Noisy Filter

[bk]

I have a Tetra PF3 filter supplied by a 1100gpm pump. The filter has an air
intake right above the water inlet. This air inlet is very noisy. I plugged
it up yesterday and it great. However this morning the pump flow seems to
have been greatly reduced. As soon as I unplugged the air intake the flow
seemed to be returned.

[Derek Broughton]

bk wrote:

> I have a Tetra PF3 filter supplied by a 1100gpm pump. The filter has an
> air intake right above the water inlet. This air inlet is very noisy. I
> plugged it up yesterday and it great. However this morning the pump flow
> seems to have been greatly reduced. As soon as I unplugged the air intake
> the flow seemed to be returned.

The only way to really tell is by measuring the output. An air intake will
make the pump _seem_ much faster without necessarily (or even likely)
improving flow.
--
derek