Klir filter skimmer overflow

[Struttmaster]

Yeah I’ve had a lot of issues with this one too. I had to replace the controller twice and 1 motor (all warranty) never fixed the issue. I ended up having to hard wire the adapter to the motor and control it with my apex and an apex optical sensor. Works great now. But I’ll look at getting a Red Sea reefmat once they become available in Canada.

I’d be interested in finding out how you hard wired the adapter to the motor and run it with an Apex.
Thanks,

 

[RichM]

I’d be interested in finding out how you hard wired the adapter to the motor and run it with an Apex.
Thanks,

Sure no problem,
I cut the wire to the motor just before the sensor, then cut the wire to the adapter and spliced them together. Bypassing the controller all together. This causes the motor to always be on and also eliminates the factory optical sensor. I then connected it to the apex power bar and installed an apex optical sensor to the FMM. I use this program

The optical sensor is labeled ROLL_H so when it is covered it will turn on the roller motor until the water goes down and will run for an additional 2s. The other benefit I found to this approach is it allows me to set the optical sensor to whatever height I like since it isn’t attached to the klir.

 

[Struttmaster]

Yeah I’ve had a lot of issues with this one too. I had to replace the controller twice and 1 motor (all warranty) never fixed the issue. I ended up having to hard wire the adapter to the motor and control it with my apex and an apex optical sensor. Works great now. But I’ll look at getting a Red Sea reefmat once they become available in Canada.

I’d be interested in finding out how you hard wired the adapter to the motor and run it with an Apex.

Sure no problem,
I cut the wire to the motor just before the sensor, then cut the wire to the adapter and spliced them together. Bypassing the controller all together. This causes the motor to always be on and also eliminates the factory optical sensor. I then connected it to the apex power bar and installed an apex optical sensor to the FMM. I use this program

The optical sensor is labeled ROLL_H so when it is covered it will turn on the roller motor until the water goes down and will run for an additional 2s. The other benefit I found to this approach is it allows me to set the optical sensor to whatever height I like since it isn’t attached to the klir.

Very nice! Thanks
Also Coral Vue got back in touch saying they are aware of skimmer overflowing issues and recommended running carbon.

 

[RichM]

So I think I found a solution! I just replaced the roll this morning but this time I rinsed the first 3-4 feet of the roll. You could see it bubbling on the fleece as I was doing this. I installed after this and absolutely no issues with the skimmer. Yay!!!

 

[Struttmaster]

So I think I found a solution! I just replaced the roll this morning but this time I rinsed the first 3-4 feet of the roll. You could see it bubbling on the fleece as I was doing this. I installed after this and absolutely no issues with the skimmer. Yay!!!

Thanks Rich M

 

[pendraegon]

I have the exact same issue... every new roll the skimmer goes nuts for a day or 2

 

[Jimbo662]

I re-installed my DI-4 about a month and a half ago. Everything was fine until maybe two weeks ago and every time the new fleece rolled through my skimmer overflows. The roll just ran out and I replaced it and as soon as the skimmer turned on it was overflowing.

@RichM, any issues after the rinsed section was used up?

In the amount of time it took me to do a search and find this thread, which was about 5 min the overflow stops. I had turned the skimmer off. When I turned it back on it was fine.

 

[Reef-Engineer]

Did anyone find a cure for this? My skimmer freaks every time the klir cycles its roll.

Thanks

 

[Euphyllia098]

Mine only does it with a new roll because of the amount of new paper in the water at once. This isn't exclusive to the Klir. Brand New socks or any other roller can cause this. Normal advancing of the roll should not cause this.

I've been running one for almost 6 years now and I've done 2 different things. For awhile I just turned off my skimmer for 2 hours. Everything is on Smart plugs so it is easy to to.

What I've been doing recently is just opening up the valve on the skimmer all the way for a few hours. Then I adjust it back and I'm good to go for another 90 or so days.