The end of the Beckett as we know it.

to use mazzei Call up the company and ask for Richard...Tell him EXACTLY what pump you have along with the parameters of the pump and he will tailor the mazzei to your pump..

Here is a table that will help you when you talk to him.. since he will needt this info from you..

http://reefs.org/library/pumps/

There are many different sizes (internally) out there to mach psi.. if you just go buy one that matches your thread size...youll have problems... it probably wont work. So figure out what pump youre going to use then contact them..
 
I guess no luck at this time. There's some option but has a little bit drawback.

Geo, where are you getting your nozzle since the beckett is dead. Just a question =)


arjay96
 
The description looks good, but I'd like to see a picture to be sure.

They claim to have 1" as well as 1/2", and I don't know of any Becketts that were made in the 1" size.

Anyone find a solid source for some of the alternative foaming nozzles?

Zeph
 
Since someone mentioned it above...
Flow eductors do not operate on the same principle as venturis or becketts. They do not work for air induction. . The idea is to use a nozzle, creating alot of back-pressure BTW, so that a say, 3/4" eductor would have like a 1/4" nozzle. This narrow jet comes out so fast that that the water around it gets caught as well. This suction area drags in alot of water, then forcing it through a funnel...to create pressure...and on the other side of this funnel is another that expands...and the flow of the water coming out of it creates a lower pressure towards the outside of the eductor that continues to suck water in from the other side. If you try to run the eductor out of water, it will simply work like a jet, forcing water through the nozzle, but because it wont be able to drag any water with it...thats all it will do. The opening on the eductor bell is larger than the nozzle, and above water it wont do anything except spray water. Yu can drill a hole in a pipe to do that! Sorry, eductors dont work.
 
wetworx101 said:
Since someone mentioned it above...
Flow eductors do not operate on the same principle as venturis or becketts. They do not work for air induction. . The idea is to use a nozzle, creating alot of back-pressure BTW, so that a say, 3/4" eductor would have like a 1/4" nozzle. This narrow jet comes out so fast that that the water around it gets caught as well. This suction area drags in alot of water, then forcing it through a funnel...to create pressure...and on the other side of this funnel is another that expands...and the flow of the water coming out of it creates a lower pressure towards the outside of the eductor that continues to suck water in from the other side. If you try to run the eductor out of water, it will simply work like a jet, forcing water through the nozzle, but because it wont be able to drag any water with it...thats all it will do. The opening on the eductor bell is larger than the nozzle, and above water it wont do anything except spray water. Yu can drill a hole in a pipe to do that! Sorry, eductors dont work.
Click to expand...

Actually they do. Look at the link provided a page or so back. Someone has already built a working eductor driven skimmer.
 
There is no question that the skimmer in the article works, but the name of the process might be open to interpretation.

A true enductor is immersed in the fluid that is flowing though it. In that application, the inductor would not make a good skimmer. In the above link, a nozzle passes water though an air-gap, and in to the skimmer. Some people call this idea an HSA (if it uses a clover nozzle in to a reservoir) or a down-draft (if it has a column of bio-balls under it).

What I see is a very nice skimmer design, using a modification of existing ideas, but I'm not sure it could technically be called an "enductor".

Zeph

edit: changed "inductor" to "eductor". :)
 
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You posted the same thread. I think I know which one you were refering to though. The one's available at Aquatic Eco-Systems?
 
I sent them an email a month ago. They were quick to reply.
The last email was the other day.

Here is their reply.
The foam jet tops are now available . the part number
is 7120310 they are packaged in bulk bags of 25 your price
per bag is $75.00 + frt. Credit card orders only
Thank you
Terry Moldenhauer
sr Customer Care
888-232-5388 ext 310
 
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