DOS head bound up

Hey all, could use a little help here. I have been using the DOS for probably a year and a half now for AWC (changing about a gallon per day). I was doing some maintenance last night and it kicked on and it was really loud. I went to my fish room and saw it was stuck. Trying to turn but just clicking back and forth. I took the head off and nothing seemed amiss, out it back together and pressed the buttons to advance the head. It worked fine. A little while went buy and the awc kicked on again and the same thing happened.

Is this a sign of needing to replace the head?

Thanks,

Hoping it’s not the motor?

Yes. You need a new head.

At a gallon per day, you should be replacing the heads every 12-18 months.

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Thanks Zombie!

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Originally Posted by zombie

Yes. You need a new head.

At a gallon per day, you should be replacing the heads every 12-18 months.

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Good to know that


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Originally Posted by Faulker's Maze

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Yep. Rule of thumb is 300-500 gallons or 3 years whichever comes first.

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Bummer... new head. Same problem....

Whe. I advance the motor with no head, it spins fine. As soon as I put head on, it just clicks and doesn’t spin...

What’s next?

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Originally Posted by SUS

Bummer... new head. Same problem....

Whe. I advance the motor with no head, it spins fine. As soon as I put head on, it just clicks and doesn’t spin...

What’s next?

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Make sure the head seats properly on the lego looking shaft. I have to hit the prime button while I seat it for it to fully seat onto the shaft.

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Yeah, I was doing the same thing... it’s definitely fully seated

Anybody?
I’ve tried 4 heads now. All work on the right, none work on left. So it’s definitely not the head, what else goes bad in these?

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Anybody?
I’ve tried 4 heads now. All work on the right, none work on left. So it’s definitely not the head, what else goes bad in these?

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Can you link a video of what is happening.

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Originally Posted by zombie

Can you link a video of what is happening.

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Let me know if this works

no head
https://youtu.be/ATnT7OtKPns

with head
https://youtu.be/9EoTqZfN3xY

That sounds like the motor went bad. I would contact support and send it in.

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That sounds like the motor went bad. I would contact support and send it in.

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Damn. Do you know of a way to look up how many hours of use it has had? I tried looking in fusion but everything pre 2019 is blank

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Damn. Do you know of a way to look up how many hours of use it has had? I tried looking in fusion but everything pre 2019 is blank

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No. I would just infer from how you currently have it programmed.

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No. I would just infer from how you currently have it programmed.

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It’s varied quite a bit over the last year. And I wanted to know exactly when I put it online