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Return pump woes

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Yyrkoon
, 10-15-2012 at 08:49 AM (11150 Views)
I'm not usually one to complain about noise, but noise associated with vibration gets on my nerves. I have this Iwaki MD-20RT pump that I bought years about, probably in 2006. I never used the pump, and before this weekend never ran it more than a few minutes. It's rated for high head, and seems to run cool enough, but there is significant vibration coming off of the unit. It's driving me nuts! I can feel the vibration on the ground NEXT to the stand though the carpet.

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Unless I can figure out what is causing the vibration, I think I need to replace the unit. Any suggestions? Has anyone ever had vibration in these pumps and repaired it?

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  1. stangchris's Avatar
    nothing wrong with pump thats how they are. a computer mouse pad can work wonders even a lil towel rolled up.
  2. Yyrkoon's Avatar
    It is hard plumbed, perhaps that is a potential culprit. I have the pump on four rubber feet, and have felt pads on each of the feet.
  3. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    This is a big problem with commercial pumps, like the building heating pumps I deal with. Typically they use a section of flexible hose, or a rubber ball type connector between the pumps and hard plumbing to help isolate the vibration. So, re-plumbing with sections of spa-flex or hose may help.
  4. Midnight's Avatar
    Plus 1 on what Phil say
  5. Yyrkoon's Avatar
    http://www.vibrationmounts.com/store...=products8.htm (The blue metric GelPads) These are expensive, but I would how well they would work. I'll try the plumbing and a mousepad first, however.
    Updated 10-16-2012 at 09:29 AM by Yyrkoon (Clarification)