New smart circulating pump/ are they win or bin

[Gazzt]

Do you like the new smart circulating pumps or prefer the standard circulating pumps, plumging suppliers in northern Ireland report they have alot of returns of faulty smart pumps.

 

[Best]

Hard to like the A rated pumps that cost a lot more than ordinary pumps, but save a few pence in electricity and then need replaced in only 2 or 3 years.
I now think of the older pumps as quality

 

[king of pipes]

Dab Evosta is a nice pump for the money 7m head and the option to switch from a positive head or to modulate down on load , as for grunfosses latest offering a pump which you can control and monitor via a app on your phone the jury is still out on these cheers kop

 

[townfanjon]

When brexit finally happens we can go back to the old ones lol

 

[Gazzt]

Dab pump is a decent pump.

 

[Best]

Dab Evo pumps also give trouble. Electronics and heat don't mix well I suspect, although it might just be faulty electronic parts.
The pump in the photo is 1962 and has been working virtually everyday from then. I was in same house that still has the original owners this week and the heating was still working.
It doesn't even have any isolating valves, but I guess with that reliability it doesn't need them. It is not A rated though, - probably more like Z rated.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

View attachment 29439 Dab Evo pumps also give trouble. Electronics and heat don't mix well I suspect, although it might just be faulty electronic parts.
The pump in the photo is 1962 and has been working virtually everyday from then. I was in same house that still has the original owners this week and the heating was still working.
It doesn't even have any isolating valves, but I guess with that reliability it doesn't need them. It is not A rated though, - probably more like Z rated.

I'm sure somewhere in the lockup we have a brand new one (smc)

And these days pumps are designed to fail, if they didn't manufacturers wouldn't have much of a call for new pumps

 

[Best]

I'm sure somewhere in the lockup we have a brand new one (smc)

And these days pumps are designed to fail, if they didn't manufacturers wouldn't have much of a call for new pumps

What I find incredible is not only has that pump been working for over 54 years, but also the system is filthy.
I wouldn't mind if modern pumps are designed only to last 10 - 15 years max, but they are not up to the job if they cost more but last only 2 or 3 years. The cost to the customer is unfair.

 

[cr0ft]

I'm sure We were chatting about old boilers being the same recently too! Consumers are being ripped off and big companies are allowed to get away with it :/

 

[Harvest Fields]

I'm sure somewhere in the lockup we have a brand new one (smc)

And these days pumps are designed to fail, if they didn't manufacturers wouldn't have much of a call for new pumps

Been asked to rip out a very old system, so went around to quote and found this in the loft next to the cylinder. Excuse the state of the picture. iPhones are rubbish at taking pictures in the dark so had to turn the flash off and use a torch