How often do you need to replace a pump?

[Etherton]

Title pretty much sums it up. How often should one replace a pump? I've had mine since 3.5 years now and it see,s to be running strong. I just had the system apart and didn't notice anything out of the normal.

Thanks!

 

[Zarathustra[H]]

It will depend on the brand of your pump.

As I recall, the very popular D5 pump is rated at 50,000 hours. If you leave it on 24h/day, that's 5.7 hours.

Read the specs for your pump?

 

[Nobu]

It will depend on the brand of your pump.

As I recall, the very popular D5 pump is rated at 50,000 hours. If you leave it on 24h/day, that's 5.7 hours years.

Read the specs for your pump?

Fixed that for you.

 

[thesmokingman]

5.7 hours hehe...

How often should one replace a pump?

When it stops working.

 

[Zarathustra[H]]

Fixed that for you.

5.7 hours hehe...

DOH....

Yes, years.

When it stops working.

Sounds about right.

In modern systems all you'll have is bad thermal throttling. It's not as if you'll break something if the pump dies. Unless it starts leaking in the process, which I feel is unusual.

I haven't experienced it myself, but I'm going to guess that they rarely just die without any warning either. Telltale signs might be unusual noises etc.

Personally, I plan on just running mine into the ground and then replacing it