Think I fried my dosing pump...

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  1. ComputerJohn

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    Wow this doser was messed up. Who the hell did the mfg have soldering this thing together? What a hack job, I'm even surprised it even worked at all! Wire splicing without covering them. Everything thing is being held with hot glue.

    When I opened it, I still found traces of saltwater.

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    After inspecting it a little more, I found a bunch of broken wires.

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    Do you think it is still fixable though?
     
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  4. ComputerJohn

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    I had to replace some corroded wires and resoldered a bunch of connections.

    This are before I did the work.

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  5. ComputerJohn

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    I had to flush out the dried salt, rust and corrosion that was on each board.

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    I removed each timer and controller section and cleaned and resoldered corroded connection.

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  7. ComputerJohn

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    Heat shrinked all exposed wires.

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    Reglued boards in place. Now to fully test.

    We have life! Full power!

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    Now test the pumps, all three motors work and timer controls them great.

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    End results, I have a working dosing pump. It took 4 hours to repair. If the mfg didn't do such a crappy job building in the first place, it wouldn't of taken so long. The middle timer is a little faint on the display, but don't know if it has always been that way.

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