Any other Eshopps S Series owners out there who can comment on the noise level of these skimmers? I recently purchased an Eshopps Premiere S-300 and was so excited to get it installed. Shortly after setting everything up I turn on the skimmer and wow was I put off by the sound this thing was putting off. The hum coming from the motor block travels rooms and I can hear it in my bedroom while trying to sleep
I've placed a silicone mat under it but i'm fairly convinced its not vibration in the sump. I took the pump out and suspended it in my bath tub which the noise is just as prevalent. I reached out to Eshopps and received the usual response of give it time to break in. They suggested placing some food grade silicone lubricant on the ceramic shafts on each end of the impeller to help, i'm still waiting on it in the mail to see if it does.
I also took some decibel readings with an app on my phone. No skimmer running in my room is around 42db. S-300 turned on I'm reading around 56-58 db.
I really want this skimmer to work out, the skimmate its pulling and quality of the bubbles is night and day compared to my old skimmer. The sicce pump though seems like it may just be too noisy for me. I don't know if I'm very sensitive to hearing or maybe my expectations were too high.
Anybody else have experience with these skimmers?
I've placed a silicone mat under it but i'm fairly convinced its not vibration in the sump. I took the pump out and suspended it in my bath tub which the noise is just as prevalent. I reached out to Eshopps and received the usual response of give it time to break in. They suggested placing some food grade silicone lubricant on the ceramic shafts on each end of the impeller to help, i'm still waiting on it in the mail to see if it does.
I also took some decibel readings with an app on my phone. No skimmer running in my room is around 42db. S-300 turned on I'm reading around 56-58 db.
I really want this skimmer to work out, the skimmate its pulling and quality of the bubbles is night and day compared to my old skimmer. The sicce pump though seems like it may just be too noisy for me. I don't know if I'm very sensitive to hearing or maybe my expectations were too high.
Anybody else have experience with these skimmers?