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Originally Posted by NorwayEagle

An update about two months after starting this Helix unit.

I use the above linked to timer, the inner cleaner is activated for 20 sec each 24 hours.
The outside of skimmer neck is cleaned when I feel for it, meaning about each 6-8 days.

The Helix has been running without any demounting and manual cleaning since start.

The skimmer works incredible stable. I run wet skimming, and empty the cup through drain tube every second day. It drains almost exact 1,2 liters in this timeframe and the concentration/colour of gunk is very much the same each time.

The only downside is that the wash down ring could have been a bit more effective. The spray holes in the circle tubing points a bit to much toward the bottom instead of pointing toward the skimmer neck. Resulting in that some gunk are not washed down. I will test with a somewhat larger pump to supply the RODI water, hoping this will create more effect on this part.

Overall I find the Helix to be a somewhat expensive add-on to a skimmer, but which really make my system more convenient to maintain

That is great to hear. Just a heads up, you can actually rotate the tubing for the wash down in the fittings. Just grasp the tubing where it comes out of the John Guest T fitting on the underside of the lid and rotate the red tubing to aim the sprayer holes wherever you’d like them.