Gargamel35
02/02/2018, 07:14 AM
I've always used Tunze powerheads and pumps and i was very happy with them.
Now i own bigger 110 gallon tank and i wanted to buy silent equipment (as silent as possible). So i bought Tunze 1073.050 DC return pump and 2x 6055 DC powerheads.
I install return pump and turn it on. It sounds terrible. Very loud humming and scratching noise. I decided to wait 2 months. It doesn't get much better at all so i return it and get a replacement. I install the second unit. It runs better but there is still a very annoying scratching sound! And it doesn't get any better with time. When i check the youtube, everybody is raving about the silent 1073.050. Well i had two units so far and none of them is silent.
I noticed that the second unit becomes silent if i lift the back part up and leave the front part down. But that is not how the pump should run and i don't know how to securely fit it like that.
Now to the 6055 powerheads. I install the first one. It runs silent! Pulse works silent also so that is great. Then i install the second 6055. If i turn the power over 40% i hear very annoying humming noise. If i put it to pulse, you hear the humming noise every couple of seconds. Horrible. I can also hear the power supply humm a lot louder then with the first 6055. i don't know if this will get better with time or not, but my wife hates these scratching and humming sounds.
Can i solve these problems somehow and did Tunze really fall in quality control that much?
Now i own bigger 110 gallon tank and i wanted to buy silent equipment (as silent as possible). So i bought Tunze 1073.050 DC return pump and 2x 6055 DC powerheads.
I install return pump and turn it on. It sounds terrible. Very loud humming and scratching noise. I decided to wait 2 months. It doesn't get much better at all so i return it and get a replacement. I install the second unit. It runs better but there is still a very annoying scratching sound! And it doesn't get any better with time. When i check the youtube, everybody is raving about the silent 1073.050. Well i had two units so far and none of them is silent.
I noticed that the second unit becomes silent if i lift the back part up and leave the front part down. But that is not how the pump should run and i don't know how to securely fit it like that.
Now to the 6055 powerheads. I install the first one. It runs silent! Pulse works silent also so that is great. Then i install the second 6055. If i turn the power over 40% i hear very annoying humming noise. If i put it to pulse, you hear the humming noise every couple of seconds. Horrible. I can also hear the power supply humm a lot louder then with the first 6055. i don't know if this will get better with time or not, but my wife hates these scratching and humming sounds.
Can i solve these problems somehow and did Tunze really fall in quality control that much?