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Draco Drum Minima Combi Unit

(3 customer reviews)

£1,516.00 inc. VAT

The Minima – Combi Unit

Another first for Draco – a true, fully functional, expandable drum combi system for under £1600.

Perfect for quarantines, average stocked ponds to 2000 gallons, multi tank / sump installations and anywhere else a complete, compact unit is needed where there is very little space as it is only 30.5cm wide.

Height above static pond water level is 17.5cm .

This unit will run gravity fed only!

Media capacity is approximately 40 litres and can take micro K1.

An additional bolt on bio unit will be available, allowing the user to seamlessly double the biological capacity of the filter.

  • The integrated controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes.  Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs.
  • Low voltage, sealed water valves and drive units utilising an extremely low geared stepper motor drive system mean that only 12 volts is anywhere near your pond water.
  • Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 12 watts and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.

Combi Unit

Dimensions (Including inlet/outlet pipes) – 350mm wide x 1215mm long x 488mm high

Height above water level – 175mm

Pond Volume – Approx 2,000 UK gallons

Single 3” inlet and outlets

recommend air pump size 40ltr

no media included

 

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The Minima – Combi Unit

Another first for Draco – a true, fully functional, expandable drum combi system for under £1600.

Perfect for quarantines, average stocked ponds to 2000 gallons, multi tank / sump installations and anywhere else a complete, compact unit is needed where there is very little space as it is only 30.5cm wide.

Height above static pond water level is 17.5cm.

This unit will run gravity fed only

Media capacity is approximately 40 litres and can take micro K1.

An additional bolt on bio unit will be available, allowing the user to seamlessly double the biological capacity of the filter.

  • The integrated controller has start / emergency stop buttons and a knob allowing you to change the length of wash. LED indicator shows the length of time between washes in minutes.  Status of the unit is via 4 colour coded LEDs.
  • Low voltage, sealed water valves and drive units utilising an extremely low geared stepper motor drive system mean that only 12 volts is anywhere near your pond water.
  • Designed to run without a noisy and power hungry wash pump in most circumstances (they are available if required). On standby the unit can use less than 12 watts and in full wash mode, use 35 watts. It is entirely possible to run it off a car battery for prolonged periods of time.

Combi Unit

Dimensions (Including inlet/outlet pipes) – 350mm wide x 1215mm long x 488mm high

Height above water level – 175mm

Pond Volume – Approx 2,000 UK gallons

Single 3” inlet and outlets

recommend air pump size 40ltr

no media included

3 reviews for Draco Drum Minima Combi Unit

  1. ANDREW DORE (verified owner) –

  2. Carl Shann (verified owner) –

    Looks great still not fitted in yet or tried but hopefully all ok

  3. Dave Farbrother (verified owner) –

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Q & A

What size pump would you use with single return to pond pond 1886 gal using draco minima size or draco drum 16 with Bio box size punp/ Colin Keiley asked on October 28, 2023

we would normally use a 10,000 variable pump then you can adjust to suit, max flow is 8,000 litres an hr

 Rob Smith answered on November 6, 2023 store manager
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Weight 20 kg
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