Beckett/Mazzei Driven Skimmers

[ca1ore]

Wondering if there are any folks still running these skimmers? I’m playing around with an old MTC HSA1000, specifically doubling the height. Issue is that as the skimmer fills, air draw on the Beckett declines. Since these injectors work based on differential pressure, I’m assuming that the extra height is raising output pressure and killing the air draw. Maybe a bigger pump, or raising the height of the Beckett? Anyone have thoughts?

 

[redfishbluefish]

I ran two MRC's and an MTC for some time....all three are becketted skimmers.....best skimmers I had as far as skimmate. The issue was noise! If I had a basement sump, no problem. But my sump was below the DT. Also, with all three skimmers, the bigger the pump the better.....I was running a MAG 24 on these skimmers.

 

[ca1ore]

I’m testing it with a PanWorld 100 ..... probably too small. I have a PW200 that I can swap in. I ran an unmodified HSA1000 a decade ago but cannot recall what pump I used.