions are:

1. Is this normal?
2. Can I damage the pump by manually setting the frequency?

Ive updated the Firmware to 1009 which made no difference

Thanks for any Help in Advance

pharao

Moderator

Re: Aquastream XT Ultra

Monday, February 25th 2008, 1:24pm

1) don't know, i have no Aquastream

2) no, usually not. not with your "normal" Firmware. AC has a Freeware-version without limitations and with that you can (physically) damage the pump if you set the frequency too high. so don't worry.

Gute work-live-balance ist, wenn man von seinem Privatleben erschöpfter ist als von der Arbeit.

gr3if

God

Re: Aquastream XT Ultra

Monday, February 25th 2008, 4:11pm

You can set the frequency manually to 58heart no problem at all.

johnolg

Newbie

Re: Aquastream XT Ultra

Monday, February 25th 2008, 5:58pm

Another question is why does the pump run so badly with Automatic Frequency Settings?

gr3if

God

Re: Aquastream XT Ultra

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 12:37pm

Real Aw? No one can tell you the real reason. Even Ac is sometimes struggeling.

Stephan

Administrator

Re: Aquastream XT Ultra

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 7:32pm

You can setup any frequency, it will never damage the pump.

The pump is running most silent at 58-61 Hz. You can easily find this out if you have a look at the Current Graph in the Software. The pump will take the lowest current in this range so it runs in the smoothest way.