DIY skimmer waste bucket

[danreef55]

Years ago they used to sell a lid that fit a 5 gal bucket for skimmer waste.
It had a fitting that accepted the feed from the skimmer discharge. There was a ball that would act as a float which would cause backpressure which stopped the flow when the bucket was full. There was also a vent which had a carbon cup to assist with the odor. I know there are fancy units out there that mimic the old school method but at a step cost. Does anyone know how to build the old-fashioned model I am sure it would be far less expensive and hold far more waste.
thank for any ideas.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Most people used a pingpong ball suspended at the end of a pipe as a simple floating check valve, the same as your shop vac has to prevent overfilling and flooding the motor with water.

Pretty easy to DIY, the same with the carbon filter. Just a pvc tube with a screen or grate at the bottom filled with activated carbon. This would be affixed above the ping-pong ball check valve.

A coupe of pieces of pvc, a bell reducer or two and a ping pong ball and some needle point screen or similar.