Tunze Turbelle High Jet ATO Pump - Drive Port Application

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Did some testing this week with the new high head pressure ATO pump from Tunze. And from initial testing, it appears that it works with the Hydros Drive Port. You need to adapt it for a drive port but thats not too hard.

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This is the new pump:

Turbelle® High Jet 5000 - Tunze

Hi-Tech für Aquaristik
www.tunze.com www.tunze.com

The pump comes with crimped leads, one is brown and one is blue. Brown is + and blue is - or gnd. Per my cheat sheet, you will want to connect brown to pin 2 and blue to pin 1.

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If you cant solder, you can always but a Hydros drive port extension cable and cut off the male end of the cable and adapt it using a level wire clamp like these: Amazon.com

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Amazon also sells GX12-2 pin cables here that will work as well https://a.co/d/71wfHMd but do note you will need to use an OHM meter to figure out which wire is pin 1 and pin 2! I wouldnt trust the colors to match the Tunze pump, so DOUBLE CHECK before you make connections. I know the Hydros Cable should be color coded with BLACK being GND/Pin 1 and RED being POWER/Pin 2.
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Just then wire PIN 1 of that drive cable to the BLUE cable of the Tunze and PIN 2 of the drive cable to the BROWN cable of the Tunze.

If you want something even easier, you can also use one of Harrys Breakout Cables for the drive port: Hydros Drive Port Breakout — Harry's Aquatics


The pump itself is below the max current per port of 1A. Typically I saw around 0.6A with no flow restriction and about 0.8A with full flow restriction. But do note that you have a max of 1.5A for both drive ports on a single X2 or X4, so keep that in mind with what you run on the other port.
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As always, this is a DIY project and proceed at your own risk. Please report any findings below.
 
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Do you think it’d be possible to wire this pump so that it could be plugged directly into a smart outlet?

I have the Hydros AWC setup on one tank, but the micro pumps don’t have sufficient head pressure to work with another tank (further away). It seems like replacing the Hydros pumps with the Tunze pumps would solve my issue. However, I’m running out of drive ports but I do have extra plug spots available, so if I could hardwire the Tunze pumps to use my wifi strip, I’d be in good shape.

Any insight you could provide @JeffB418 would be greatly appreciated.
 
Trev1whittaker said:
Do you think it’d be possible to wire this pump so that it could be plugged directly into a smart outlet?

I have the Hydros AWC setup on one tank, but the micro pumps don’t have sufficient head pressure to work with another tank (further away). It seems like replacing the Hydros pumps with the Tunze pumps would solve my issue. However, I’m running out of drive ports but I do have extra plug spots available, so if I could hardwire the Tunze pumps to use my wifi strip, I’d be in good shape.

Any insight you could provide @JeffB418 would be greatly appreciated.
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I would not use a wifi strip for something that critical since the way they work if communication between the wifi strip and the controller is lost the outlet will stay in whatever state it is in until communication is restored. So if the pump is on when you loose communication it will remain on until communication is restored even if it is hours or days. Use either drive ports or XP8 outlets for this type of use. I use dosing pumps for ATO and AWC. The pumps are in the garage 35ft from the tank and the 1/4 tubing used runs through the attic between the tank and pumps. The drain pump pumps it back up through the attic and down the wall to the kitchen sink drain line. So that one goes up through the attic twice. My three pump for ATO and AWC run off of drive ports.
 
Hi Jeff,

I do not know how to solder, but I do have a soldering iron I could try to use. However, my plan is to purchase the level wire clamps like you linked.

I understand that the Tunze Turbelle’s pump arrives with the wires pre-stripped, and that those will be inserted into the above referenced wire clamps. To connect the male end of the Hydros Drive cable, will I need to strip the male end of that wire and connect it into the other side of the wire clamp, or does it plug straight into the wire clamp? How do I determine what is Pin 1 and what is Pin 2 on the Drive cord?

Do you have any pictures of what this connection looks like when successful?
 
Trev1whittaker said:
Hi Jeff,

I do not know how to solder, but I do have a soldering iron I could try to use. However, my plan is to purchase the level wire clamps like you linked.

I understand that the Tunze Turbelle’s pump arrives with the wires pre-stripped, and that those will be inserted into the above referenced wire clamps. To connect the male end of the Hydros Drive cable, will I need to strip the male end of that wire and connect it into the other side of the wire clamp, or does it plug straight into the wire clamp? How do I determine what is Pin 1 and what is Pin 2 on the Drive cord?

Do you have any pictures of what this connection looks like when successful?
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Once you strip the drive cable extension. Pin 1 should be a black wire and pin 2 a red wire.
 
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