Just thought i would share what my RO 250 is doing after all the mods. Firstly i don't have pics of what it looked like new before any mods, sorry.
First mod was replace the flat washer with an o ring
Second mod was the mesh wheel mod and this is what the skimmer looked like
I was bored on Sunday after all the excitement of the rugby, so decided to fiddle with the skimmer. I enlarged the venturi's and cut out the "T" pieces on the inside that the recirculation pumps feed through and replace them with 45deg bends and this is what i ended up with.
Unfortunately i don't have a better pic of the skimmer before the above conversion but you can see how much further the bubbles move down the chamber if you compare the 2 pics.
Just to give folk an idea of the size of this skimmer here is a pic, with the skimmer and a 25L drum next to each other
This is what the foam looks like at the moment, not easy to take a pic as it wont keep still.
I really enjoy these skimmers as there is so much to play with and mod, not that they need it but it still is fun.
What next? Been thinking about re-plumbing the inlets to the recirc pumps and maybe get an extra 15% water flow as more water flow=more air drawn into the skimmer.
First mod was replace the flat washer with an o ring
Second mod was the mesh wheel mod and this is what the skimmer looked like
I was bored on Sunday after all the excitement of the rugby, so decided to fiddle with the skimmer. I enlarged the venturi's and cut out the "T" pieces on the inside that the recirculation pumps feed through and replace them with 45deg bends and this is what i ended up with.
Unfortunately i don't have a better pic of the skimmer before the above conversion but you can see how much further the bubbles move down the chamber if you compare the 2 pics.
Just to give folk an idea of the size of this skimmer here is a pic, with the skimmer and a 25L drum next to each other
This is what the foam looks like at the moment, not easy to take a pic as it wont keep still.
I really enjoy these skimmers as there is so much to play with and mod, not that they need it but it still is fun.
What next? Been thinking about re-plumbing the inlets to the recirc pumps and maybe get an extra 15% water flow as more water flow=more air drawn into the skimmer.