I get all kinds of plant debris in my small boat, does this pump have a screen or filter to keep it from sucking crap up and clogging it?
448513
the bottom section of the housing (blue piece) has slits just like the pic shows anything small enough to fit through will pump out but larger debris will collect on the outside of the housing and you would have to wipe them off if a blockage occurred.
448514
why not put a painters sock (fine mesh gallon size - $1.25 Home depot) around the pump and wire tie it closed then no larger debris can enter the pump inlet?
448515
The blue plastic grill on the bottom covers the intake, and there are slots which somewhat make it a rudimentary 'filter'. It sounds to me you may want to wrap some nylon screen material around it to catch the smaller pieces.
448516
I wouldn't recommend it for that application. The impeller is pretty small and may jam up if some debris makes it past the small blue strainer. If you choose to use the model be sure to check around the blue strainer often and unsnap the pump from the strainer to check for buildup. jeff
1084059
it does not have a water pump. It has an air pump that pushes water into the refugium. This unit works great. I have some mineral mud, aragonite sand cap ,tiny freshwater shrimp and java moss in mine with a 50/50 bulb on it. It makes a great bio filter.
509161
mine had no filter either. had to unscrew back panel to get to pump. check out u-tube theres a video that helped me
1845629
It has a small screen on the intake to prevent debris from entering the motor. To keep it running smooth I would run it in a bucket of bleach and water once every month or two give it a good cleaning. Make sure to rinse it well after cleaning it.
1288971
No this does not filter leaves or debris from the pool surface. The floatron keeps the pool water from turning green without chemicals. I love it. We just used a net to skim the surface of the water to get the leaves out. We never had any problems with this and our pool stayed clear all season.
626404
Yes, this piece is installed inside of the lined area. It is used to collect floating debris and filter water before it reaches the pump.
1335367
No it does not have a filter, a huge plus the way I see it. :) I've had 2 of these for over 2 years and have been great considering it's kind of an unknown brand. Super quiet and no issues with proper cleaning. Lagged longer than the Homedics brand I had previously.
1414864
Dear Emerson, I can't think of any reason to worry about danger to small fish getting sucked up by the filter. It does come with a screen to prevent small things from being sucked up into the filter. Hope that helps, Scott
1190774
Yes - it has it's own filter system and everything it cleans up stays inside the unit. When it is done you open it up, dump out debris and hose off the filters.
856885
We use our pump to drain water off our pool cover. If the water is dirty, it pumps the dirty water off the cover. If there is any kind of debris, like leaves, tree seeds, etc, there is a screen on the bottom that stops stuff from coming through the pump. We set our pump on a frisbee and the leaves and such settle there and when it gets full of leaves surrounding the base of the pump, we unplug it and clear it off and plug the pump back in. We have never had our pump get clogged.
1764972
Yes, it goes directly to your filtering system. It doesn't pick up big stuff like leaves though. We clean our filters only every few weeks.
655563
Unfortunately yes it does. Well I shouldn't say unfortunately. The pump has a plastic housing. And the housing for the main filter is plastic. And with or without the filter, the housing is needed to direct water up and out. I wrote a very thorough review if you care to read for more details as well as maintenance tips.
166254
Yes. There is one small wire filter that needs to be flushed. Once we rinse before placing items in the DW there has never been anything I'm the screen.
266959
There is no filter per se. there are disks which rotate in the water and collect dirt. There isnt a mesh or anything of that sort.
205959
No filter. We use it for a single Betta fish, so it's not an issue. Needs to be cleaned about every month.
1008336
No filters of its own. You need to get the pump a bit higher (couple of inches) than the sanitizing system to prevent air bubbles and you have to have a clean filter in your pump to insure good flow, but I really like the convenience and lack of chemicals.
1802497
No, there is a filtration system hooked up to it, to keep sediment from entering the pump. I used a 5 gallon bucket and leave the hose on inside the bucket. Be careful not to turn the hose on too high, as the pressure from the hose will fill the bucket faster than the shower pump will drain it