In this photo on the left, the HydroClean™Pond Skimmer is remotely installed 6 feet away from the pond's edge. Day Lilies, Hydrangea, Petunias, Impatiens, Davidii, a Beech tree, and a gravel pathway separate the HydroClean™ Pond Skimmer from the pond.
Notice the electrical power box in the upper left hand corner of the photo. Instead of moving the electrical power source closer to the pond, the HydroClean™ Pond Skimmer was simply installed away from the pond and adjacent to the power source.
To Remotely Install a HydroClean™ Pond Skimmer with PVC pipe, you'll use rubber couplers. Depending on the model skimmer, and the flow rate you're running through it - you may reduce the pipe diameter using rubber reducing couplers like the one shown here on the right.
Remote Installation Pipe Guidelines
Remote Installation Kits
Simply apply a solid bead of the included Silicone Sealant to the HydroClean™ Pond Skimmer's Inlet Pipe about 1" from the end. Then slide the rubber coupler over the Siliconed end of the Inlet Pipe.
Tighten the Stainless Steel Nut on the Stainless Steel Hose Clamp band.
Apply a solid bead of Silicone Sealant to the end of the PVC pipe. Slide the Siliconed end of the PVC pipe into the rubber coupler.
The PVC pipe can be rigid Schedule 40, Schedule 80, or flexible PVC pipe.
