The water in my system has stopped circulating, and I'm trying to figure out where the problem is. I'm guess that EITHER there is some kind of blockage OR ELSE that my aquastream xt pump is malfunctioning.



I fired up aquasuite software to see if I could get some information on what's going on with my pump, and tried setting speed as high as possible. Then I got a very odd graph line - see attachment. The rotation number stays the same, no matter how high I set the slider - but the the current gives a jaggy line that I've never seen before.



How would you read this?

Hiya!

No, no fluid is visible, and I can't hear any particularly odd sounds - i.e., I can hear that the aquastream is running and vibrating slightly on its sandwich thing. If I unplug it from the PSU then re-plug it, it clearly stops running, then starts again.

OTOH, if I pinch the tubing when I start the pump, I don't feel any pressure, as the water tries to get past the stoppage I'm causing. Also, there's an air pocket in the tubing directly connected to the aquastream's output - and the air pocket doesn't move at all when the pump starts.

So ... I think the signs are pointing to a problem with pump, NOT a blockage in the system.

Would you agree with my diagnosis?