To all BECKETT SKIMMER owners

[whiteice669]

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

[KrazyKuch]

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

[Chin_Lee]

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)


BUBBLES IN MAIN RISER BEFORE MODIFICATION:


BUBBLES IN SECONDARY RISER BEFORE MODIFICATION:


MOD PICS:
BECKETT NOZZLE DISASSEMBLED PLUGGED WITH EPOXY

BECKETT NOZZLE ASSEMBLED

BECKETT NOZZLE SHAVED

BECKETT NOZZLE DRILLED


BUBBLES IN MAIN RISER ~1 MINUTE AFTER MODIFICATION:


BUBBLES IN SECONDARY RISER ~2 MINUTES AFTER MODIFICATION:

[Chin_Lee]

[Chin_Lee]

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

[littlesilvermax]

Dem tiny bubbles!

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

[Psyire]

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

[Chin_Lee]

OK here are the pics 12 hours later.




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.

[danny zubot]

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.

[Chin_Lee]

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.