helifaxnz Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 For those who do not have a silencer for your air intake on your skimmer, here is a really easy and quick way to make one yourself. All you need are the following materials, 1x small pill bottle with lid 1x 5cm length air tubing 1x long enough length to connect from your skimmer air intake 1x air tubing connector so you can connect the silencer tube end to the skimmer tube. Silicon glue or plumbers glue or super glue gel. Right, here we go... *Undo the lid from the pill bottle. *Drill two holes in the lid so the tubing will just fit through. Make sure the holes are on opposite ends. *Take the 5cm length air tube and feed through one of the holes about half way, then glue it in place making sure you seal the hole around the tube. *Do the same with the long length of tubing with the other hole. *Wait until the glue sets. *Connect the air tubing connector on the long length of tubing and attach that to the skimmer air tube. FINISHED! As soon as I have taken a photo of my silencer, I'll post it here. 1 Link to comment
helifaxnz Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here's the photo... 1 Link to comment
Whacked Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 that is a great mod. I did that mod to my skimmer. really quiet it down. Link to comment
The Propagator Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 It's even quieter if you push the line leading to the venturi further towards the bottom. Link to comment
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