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Old 06-10-2004, 11:30 PM
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Just saw something that makes me wonder .... I was looking at Pentair Aquatics' product brochure here, which list both the Quiet One and Little Giant pumps. What puzzled me is the Quiet One has a shut off pressure at 6.49psi (15 ft head) and the Little Giant 2MDQ-SC has shut off pressure at 6.2psi (14 ft head). This is strange as I don't think the old design Quiet One can drive any high aeration type skimmers from personal experience. I wonder what their new pumps are like as they have a High Head version now.

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Hi,

Just saw something that makes me wonder .... I was looking at Pentair Aquatics' product brochure here, which list both the Quiet One and Little Giant pumps. What puzzled me is the Quiet One has a shut off pressure at 6.49psi (15 ft head) and the Little Giant 2MDQ-SC has shut off pressure at 6.2psi (14 ft head). This is strange as I don't think the old design Quiet One can drive any high aeration type skimmers from personal experience. I wonder what their new pumps are like as they have a High Head version now.

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15ft of head is still pretty low, the magdrive 12 is 15' for there shut off.

and when you compare a mag 12 to a MAK4 on a becket it is night and day.. the Mack blows the magdrive out of the water. the mag 18, 24 and 36 are all over 20' of head for there shutoff.

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Hello,

What I was saying was I don't see how a Quiet One pump can perform the same as a Little Giant in driving skimmers.

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What I was saying was I don't see how a Quiet One pump can perform the same as a Little Giant in driving skimmers.

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ahh, hmm don't know but maybe it is close.

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