[Douglas]

Does anyone have a link to show how to build a housing for a beckett nozzle?
I want to be able to build it out of PVC not acrylic. I have been looking all over and I can not seem to come up with a plan. Please Help if you can. Thanks

[srfmon]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Does anyone have a link to show how to build a housing for a beckett nozzle?
I want to be able to build it out of PVC not acrylic. I have been looking all over and I can not seem to come up with a plan. Please Help if you can. Thanks

I know someone who used 1 1/4" pvc fittings to house the beckett injector (with thinwall pvc in the middle). I was going to go with that as well. But later I scored on some 1.5" acrylic tubing so I went with that instead. I'm glad I did because now I can see into the injector chamber.
BTW - the skimmer works great. Just make sure you have the proper pump to drive it (something like 1100 gph & pressure rated).

[foundahobby]

I found this at Home Depot and fits perfectly, housing the Beckett.
Part#032888605053 1" IPS PVC
Part# 041193054890 Slip Joint Washers
I don't have pic's yet, but get this at Home Depot and you will see what I am talking about.

[srfmon]

Here's how I did mine. I used acrylic tubing with 3/4" PVC & a union on the other end to fit the beckett in. Also the thumb screws & union make it easy to take apart in case I ever need to. AT the time the skimmer was still in the testing phase. I have since then sold my Remora Pro because this skimmer was doing a better job & cost me around $80.00 to build (most of that was for the beckett injector & the Mak4 that drives it).
BTW - Credit for 90% of the design has to go to my buddy dattack.

[platapus]

Here is a breakdown of a injector that I built...I actually bulkt 3 of these so far.

http://bluechunks.net/reef/225reef/plans/injector/

[srfmon]

Originally Posted by platapus

Here is a breakdown of a injector that I built...I actually bulkt 3 of these so far.

http://bluechunks.net/reef/225reef/plans/injector/

The link is not working for me BUT....I do remember the site (who could forget the name bluechunks?)
That's your website? Nice, I actually stared at your designs for a long time thinking & drawing plans if my own. So how about an update on that dual beckett model? Still happy with it?

[platapus]

lol - yes thats my domain! I work in IT, it is a lab setup at my home

Sorry about the link - The server was down! It should be working now!

Here is the dually ...still running, it has been sitting in the sunlight, so is a mess, but still chugin way with no problems! I rarely clean the injectors, low maintance!
Just took this for ya...
http://bluechunks.net/reef/225reef/cc/skim.jpg

If you check out my project page, you will see that I have built 2 new single skimmers for my 225 that I will run in tandem.