Can I run a skimmer only a few hours a day?

[MarkoD]

It's a becket skimmer. It's all one pump

There's no overflow. It's always consistent.

[1eyedjyde]

you may have to look at how long it takes to start skimming, mine takes a bit of time before it pushes the bubble column into the collection cup, so if i were to run it for a couple hours and shut it off it wouldnt do much skimming.