hey kari, you got a canadian tire part # for that ?

Asfar as I know they no longer sell it, cause it used to be on their webpage ut it's not their anymore....it's made by wetlands

Stoked
 

well i was so stoked about doing this, i did it last night.
Here's the pic of the whole skimmer (with pennies taped on)
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...oleskimmer.jpg

BUBBLES IN MAIN RISER BEFORE MODIFICATION:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture002.jpg

BUBBLES IN SECONDARY RISER BEFORE MODIFICATION:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture009.jpg

MOD PICS:
BECKETT NOZZLE DISASSEMBLED PLUGGED WITH EPOXY
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture016.jpg
BECKETT NOZZLE ASSEMBLED
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture017.jpg
BECKETT NOZZLE SHAVED
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture018.jpg
BECKETT NOZZLE DRILLED
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture022.jpg

BUBBLES IN MAIN RISER ~1 MINUTE AFTER MODIFICATION:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture032.jpg

BUBBLES IN SECONDARY RISER ~2 MINUTES AFTER MODIFICATION:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture029.jpg

Can you see the difference?
 

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture002.jpghttp://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture002.jpg


http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture009.jpghttp://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture029.jpg

More pics tonight
 

i'll take more pics tonight after its been running for about 12 hours.

Dem tiny bubbles!

When I get a camera I will do the same with non-modded skimmer.

hmm... I don't really see much of a difference?

12 hours later
 

OK here are the pics 12 hours later.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture051.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...Picture050.jpg

I personally don't see much of a difference. Mind you the bubbles were already pretty small to start of with even prior to the modification.
I would like for somebody who's using a mak4 on a beckett skimmer to try the same mod.

reply
 

Chin, your bubbles were a lot smaller to start with than most Beckets I've seen. I can't see much of a difference either.

Maybe there is a threshold to how small bubbles can get, and your skimmer had already achieved it. I'd still be interested to see other peoples results with this mod.

Definite pro to this modification
 

Its been just over a week since I've done this mod and the bubble sizes have not changed.
BUT I want to mention that I have not had to clean my skimmer since ....... OK not completely true cuz i had to squirt water in the collection cup so i could see the foam on top. But I haven't had to remove the top riser to clean it out because once I had set the air valve to achieve the foam level to spurt over the top, i have not had the air valve clog up on me since.
Without any change to the bubble sizes that I can visually observe, I will still recommend this modification to beckett owners because it didn't decrease the performance any and for me, i had not have to clean the skimmer for a week. I'll post the next time i do have to clean the skimmer riser.