So I’ve had this error code pop up before “E-01” and it usually would go away after I killed power to the chiller but now it’s up for good and it won’t power on.
Wondering if anyone has any ideas on what it could be?
I’ve reached out to lanphan and awaiting a response.
Fluid? Not anywhere near the same, but that’s the error my julabo gives off if the fluid is low.
It’s completely full of nutherm pf-50 heat transfer fluid so it’s not that unfortunately.
The first time I got this error code was when I started the chiller before I had my 50l rotovap running and had it set to -30c. At that time I thought it was a low temp shutoff since there wasn’t any heat from the rotovap for it to cool.
Dang. What about refrigerant?
my dfy5/10 chiller lost its refrigerant. it showed no errors and still ran, just no cooling power.
Well I took it apart in an attempt to see if it had leaked refrigerant and accidentally pulled out the ribbon cable that connects to the display/buttons and after reconnecting it my unit started running again however now the buttons no longer work and I have to manually turn on and off power by using the breaker it’s connected to.
I’m just happy this thing is working again at least.
Ask them to ask their technician to send you a replacement part, either the circuit for the buttons has shorted or they just don’t work anymore, but I would start at either repairing that piece or asking for a replacement.
Well the recirculating pump just died on this chiller.
It’s still cooling however, I’m thinking for a temporary fix I could get a recirculating pump and just drop the hoses in the reservoir.
Anyone know where I could find a recirculating pump that could handle -30c quickly and possibly locally?
I’m located in NorCal.
sorry to hear that buddy. my suspicion was correct that the leakphan chillers are garbage and will continue to break due to piss poor components, i still havent bothered fixing my refrigerant leak. anyhow how about the ecoplus submersibles they brought up a while back?
Perfect thanks for the help.
Have you contacted @Terry_Manager for a replacement motor?
Now I dont feel so bad spending 1300 on a used 15+yr old vmr recirculating heater chiller and then paying 600 to get the chiller repaired. Still much cheaper than those lamphang garbage units.
No I ordered through someone else from lanphan. I’m just using a hydro pump from a areoponic cloner in the reservoir for now and have a ecoplus 1584 on the way.
I don’t plan on repairing this chiller and will be getting a polyscience chiller soon.
The ecoplus works great. Just don’t expose it to dry ice bubbles or acetone…
Mines doing the same thing, learned my lesson. Hope they’ll honor warranty and not have too much down time. I’ll get used respectable name brand next time. So when the compressor and fan and everything seems normal and the only symptom is no cooling, what did you do to fix it?
oh no sorry to hear that! i opened the chiller up and noticed it was wet/oily inside and suspected a leak. after peeling away some of the black insulation my hvac buddy charged the system and we could hear the leak, he sprayed some soapy water mix and noticed a hairline crack on a copper line where the child slave laborers had made a bend. easy fix but havent havent had time to fix it yet and im sure when i do it wont take long for the next problem to arise. i contacted leakphan and they didnt want to help so i disputed charges and revieved a full refund including shipping from american express.
Lanphan is known for chillers springing small fires. I got banned a couple weeks ago trying to expose and tell everyone about them. They changed thier name recently becusee they were originally baned from export/import in the USA.
Thanks for the reply, mine’s actually from lab 1st. They ship out of shengzhen, I believe. The unit had a bad circulation pump when I received as well. They sent a replacement pump without too much trouble. I took off the panels and didnt see oil. Glad to hear you got your money back at least. What did you find to replace it? Mines a DLSB 0520 I think
i bought a poly science 7L -20c chiller/recirculator, it works good but seems underpowered. i think this winter i will make a diy chiller with an AC unit.
Is a window unit more powerful than these smaller chillers? Link us a blueprint if you have it
