Odd-job
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The Milwaukee addiction thread! [emoji4]
Here's a quick DIYer review... Have had the M18 transfer pump for two years. It followed me home one day from Home Depot for $179. Not sure if I use it as hard as some of the folks here as I don't use it every day to put food on the table. Probably use it once or twice a week for miscellaneous stuff around the house. Things I use it for include draining the pool, a small pond, and emptying rain barrels. I also use it to power a hose powered pool leaf catcher from time to time. During the CA PGE power shutdowns it came in real handy emptying bath tub water, etc. as I did not want to deal with an overflowing sewage basin in the basement (I forgot the grinder pump is 220v when I bought my 120v generator). Luckily I have not had to resort to using the transfer pump to drain the sewage basin directly yet.
Am somewhat surprised that no one else has had to replace the impeller yet, but thinking through my use pattern (ie tool abuse) I could see why it's time. The water I pump is dirty and I sometimes forget to put a filter on the end of the hose and it allow it to **** grime, muck, and leaves. Additionally, I often turn on the pump and let it pump a barrel dry while I get distracted by other things. While it does have an automatic shutoff, its not that automatic and the pump may run dry for 10 min or so where it gets pretty warm. Doubt this did the impeller much favors.
I think what did the impeller in was actually my pumping of washing machine water through to sprinkler to water my lawn. This is from a barrel in my basement (10 ft drop), 25 ft to the pump and through a 50 ft hose and then the sprinkler. It usually pushes water fine and I get a nice spray of my grey water all over my lawn and I get the feeling of redemption for helping save the earth. This helps make up for my contribution to overpopulation of the planet, gas guzzling cars, and compulsive purchase of tools. Anyways someone in the house washed a stuff animal in the laundry which in turn jammed up the sprinkler with lint and caused undue stress on the poor pump. I only realized this 30 min later when there was no water coming out...
One additional note is that I tend to leave this pump outside in the CA sun day in day out. Am surprised the plastic hasn't degraded and faded like my kid's power wheels. Must be the high quality plastic they use.
Am not sure if I am going to gamble with the Jabsco or Johnson impellers to be honest. I have learned the hard way too many times and hate returning stuff when I am responsible for ordering the wrong thing. Before I bother with the warranty or calling Milwaukee I actually shoe goo'ed the impeller back together. I figure I have nothing to lose at this rate.
The right part number is the Milwaukee 49-16-2771 Replacement Flexible Impeller Kit
Here's some
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Milwaukee-49-16-2771-Replacement-Flexible-Impeller-Kit-/233482967117
Here's a quick DIYer review... Have had the M18 transfer pump for two years. It followed me home one day from Home Depot for $179. Not sure if I use it as hard as some of the folks here as I don't use it every day to put food on the table. Probably use it once or twice a week for miscellaneous stuff around the house. Things I use it for include draining the pool, a small pond, and emptying rain barrels. I also use it to power a hose powered pool leaf catcher from time to time. During the CA PGE power shutdowns it came in real handy emptying bath tub water, etc. as I did not want to deal with an overflowing sewage basin in the basement (I forgot the grinder pump is 220v when I bought my 120v generator). Luckily I have not had to resort to using the transfer pump to drain the sewage basin directly yet.
Am somewhat surprised that no one else has had to replace the impeller yet, but thinking through my use pattern (ie tool abuse) I could see why it's time. The water I pump is dirty and I sometimes forget to put a filter on the end of the hose and it allow it to **** grime, muck, and leaves. Additionally, I often turn on the pump and let it pump a barrel dry while I get distracted by other things. While it does have an automatic shutoff, its not that automatic and the pump may run dry for 10 min or so where it gets pretty warm. Doubt this did the impeller much favors.
I think what did the impeller in was actually my pumping of washing machine water through to sprinkler to water my lawn. This is from a barrel in my basement (10 ft drop), 25 ft to the pump and through a 50 ft hose and then the sprinkler. It usually pushes water fine and I get a nice spray of my grey water all over my lawn and I get the feeling of redemption for helping save the earth. This helps make up for my contribution to overpopulation of the planet, gas guzzling cars, and compulsive purchase of tools. Anyways someone in the house washed a stuff animal in the laundry which in turn jammed up the sprinkler with lint and caused undue stress on the poor pump. I only realized this 30 min later when there was no water coming out...
One additional note is that I tend to leave this pump outside in the CA sun day in day out. Am surprised the plastic hasn't degraded and faded like my kid's power wheels. Must be the high quality plastic they use.
Am not sure if I am going to gamble with the Jabsco or Johnson impellers to be honest. I have learned the hard way too many times and hate returning stuff when I am responsible for ordering the wrong thing. Before I bother with the warranty or calling Milwaukee I actually shoe goo'ed the impeller back together. I figure I have nothing to lose at this rate.
The right part number is the Milwaukee 49-16-2771 Replacement Flexible Impeller Kit
Here's some
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Milwaukee-49-16-2771-Replacement-Flexible-Impeller-Kit-/233482967117
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