Awl --
Proly been beat to death at one time or another, but mebbe time for a revisit?
I finally can't stand it any more, so much tramp oil, and from recent threads, it proly is a good idea to address it.
Does anyone with a sizeable soluble oil resevoir (the fadal 3016 is 35 gal, approx a 1 x 1 x 4 screened trough) NOT use a skimmer? Reasons?
It seems the tank has a slot for disk-type skimmer. Will a generic disk skimmer fit? That slot is sort of inaccessible anyway, so can I put it (or another type -- belt?) where the screen is, and modify the screen?
What are people here using, and why?
Boy, I'll tellya, what a li'l geometry wouldn't do.... If the soluble mix could be pumped into a vertical cylinder, that had a fitting, valve, and skinny-assed hose right at the top, skimming would not be an issue, cuz you could just *lop* off the tramp oil in that tube, as if you had a scissor -- which is what that top valve would really be.
But then, it would be iffy to automate this type of process.