Backup generator??

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Originally Posted by Potatohead

This may be a dumb question...

I just hooked up my generator since it looks like my power will be out at least until tonight sometime. It runs my vortechs, T5's, return pump, heaters no prob. I have a large fresh tank as well and runs those Eheim filters and heaters too. It won't run my skimmer pump (Sicce). It runs and fills the chamber but it won't produce any air bubbles. I cleaned it out, same thing. I'm sure it's something with the generator and it's not actually broken, but any idea what? It just seems weird, maybe because it's a needle wheel or something?

Take the air line off the noise dampener, clean it, then blow hard into the air line (leading into your pump). This is what I do with my SWC skimmer which will still pump water but not bubbles after being turned off and restarted. Good luck.