March pump burn smell

[JackoNZ]

Hey guys, just put my march pump together today and had a test run on my new sparge arm setup. After about 5mins of running the pump I smelt burning. I switched it off immediately and thought it had stopped priming even tho the sparge was still going. Anyway reprimed and set it off again a bit quicker this time, still got a little burn aroma. Is this normal or is something wrong with how I'm using it? Cheers

[Grant R Baker]

Last food processor we brought had a burning smell when running for the first week.  Lasted a few years now.

[JackoNZ]

Yeah think you could be right. Ran it again today for sparge and similar smell but not as bad. Worked well so hopefully its just running in and will clear.

[Dave W]

If in doubt just leave it running just water through it for an hour or two to test it.

Better it fail then than in the middle of a brew.

[JackoNZ]

Cheers Dave, not a bad idea. I am only using it for moving water around the brewery at the moment so I don't have to lift pots everywhere. I ran it for the sparge today probably 30-40 minutes and it worked ok. Maybe a full speed test run through of 30-40L to see how it goes.

[Dave W]

Oh I'd also recommend asking the agents if this is normal