Hugh Mann
Valuable Member
HoB Protein Skimmer decided to go crazy between when I left for work at 3, and when I went home for dinner at 5.
By crazy I mean, it went into Extreme Mega Turbo Mode and overflowed. In that time, I lost about 7 gallons of water from my 55. Fortunately no equipment was exposed, but just about everything would be running dry, including about 1/3rd of the heater if it drained all the way down to the intake, and put probably 20 gallons onto the floor. Working flawless for a year, even when the skimmer cup was right full, it never overflowed onto the floor like this.
So unplugged the skimmer, set some new water mixing, put down some towels (thank whatever deities may or may not exist its an unfinished basement and most of the water is in my sump pit), and went back to work. Didn't even get a chance to eat, bugger.
That does it, I am shelling out for a smart leak detector, because I normally don't go home for dinner.
So yeah. Awesome day.
By crazy I mean, it went into Extreme Mega Turbo Mode and overflowed. In that time, I lost about 7 gallons of water from my 55. Fortunately no equipment was exposed, but just about everything would be running dry, including about 1/3rd of the heater if it drained all the way down to the intake, and put probably 20 gallons onto the floor. Working flawless for a year, even when the skimmer cup was right full, it never overflowed onto the floor like this.
So unplugged the skimmer, set some new water mixing, put down some towels (thank whatever deities may or may not exist its an unfinished basement and most of the water is in my sump pit), and went back to work. Didn't even get a chance to eat, bugger.
That does it, I am shelling out for a smart leak detector, because I normally don't go home for dinner.
So yeah. Awesome day.
