Brassaxe
New Member
This is something I devised so I can have a water dripper that I never have to fill. It's just a tank of water that gets filled with the same water that I get from my mist system. It fills automatically and I never have to bother with it. It has a dripper head that I can move wherever I want over the tank.
It's built from PVC pipe, some garden mist system fittings, some rigid tubes, two valves and acrylic..
It can be made in any configuration really.
Here is how mine is made. The inlet water from the mister is controlled with a valve. I have it set to fill slowly so it doesn't take pressure away from the misters. It'll fill in about 15 minutes, yet my misters are only on for 10, so it'll never overflow. The water goes in and up a pipe inside the tube. The pipe almost touches the top of the container so no water can go back down when the mister is shut off. There is also a much larger tube inside that acts as the overflow. It prevents pressure buildup and is also a drain if it gets too full. Mine would just drain into my enclosure since I have a drain at the bottom of the enclosure. The last tube only barely sticks into the tank. This is where the dripper gets it's water. It gravity feeds out via an aquarium airline tube and goes to another valve. This valve is the drip speed control and it's glued to a weigh so I can put it anywhere on the screen top of my cage..
Here is the overall design.
In this picture my tank is almost empty.
And here is the dripper head.
Hope someone finds this useful.
It's built from PVC pipe, some garden mist system fittings, some rigid tubes, two valves and acrylic..
It can be made in any configuration really.
Here is how mine is made. The inlet water from the mister is controlled with a valve. I have it set to fill slowly so it doesn't take pressure away from the misters. It'll fill in about 15 minutes, yet my misters are only on for 10, so it'll never overflow. The water goes in and up a pipe inside the tube. The pipe almost touches the top of the container so no water can go back down when the mister is shut off. There is also a much larger tube inside that acts as the overflow. It prevents pressure buildup and is also a drain if it gets too full. Mine would just drain into my enclosure since I have a drain at the bottom of the enclosure. The last tube only barely sticks into the tank. This is where the dripper gets it's water. It gravity feeds out via an aquarium airline tube and goes to another valve. This valve is the drip speed control and it's glued to a weigh so I can put it anywhere on the screen top of my cage..
Here is the overall design.
In this picture my tank is almost empty.
And here is the dripper head.
Hope someone finds this useful.
