Decided to fix a needle wheel restart problem by edding a rubber band.
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It did not work, still have to blow in to air intake to start, not a big deal.
But what was achieved is that now there is absolutely no noise when pump is trying to restart ! I like this a lot.
Also as an experiment for this skimmer I placed a small square (2x2 feet) of
plastic bird netting, 05 inch eye size, made in to a roll, or what ever shape it wants to be inside the skimmer. The idea was to reduce turbulence because it seemed that there was rather powerful turbulence inside the skimmer.
It worked fantastic ! now there is less turbulence inside and the foam is better, more condense and frothy.
So what you see on pic #2 and # 3 at the top of this thread now all the bubbles are small and uniform, no turbulance.
Maybe this pump is a bit too powerfull for this skimmer but i consider this to be a benefit.