Your Long Term Review Jebao DC Controllable Return Pump ?

[RobZilla04]

Originally Posted by NYC/NJREEFS

I ran my DC-6000 for over a year and the half w/o cleaning it once. They are quiet, and cool running. Unfortunately, the controller went bad on mine recently. One thing I didn’t like was the spark it would do when plugging in the pump plug to the controller.

Cutting power to the controller solves this issue.

[d0ughb0y]

Originally Posted by NYC/NJREEFS

I ran my DC-6000 for over a year and the half w/o cleaning it once. They are quiet, and cool running. Unfortunately, the controller went bad on mine recently. One thing I didn’t like was the spark it would do when plugging in the pump plug to the controller.

the spark is caused by charging of the two huge capacitors inside the controller. it is harmless and will not affect/damage the pump or controller. if you are not comfortable seeing the sparks, you can unplug from ac outlet, plug in the dc jack, then plug in to AC outlet.

[AddictReef]

Ran a DC 6000 for 3 years. Took it offline working great.
Upgraded to the DCS 12000 that has been running for 2 years. I clean them once a year.

Pretty satisfied so far.

[lpsouth1978]

I ran a DCT 12000 om my 300g reef tank for almost 2 years until we broke down the tank. I loved that pump and never had a single issue with it (other than the red scooter blenny that got turned into sushi by it, I still have no idea how he got in there). I am now in the process of setting up a 40B and just ordered one of the DCP pumps, hopefully it is as good as the previous model.

[asmodyus]

I just picked up a used Jebao DCP-18000 for my new 180 and was going to mount it outside but I was told not to and run externally and run it internal because Jebao are known to leak. Any input this claim?

[Yaryman]

Originally Posted by Yaryman

Pump Update - Still running at 15 days.
Did replace a Mag 7 with DCT-4000 that was running as return pump. I'm running that pump at 40% ( 18 watts ) That's 21 watts less than Mag 7.
The tank does now run cooler without the 2 Mag pumps. The house temps have increased, yet the tank hasn't.
I am running a 175 watt heater that before the switch to DCT pumps wouldn't be required in March.

No two ways about it, the DCT pumps run cooler in the tank. All in all that's a good thing. Yes, I will have to heat the tank during the coldest months.
But, having the tank run MAYBE two degrees cooler in the summer is a great trade off. The tank is in the hottest room in the house, and I'm also in that room. I like cooler.

Second, with a cooler running tank, I don't have to worry so much about the tank overheating if I go away for a week in the July heat.
Leaving the house AC at a higher temp more than makes up for running a 175 watt heater in the winter. The AC runs at about 5000 watts.

Only downside so far. Not that the Mag pumps were loud, but the DCT pumps are very quiet. So quiet I can hear how gosh darn loud my protein skimmer is.
If one of skimmer pump fails again, I will replace the skimmer. I've seen several models using the DCT-DCS pumps, and am likely to go in that direction.

Two year update. Just pulled my DCT 4000 for cleaning after two years running 24/7 as return pump at full power. Had already pulled my other DCT 4000 which was
running at 40% 24/7 for two years and used it a replacement for model running at 100%.

[spsfreak1977]

One year going strong


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