Dubbo Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Heya, I've been reading up some stories of skimmers that spilled stuff onto carpet or sump pumps misbehaving and emptying water onto the carpet. Could anyone tell me how it happens and how to prevent it ? shouldnt there be some auto-off function that would stop the skimmer if it's too full ? and I was told there were some pumps that would stop if the water in the sump becomes too full ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 People are probably talking about skimate bubbling out of the skimmer - its pretty smelly stuff! Better quality skimmers generally don't allow skimate to escape the collection chamber, but cheaper ones do - the lids simply bubble off. As far as sumps and pumps go, it is generally the kind of plumbing feeding them that causes problems - particularly syphons. Well designed sumps use an overflow return instead - if the pump stops, the water level never rises sufficiently in the main tank to return water via the overflow. Better quality tanks also use secondary 'emergency' overflows in case the primary one get s blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Caused by bad plumbing and bad design. Fixed by good plumbing and good design. For example I use glued pressure plumbing for everything. Some people say push fit is fine, blar blar, good on them, I sleep well because I spent and extra $100 on my plumbing at the start and KNOW it will never come loose in the night or while I'm at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubbo Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 That reminds me, I need to go get some horse clips for my hose fittings on external canister filters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubbo Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Can you tape up the skimmer really tight to prevent stuff bubbling out ? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 no because you have to let the air out otherwise the crud wont go in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 You're better off just cleaning it regularly and not setting it up so if it overflows it can spill out of the sump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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