Re: 2 stage skimmer basket
That basket is like mine. The floating inner part is basically a weir. It has an air pocket under the top lip to let it float. When the pump shuts off it keeps crud from floating back into the pool. Yes, mine sticks too at high water levels. You can run without it but you rn the risk of creating a vortex and sucking air into the suction line. Way around this it to put a rock or something in the bottom of the big basket to break up the water flow. Any sinkable irregular shaped object will do. I take that floating thing out when I vacuum a lot of debris because the large basket by itself provides more catch space. To prevent the sticking I rigged a thing on the skimmer cover to limit how high the inner part can float. Defeats the weir function though but even if it doesn't float all the way it still provides enough skimmer action. If you keep the water level about mid skimmer opening there should be no problem. I routinely let mine get near the top of the skimmer opening.
Al
16'x32' oval 22K gal IG vinyl pool; ; Hayward S244T sand filter; Hayward superpump 1 HP pump; hrs; K-2006; PF:5.5
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