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Old August 1st, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Naughty Air Pump!

Okay, I had my air pump switched off for a week as I had a French Family staying in my bedroom, and it's SUPER noisy.

I switched it back on, and as it's a bubble wand, only a few came out. I was confuzzled and switched it back off.

I later moved the airbed that the youngest boy was staying on to find everything COVERED in water, included all the extension leads FULL of water, and a good inch missing from the top.

How do I redo my airpump so it stops pumping WATER and starts pumping AIR. Like its name suggests!

It's a two way pump, two bits of air tubing come off two separate ends, and are joined to a three-way valve, from which one peice runs off into the bubblewand.

Any ideas?

Thank you all greatly in advance guys
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Old August 1st, 2009  
Fish Master
 
wow that really sucks! im sorry you are having to go through this
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Old August 1st, 2009  
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http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=10109
Above is a link to Air Check Valves that go into the air line tubing. It prevents a back flow which seems to be your problem. Fairly cheap.
Best of luck and be careful around the wet wires!
Ken
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Old August 1st, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
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wow that really sucks! im sorry you are having to go through this
It's not biggie, it's an awsome airpump, but I do have the UGF powerhead wired into the same plug-head, so I haven't got double filtration right now, but it kinds sucks. I have the heater ad the light in the same plug head as well, and the second filter by itself, my dad's mighty fine with electronics!
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