Anyone use this for dirty water and how did it handle it? Did the debris pass thorough or clog it?
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have used out doors, mesh will clog with floating debri. ie leaves and grass clipings. if for just dark sediment water it will work when flow is established. keep pump on flat surface so as no to draw up mud. place on a man made surface ie a board or cement block.
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I have gone through 2 of these pumps in the last 18 months. Works fine with clean water with no debris. Will not handle ANY debris, intake openings are to small and clog up running the pump dry and burning it up. Have tried putting pump in a small mesh bag still clogged up and stopped running. You get what you pay for!
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Hi. I have used it for dirty muddy water. I put a pair of women's nylons around the base where the water enters
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It could be clogged...did you check all pathways? I've honestly never had that problem. It's similar to a vacuum, so I'd imagine it gets gunked up.
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I didn't have a debris bag with mine. I had a leaf basket in the skimmer and when I vacuumed, I used the fine mesh net insert. If you are talking about that insert, I'm sure you can get it off the intex site or substitute with a cut pantyhose. I have the bigger model pool now and bought the Leaf Bag that attaches to garden hose off Amazon. It picks up the bigger debris, but fine stuff will go through it.
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This unit is not very big, I use it as a daytime supplement to my larger electric pump to keep the water moving in a water fountain on my deck. Since it is very small it only needs to be submerged in a couple of inches of water. I don't know if there is a built-in filter - I've had no problems with the pump but the water is always clear - not debris or dirt in it. Sorry I can't help with that part of your question.
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Hey Jerry, to answer your question. For the most part i like this filter because it does do it job but cleaning it another story. The only part that is hard to clean is the pipe because you can't really get all the way in the pipe to get to the build up. I had the filter for 6 month now and i just broke last week cleaning the pipe.
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I've just rinsed it off with a dobie pad or vegetable brush. How often depends on how much junk is in your water.
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We have had no problems flushing it. We have city sewage and there hasn't been any clogs.
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Hi Debra, I'm not an expert and this is only my opinion, but I guess it depends on how much debris is in your waste water. I would assume, just like Rain Bird heads, it probably has a little filter inside that can become clogged. For the price, why not buy and try one before replacing the lot?
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No I have not observed any leaf debris clog issues with the OATEY diverter. It works as advertised.
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No issues. Just attach a hose turn water on move it around a bit and dump it Takes less than 10 minutes. Put small amount of dawn in tank for cleaning and smell
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This thing spits out blobs of thick past-like materials - keep that in mind. I will be honest - clean up is not fun. I take it outside with a hose and a pail. That helps.
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As the other person said, be sure it's not clogged up. Personally, I like mine. I think they just call it a steamer because you do use hot water. I like it because it's inexpensive and small, not heavy to lift the dirty water. In case you are talking about emptying the dirty water, there is a square hole where you dump it out.
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It does a great job of picking up waste, returns the water to the aquarium & will leave gravel just buy staying above it. Hope this helps!
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Honestly, I have never cleaned mine. They do get pretty nasty but that is normal and has happened on all of the canister filters I have owned. As long as they don't get clogged and effect the flow of water I don't worry about it. My water is crystal clear. My suggestion is to either buy new hoses, any hardware store such as home depot carries plastic hose in various sizes that you can cut to fit, spray them out with water pressure or use a long pipe cleaner brush. I hope this helps some.
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The debris is caught by a bag placed on the outflow hose. The particle size trapped is adequate so that I float the bag in the pond during the vacuuming and empty the bag fairly frequently so that the suction is not impaired.
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it is pretty good at not letting sediments to go through it, even it takes so much time to get the pure water through the filter. Thats is what i don't like.
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Will do either, however with dirty water, you will need to clean the filter more often to prevent a low flow rate, and overheating of the motor.