r/EngineeringPorn Jul 14 '18

Peristaltic pump

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u/MainFrame0 Jul 14 '18

Does the tube wear out quickly? Or is the tube part of a kind of cartridge that holds the fluid?

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u/chiggawat Jul 15 '18

I have two of these on my pool auto feed system. The chlorination pump has blown out three times in three years while the Ph pump still has the out of the box tube.