Reservoir Watering system?

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Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake

Have any pictures of your setup?

Im willing to refill the reservoirs manually, would rather not have 50 gallons in my basement :)

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That is why I converted it back to a 5 gal bucket. I didnt want it to keep running if it had a leak

so now i just fil the 5 gal bucket. WHat I am having problems with is finding a good way to attach a valve to the bucket. Mine leaks around the seal no matter what type of calk i put around it... Any suggestions

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Originally Posted by Sevo

so now i just fil the 5 gal bucket. WHat I am having problems with is finding a good way to attach a valve to the bucket. Mine leaks around the seal no matter what type of calk i put around it... Any suggestions

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Dry it completely and use 100% bathroom and kitchen silicone caulk from Home Depot. Does the trick. ;)

-adam

B. Are you still filling up 1.2 million water bottles by hand :O


Adam is right, caulk is awesome!

I am using a gravity fed system with brass nipples that I put together. What a breeze :D

Ideas. I tried the 5 gallon bucket. Worried about the height. Also never really got a good seal and I found that dust would clog the nipples and cause them to leak. I went to walmart. Got a 15 gallon rubbermade container. Very short and a little longer than some of the others. I stopped worrying about the height and was able to fill it less frequently. I also cut some pieces of pvc. The way the rats had less slack to pull the lines into the cages. Had one leak in the last six months and it was my fault.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Dry it completely and use 100% bathroom and kitchen silicone caulk from Home Depot. Does the trick. ;)

-adam

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adam, thanks for the info. i appreciate it

Chris

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Originally Posted by cueball

B. Are you still filling up 1.2 million water bottles by hand :O


Adam is right, caulk is awesome!

I am using a gravity fed system with brass nipples that I put together. What a breeze :D

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Still doing it by hand, havnt had time/mind power to decide on what i want :(

Thanks for all the help guys, about to order all the parts


Bryan - doh, the square bucket isnt on that site anymore, that was a great price and would have been perfect :) ah well, can figure that part out later, lots of edged containers around.

Just a question, does anyone use crosses for side by side rack shelves? I didnt see any of those on any of these sites.

It occured to me after typing that you were referring to a 4 way valve. I dont know why they arent used in any setups except for it may be harder to equalize pressure splitting off both sides rather than just 1.

Most people using the valves run them side to side rather than top to bottom and I would think this is the main reason that "T" valves are used instead of 4-way valves.

Bryan

Heres a couple other sites with the square buckets. Price is higher and no idea on shipping.

BePrepared

CPS

USPlastic

If I get tired of moving the critters to the new shop tonight Ill do a bit more searching and see if i can find some better prices.

Bryan