My new CL intake screens

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I had to improve my CL intake screens for a few reasons. The Darts pulling 3000+ gph through the 2" intake created some pretty good suction through the existing screen. I thought that might be dangerous. The existing screen was not fine enough to filter out small sand. Sand particles were getting through to the OM-4ways...wearing them and sometimes jamming them.

Here's my solution.

I got some 2" intake screens from AquaticEco.com. The first thing I did was shorten the stem so that they screen would sit closer to the bulkhead.


I also took a 2" close nipple, and turned it into an extremely close nipple!


The front part of the screen is held fast by 8 plastic clips. It's clearly pressure fit during construction. By cutting 6 of those, the end piece can be removed with a little flexing, but still holds good when installed.


Using scissors, I trimmed a block of foam to fit inside the screen.


Finally, to remove any chance that the foam can be sucked into the plumbing, I put a small square of eggcrate at the bottom.


Here's the end result.