Has anyone cut off the screen on an intex return eyeball? If so wouldn't you think it would increase circulation??
Taking screen off intex return eyeball
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Mine screwed off and I do not use them. Even though it helps, it isn't dramatic, but I will take anything I can get that helps even a little. If you take it off the suction side, be mindful that it's there to keep children's long hair and clothes from being sucked in and held under water.
If you're talking about the screen at the end of the actual eye ball, I removed it with a Dremmel. It cut down on the back pressure and noise.
Well when I installed my hayward skimmer I installed the outlet that it came with to. I noticed that the hayward outlet had more pressure, but it was leaking a little bit. So me i kept tinkering with it until I broke it. I reinstalled the intex outlet and naturally the pressure was not as good. I will remove the eyeball screen today. Hopefully that helps.
Well I took the screen off and it seemed to make the flow worse. So if anyone out there is thinking about taking the screen off the intex eyeball, DO NOT!! I some how rigged the hayward return back to the pool. The flow is so much better with the hayward return!
thedarktitan said:
I know you said you were going with the Hayward, but I'm curious exactly which Intex fisheye you had. Mine is what came with the Ultra Frame, a fairly large (sorry, didn't measure) fitting with a molded-on screen capped off by the fish-eye attachment, which had the central outlet for aiming and eight screened sections around the outside, all blocked from within by rubber flaps.
When hooking up my new pump, I was concerned with the pressure 50 gpm would create, so I hastily cut off all of the flaps. The resulting output was just too undirected and "wishy-washy," so I managed to glue four of the flaps back in! Much happier with the flow and directionality now.
Ehh mine was the intex ultra as well. I just took my drill and drilled some holes in both screens then broke them off with some pliers. What I noticed was just a bunch of water flowing out, but with no "power" behind it. I actually think the intex pushed water out better before I broke the screens off.
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