Are all dolphin motors the same?

[Yeeper]

My Active 20 crapped out. Looking at the replacement motor and there only seems to be one coming up:

Part # 9995388-EX

Some sites list all models and others list specific models.

Can anyone confirm please?

Cheers

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Active 20 is the same as the S200 so any motor assembly listed for either of those two would work. I would suggest you buy an OEM part only from a Dolphin dealer … eBay and other sites that list them cheaply are probably just scrap motors pulled from other robots. Current prices for the replacement motor assembly are $450.

At that prices, your about half the cost of a new robot. Makes more sense to buy new as I guarantee something else will fail next and you’ll just winding dumping a lot of money into a money pit of repairs. However, if the robot is only a few years old, you may get away with motor replacement only.

My 5 year old S300i died and I tried to repair. Couldn’t do it as Dolphin limits certain critical internal parts to the motor assembly. So I decided to go back to using suction side cleaners because I didn’t want to pay the cost of a new robot every 5 years … YMMV.

 

[Yeeper]

Active 20 is the same as the S200 so any motor assembly listed for either of those two would work. I would suggest you buy an OEM part only from a Dolphin dealer … eBay and other sites that list them cheaply are probably just scrap motors pulled from other robots. Current prices for the replacement motor assembly are $450.

At that prices, your about half the cost of a new robot. Makes more sense to buy new as I guarantee something else will fail next and you’ll just winding dumping a lot of money into a money pit of repairs. However, if the robot is only a few years old, you may get away with motor replacement only.

My 5 year old S300i died and I tried to repair. Couldn’t do it as Dolphin limits certain critical internal parts to the motor assembly. So I decided to go back to using suction side cleaners because I didn’t want to pay the cost of a new robot every 5 years … YMMV.

Yea the unit is only 4 years old. And a new active 20 is $1100 before tax. So $450 is considerably less than half price.

4 years ago it was $600 brand new from marina. Oh joy.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Yea the unit is only 4 years old. And a new active 20 is $1100 before tax. So $450 is considerably less than half price.

4 years ago it was $600 brand new from marina. Oh joy.

Wow

A $500 price increase in 4 years … that’s nuts. The motor assemblies were cheaper too … I think back then they used to only charge $300 or less for a motor assembly.