IntelliPH maintenance - replace white tube only or some other parts?

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crazydive

crazydive

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Every source is advising to replace the white roller pump tube every year. A bit strange because my tube looks brand new after almost 1.5 year of running every day. Reading here I see that Stenner econ pump head is exactly the same (Pentair is not really Pentair) so it could be purchased for a fraction of the price, however so far, I found way too many different models so I can't decide which one is the correct one. It would be helpful if someone has the exact Stenner's part number for the tube replacement.

Anyway, is there any other part which may require checking or replacing?
 
The later model IntellipH is in fact a Stenner Econ pump. The parts are as follows for this pump.

Stenner pump tube ‘C’ – PN – EC30C or Pentair 522480

Pump roller assembly – Stenner – EC350 white roller assembly / Pentair 522386 (Tube, roller, cover)

I have found tubes on Amazon, as well as stennerparts.com and stennerpumpparts.com. I have not ordered from either of the stenner sites yet. My IpH is also 1.5 years old, so I am definitely ordering some replacement tubes to have on hand this year, just in case. I will also be ordering a roller assembly to keep on hand, since it is inexpensive and paying again for shipping later on for just that part seems silly.

--Jeff
 
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Thank you for all info. Yeah, it would be probably better to order whole assembly and keep it in case something fails.

What about the black tubing? Should I wait till it starts degrading in a visible way or should this be replaced even if it looks good? Anyone here with a bad experience? ;)
 
From what I remember, the most vocal of us on here with IntellipH experience are only 3-4 years old at the oldest. Maybe there are other stenner folks on here who can elaborate. I would expect the black tubing to take a much longer time to degrade as typically the black polymers like that are more UV stable.

I did order from stennerparts.com this morning. I should have ordered an additional roll of the black tubing but wasn't thinking about it. I have enough left over from the original install to replace my line if I need to, assuming it doesn't degrade in storage. I purchased some very similar black tubing from McMaster Carr (pn 50375K81) , not quite as soft/flexible, to run my vent, since I needed a lot longer run than what was left over. It was relatively inexpensive, like $0.12/ft.

--Jeff
 
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