I just started my first brew but the pump is getting hot in there it has not run dry in any way. But it seems to have slowly heated up the water since I started it this morning and it’s at 87 farenheight should I dump this stuff as no good or at least just mix with some cold water and use on my outdoor plants? And any pumps you recommend that wouldn’t do this? I thought this was a nice one I’m gettin nervous the more it heats up
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I’m assuming it’s the pump because it felt pretty warm when I tested it before and took it out but I didn’t run it long enough to see how much it would heat up the water, wasn’t expecting this big of a temp jump this quick
I have a submersible pump with a 90 on the effluent so it’s spinning the water and an air stone in there with an air pump doing it’s job
I took that pump out I see the directions say at least needing an air pump and air stone and adding a circulation pump if you can so I took out the water pump and this air pump seems to be movin the water pretty well. I put a couple ice cubes in. If it cools down by tomorrow is it ok to use or should I not risk if it got up to 90+
Yes, it’s the pump.
I have a similar issue with my EzClone. That excess temperature screwed up my clones.
Any idea what the specs are of the pump? Another thought is using a Kill-O-watt meter and check the current draw and the power factor.
Good third party sources may be garden centers, ones that specialize in ponds etc. I’ve seen reasonable ones in some of the box stores as well.
Cheers
G
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By “brew” you’re talking tea brew? I’d just use an air stone and no pump. if you’re worried about sediment not tea’in right (i don’t use bags either) then just give it a stir whenever it tickles your fancy.
If it’s a cloner there’s the ol’ stick a frozen water bottle in it. I just built a bucket cloner. If the heat goes up I’m probably going to just put the pump on a timer instead
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How is air gonna force through the stones then?
The problem I see is not enough tubes coming off the pump.
Compression creates heat, allowing better airflow coming out of the pump is gonna allow air to flow better with less compression happening
As far as microbe population ur aiming for a warmer tea finishes faster than a colder one. 87 degrees isn’t anything of concern, over 95-105 and u got issues.
A good tea u should always follow ur nose, if it smells sour and rotten then it likely is, sweet and earthy and ur in the clear
My brewer, pump is a 12 port and split each end off with 2 for a total of 24 stones, my pump breathes to it’s maximum potential
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Oh I thought he was talking about having a water pump sitting on the bottom. There’s 2 lines going into his bucket and looks like a circular movement. I’d be shocked his air pump was heating the air up so much that it was heating his water to almost 90f. Stick that sucker in an open cooler with ice packs around it or something. Are you taking air from the sun maybe? lol
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Ya that’s def crazy to hear it’s kicking up temps and excessive compression is the only logical thing that makes sense to me
What’s the gph rating on the pump and how many gallon of liquid?
Outdoor, what’s the ambient?
I run AC Infinity pumps that are roughly 360gph in a 12 gallon reservoir. Previously I had a 750ish gph pump in it and it made the water too warm… and ph rose because of it.
Small pump or more liquid I’d imagine is your best bet.
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Damn those are small pumps, I use the vivosun 102w 1750gph pump on my setup and never had heat become an issue
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Mine just agitates the reservoir in a gravity feed system. (Autopot)
The 750gph I use in my mixing tote which is 20 gallon.
Probably should have mentioned that earlier. 
This is all new to me…
Ah ok probably too big. I’m gonna need to mix bigger sizes over time but this was 4 gallons mixing and it’s 530 GPH of water at 1 ft. Of head. I took the pump out and kept the air going a little bit after i tested it at 90 and I dropped some ice cubes in. It’s at 77.5 right now . With where it’s at, it will probably drop a little more by tomorrow do you think it’s ok to still use even if it possibly hit mid-high 90s for a maybe 30 mins to an hour? I know it quickly dropped to 86 after the ice melted and mixed and slowly dropped since then
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Yes I was talking a bout a water pump
At the bottom your correct
My air pump is stronger than I needed not heating up but I never needed to run that water pump I hope I didn’t get it too hot. Doesn’t seem to be stinky, it’s bubbling real nice now I’ll check it out more in the morning
I’m not sure the difference in one foot of head but that’s all I can find with this but me doing 4 gallons I think what you’re saying is right
I do have one of those atratchments this came with as well I see! Very nice thank you and I did have a water pump at the bottom as well as the air pump running air into the air stone. Two pumps for one bucket. I took it out. It’s lookin good now im just worried if that short period of heat was an issue
Like if it did just barely reach that 95 it was for a very very short period of time and I don’t think it did but I’m just a paranoid grower lol
And thank you to all my helpful OGers 
Ya u should be fine, good soil microbes start dying off en excess of 160. Again how does it smell
U will smell a distinct sour smell if it’s turned for the worst
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Ok cool I smell a little bit of that same smell from the beggining when I stick my head close (what the ingredients smell like) but nothin crazy it defineglt started bubbling a lot more these last couple hours