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Old 05-18-2008, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dabandit View Post
If any flow needs to be turned down it should be the skimmer flow not the flow off the pump side so a pump that pumps a little less than the skimmer is better than a pump that pumps more than the skimmer make sense? When they sell pumps its rated by head (length of vertical pump) now if you also run this through a partially closed valve it increases your head/backpressure to a point your pump cant handle. This is all based on the fact that you will have a flow control valve on both the in and out lines in your sump
So it is preferable to slow down the flow after the skimmer? Have I got that right?
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