anthony17
Member
Originally Posted by acrylic51
I hate to be totally stupid here, but like DDboy said the skimmer is designed and if you read the manufacturers paperwork it is suppose to be run INSUMP.....They are known to leak at the neck and that is why they aren't designed to be run externally, but that can be gotten around another way, but a different topic than this.....
By looking at the pics it appears that your pump is connect to the skimmer by tubing, and think this is going to be a major problem as far as the pump is sized accordingly to the skimmer being max efficiency will be greatly loss by moving pump inside sump and running line or tubing to the skimmer outside the sump, so you bubble production inside the skimmer will probably be greatly reduced.......When these skimmers are run externally like your trying to do, they are usually gravity fed and the pump that is supplied with the skimmer is run or used as a recirc. I think the whole setup with the skimmer running externally will work, but not as it's configured.....With the collection cup filling up I think the "T" idea will work to vent the return, but to have better control on the height of water in the skimmer body you should use the "gate valve" mod that is recommended for both the ASM and Euro skimmers. Makes adjusting the water height in the skimmer easier.....What is the bubble production like inside the skimmer body? Have you thought about gravity feeding the skimmer and running it recirc?
Have you thought about gravity feeding the skimmer and running it recirc? dont know what this means or how to do it.???
I hate to be totally stupid here, but like DDboy said the skimmer is designed and if you read the manufacturers paperwork it is suppose to be run INSUMP.....They are known to leak at the neck and that is why they aren't designed to be run externally, but that can be gotten around another way, but a different topic than this.....
By looking at the pics it appears that your pump is connect to the skimmer by tubing, and think this is going to be a major problem as far as the pump is sized accordingly to the skimmer being max efficiency will be greatly loss by moving pump inside sump and running line or tubing to the skimmer outside the sump, so you bubble production inside the skimmer will probably be greatly reduced.......When these skimmers are run externally like your trying to do, they are usually gravity fed and the pump that is supplied with the skimmer is run or used as a recirc. I think the whole setup with the skimmer running externally will work, but not as it's configured.....With the collection cup filling up I think the "T" idea will work to vent the return, but to have better control on the height of water in the skimmer body you should use the "gate valve" mod that is recommended for both the ASM and Euro skimmers. Makes adjusting the water height in the skimmer easier.....What is the bubble production like inside the skimmer body? Have you thought about gravity feeding the skimmer and running it recirc?
Have you thought about gravity feeding the skimmer and running it recirc? dont know what this means or how to do it.???