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SWC Xtreme 160 has arrived!
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A few shots of the skimmer before assembly.
A little less mesh on the threadwheel than I was expecting. It's also not very even at all. Good thing I have extra mesh laying around to clean it up a bit after break in. The venturi hole is larger than I expected and a little rougher than I had hoped. The venturi is loose and and be removed as needed. I may end up gluing it eventually, but for now it's just pushed in tight by hand. The intake contains a flow restricter that fits up against the venturi. It's the center piece pictured below. |
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The bubble action shot!
The one instant flaw I saw with the thickness of the included airline tubing. It is simply too thin walled to not kink constantly. It was discarded and replaced with some extra tubing I had laying around. See kink below: After a quick vinegar wipe down it was off to the break in tub. I dumped my last cup of skimmate into the tub so the skimmer has plenty of nasty stuff to work with. |
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As soon as the pump has run for 24 hours I'll post air readings and kill-a-watt numbers along with my initial impressions. It's too early to tell exactly how well this baby will skim, but I'm hopeful it will be a nice performer especially for the price.
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cool gratzz. looks like a great skimmer.. whre did you buy it? is it made in winnipeg manatoba canada?
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What are the initial air readings?
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thats great.
hows the noise level? footprint? man cant wait!!
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thanks for the pics! So in comparison to other skimmers you have used how would you rate it? construction? materials I know you mentioned some flaws but it certainly looks like it is working good but time will tell
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http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/index.php |
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The footprint is Height - 21 1/2" - I'd say 22" min to get the collection cup off Width - 7" Length- 9" - the base is square @ 7" x 7", but the standpipe take up another inch and a a half or so. The skimmer is currently running in 8" of water. I tried in 9" first but that was a little deep to control the height of the water in the skimmer neck. |
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wow....looks good so far.....so the pump is diy modded before its shipped out......did you remeshed the wheel before start up or left it as-in for now?
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Sooo this is a "mesh wheel" pump? Idk sounds iffy to me. How often am I going to have to replace the mesh? Is this the way to go or is a Needle wheel better? I hope mine gets here soon
Last edited by tsouth; 01/05/2008 at 12:41 PM. |
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The acrylic appears to be 3mm As far as comparisons go it's WAAAYYY to early to compare it to other skimmers. I'd need at least a month of continuous use to be able to draw a comparison. |
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Looks like alot of bubbles are escaping.
My sicce's since day one had no variances in air so something must be up. Could be that mesh, Could be the airline needs to be restricted a bit. Try a airvalve on it
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is this the mesh type you use for mesh mod?
http://www.seattlefabrics.com/Dive%20Mesh.jpg
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it should be enkamat...
this guy on ebay sells small sheets of it...its enough to do a few skimmers.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Enkamat-P4-for-n...QQcmdZViewItem |
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Tagging along for this one.
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Hmm, I am not so sure I like the whole DIY mod thing...The quality of the skimmer looks great, but the mesh wheel and the DIY drilling for the venturi...IDK I want that on my skimmer.
Depends on how great this thing performs. Keep us updated.
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joker thanks for being honest and posting up what you found. I'll be tagging along on this one since I NEED a good skimmer and was just about to go with the regular Octopus NW 150, but saw the "xtreme" and the INT-PS150 or something.
Please do keep us updated! |
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i think i would rebuild the threadwheel?
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