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rotovacguy
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Hi guys, I recently purchased an older century 400 porty for very cheap. The 7.2" 3 stage lamb motor went out on it shortly after receiving it, but when it was working I noticed the pump had a lot more pressure than the little 200 psi in my Mytee. The gauge always read right around 500 psi when the wand was triggered. Since the vacuum motor went out, I decided to take out the pump and try to put it in my Mytee, since that extra power would come in very handy. As I pulled it out, I noticed it said "100 volts" on the motor. There are no visible serial numbers on the motor or pump, but I noticed it looked a lot like a pumptec pump, so I called them up. I spoke with Sean at Pumptec, and he assured me that it was indeed one of theirs, since they had a contract with century 400 back in the day. He also informed me that the motor was most likely a Leeson motor, and that he was the guy that did the installations, too. When I took out the pump, I noticed there were some extra wires mounted on the side of the base, going into some sort of module. Sean told me this was the converter for allowing a 100 volt pump to work with 110 volt power. He also said that it was very sensitive to vibration, and it might not be worth trying to make it work on my Mytee.
I guess my question is, does anyone know if there is another way to make it work on standard 110 volt power? It's a very nice pump, but if it's too much hassle, I'll just sell it on ebay. Why would they build a 100 volt motor? Where do they use 100 volts?
The Mytee unit I have is a 1000-dx200. It came with just one cord, but I juiced it up with a second cord to allow me to drop in a couple of 3 stage Lamb motors. Ultimately, I'm trying to keep costs to a minimum, and there is nothing wrong with the 200 psi Pumptec in it, I just want more power.
I guess my question is, does anyone know if there is another way to make it work on standard 110 volt power? It's a very nice pump, but if it's too much hassle, I'll just sell it on ebay. Why would they build a 100 volt motor? Where do they use 100 volts?
The Mytee unit I have is a 1000-dx200. It came with just one cord, but I juiced it up with a second cord to allow me to drop in a couple of 3 stage Lamb motors. Ultimately, I'm trying to keep costs to a minimum, and there is nothing wrong with the 200 psi Pumptec in it, I just want more power.