I've been doing a large amount of travel this past month....back and forth to NC. Made what was supposed to be a two to three day trip to NC that turned into a week or so. First I was told the battery was bad in my truck....new battary. Two to three starts later, and a distance away from the battery change, the truck wouldn't start.....new starter needed........And was now told the battery wasn't installed properly. So a week or so in NC, and the wallet considerably thinner, I return to NJ to find my skimmer not working. From the light skimmate in the cup, my guess is that it died the day I left.
Pulling the pump apart, I find the impeller broken so that the magnet part spins, but the mesh-wheel just sits there. I have a back up pump, but it has a pin wheel impeller. That's installed and I'm back in business. Meanwhile the tank has suffered.....algae growing on the sandbed and the sump is down right nasty. Otherwise everyone is alive and breathing. Makeing water to do a water change now.
Life's a Beach!
Pulling the pump apart, I find the impeller broken so that the magnet part spins, but the mesh-wheel just sits there. I have a back up pump, but it has a pin wheel impeller. That's installed and I'm back in business. Meanwhile the tank has suffered.....algae growing on the sandbed and the sump is down right nasty. Otherwise everyone is alive and breathing. Makeing water to do a water change now.
Life's a Beach!
