Barbara Turner
Member
Hi All
I finally replaced my broken Hydor heater... I'm not having much luck.
I recently picked up the new heater from Aquasabi, I was initially quite impressed.
mouldings are all nicely finished and on the outside, it looks like a well-designed unit, the box is nicely printed.
It's amazingly similar to the Hydor unit, I would normally use the word "inspired by" but in this case, copied might be a better phrase. It does have a few upgrades like the idea of allowing different hose diameters and the LCD temp display. I'm not sure what the green button does I never got to turn it on..
Connecting the heater up I came up with my first issue, I'm using HI-Fitt Cristallio Extra 16-22mm clear hose (not JBL) and the gland nut doesn't even come close to tightening up. It just slides over the top of the hose.
This didn't bother me too much, I put it down to not using JBL hoses and had some good old trusty jubilee clips.
Big problems came when I turned on the water, there is an internal leak, so water pisses out all the holes in the case, as this internal leak it fills up the case and has got into the lcd, circuit board etc..
I didn't dare turn it on.. I connected it to the mixer tap to check that I hadn't missed anything.
I've uploaded a video here
I spoke to Aquasabi who have contacted JBL, hopefully, I'll hear back soon..
In the meantime, if anyone else buys one please check that if you seal one end you can't still blow air in it..
I finally replaced my broken Hydor heater... I'm not having much luck.
I recently picked up the new heater from Aquasabi, I was initially quite impressed.
mouldings are all nicely finished and on the outside, it looks like a well-designed unit, the box is nicely printed.
It's amazingly similar to the Hydor unit, I would normally use the word "inspired by" but in this case, copied might be a better phrase. It does have a few upgrades like the idea of allowing different hose diameters and the LCD temp display. I'm not sure what the green button does I never got to turn it on..
Connecting the heater up I came up with my first issue, I'm using HI-Fitt Cristallio Extra 16-22mm clear hose (not JBL) and the gland nut doesn't even come close to tightening up. It just slides over the top of the hose.
This didn't bother me too much, I put it down to not using JBL hoses and had some good old trusty jubilee clips.
Big problems came when I turned on the water, there is an internal leak, so water pisses out all the holes in the case, as this internal leak it fills up the case and has got into the lcd, circuit board etc..
I didn't dare turn it on.. I connected it to the mixer tap to check that I hadn't missed anything.
I've uploaded a video here
I spoke to Aquasabi who have contacted JBL, hopefully, I'll hear back soon..
In the meantime, if anyone else buys one please check that if you seal one end you can't still blow air in it..