This video is about the Intex deluxe skimmer, out of the box it's useless, it doesn't stay steady on the pool tubes, gets loose, loads of adjustments before it sucks water in, and with lower capacity pumps its not sucking in water at all...
Well thats over now... with an easy and cheap fix. You can create more suction with some ducktape and lead fix, maybe the lead isn't even necessary, it was already on there before. Try without lead first. By closing of gaps on the underside of the white bucket the suction from above becomes much higher, even with a low capacity pump as mine. Use a sponge to secure the skimmer better on the pool frame, it won't move anymore!, the pipes which come with the skimmer are too rigid, turn the pipe a bit on the pool connection to flatten out the skimmer on the surface, also adjust the white bucket to a lower point so that the blue bucket floats more on its own instead of leaning on the white one, this way the skimmer also stays more horizontal. Enjoy your skimmer people!
Step 1: close the gaps on the underside of the white bucket with Ducktape.
Step 2: put some ducktape on the blue bucket about 4cm down the edge, this way the pump sucks less water between the blue and white bucket, this way there is more suction from above. I made some kind of straps out of ducktape to get more thickness out of the tape otherwise you need a lot of tape.
Step 3: adjust the pipe on the outlet so, that the white bucket is horizontal.
Step 4: adjust the white bucket down so there is more room for the blue bucket to float and turn around, this way the blue bucket or skimmer also stays more horizontal.
Step 5: If it's not working, i used about 8 parts of sticky lead devided into 2 parts of 4 pieces on each side, 5 grams each. You can get these at your local tyre shop.
And youre done!!!! Id love to have some comments, thankyou!
Greetings from The Netherlands!