Little Giant pump comparisons.

[Doug]

Like I mentioned in the skimmer thread, the way to compare is to run both. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I just purchased a Little Giant 3MDQXSC from Marc. Good looking pump by the way Marc. Thanks. I currently run a 3MDQSC. Its pretty noisy because its fan cooled,{IMO, a nice option}. Of course like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, noise is in the ear of the beholder :D We all have different opinions on whats noisy or not. ;)

So I hooked it up yesterday. I thinks its just as noisy as the other model. So the pump hum is the same, regardless of the fan, it appears. It does pump more volume for sure, very nice, but appears thats a problem for myself.

As we had a flaw in the overflow walls and it has a leak, when pumps are off, tank runs into overflow and down to the sump. Of course it would take a long time to overflow, but. I did not feel like shutting it down, so left it. I run straight stacks in the overflow. No duraso is possible here. Funny thing is, the amount of water put in by the pressure model, seems to be the correct amount to prevent the air sucking noise. :eek: The new pump, with its more flow, makes my overflows sound like a sewer in a heavy rainstorm. :D

Anywho, guess I will switch back to the other pump today. I will find another use for the larger pump or sell it. Hope all this babble is not to long winded. Just my views on different model pumps.