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Hi James,
The first thing to say is this will take longer to write than it takes to do it really is that easy. The set up you see is a very basic attempt with refinements to come (I hope). The bottom water bottle in the pic is a crude measuring device (marked at 1 litre) to allow me to adjust the water flow. By using the airline equipment any number of different set ups can be devised i.e. multiple outlets, joining reservoir tanks together, banks of valves to split the supply to water several pots.
None of the above has been tried yet just the basic idea but now I have proved that works I can foresee no further difficulties. The only 2 things that need any care are drilling the correct size hole (there is very little shoulder on the connectors and setting the water flow correctly. This will have to be done again in situ as varying the height of the resevoir alters the water flow.
To see what hardware is available go to www.fishandfins.co.uk and click on airline supplies but if you can buy locally you will save on postage.
As to making the thing select a flat surface on your resevoir and drill a 5.5mm hole. Glue in the straight connector using araldite or something similar. (I am going to test model makers poly cement because its cheaper) will let you know the result.
Everything else is just push fit, so when the adhesive has dried cut the silicon tube to length, push on to the straight connector, push the valve on to the other end and away you go.
Hope this helps Colin.
The first thing to say is this will take longer to write than it takes to do it really is that easy. The set up you see is a very basic attempt with refinements to come (I hope). The bottom water bottle in the pic is a crude measuring device (marked at 1 litre) to allow me to adjust the water flow. By using the airline equipment any number of different set ups can be devised i.e. multiple outlets, joining reservoir tanks together, banks of valves to split the supply to water several pots.
None of the above has been tried yet just the basic idea but now I have proved that works I can foresee no further difficulties. The only 2 things that need any care are drilling the correct size hole (there is very little shoulder on the connectors and setting the water flow correctly. This will have to be done again in situ as varying the height of the resevoir alters the water flow.
To see what hardware is available go to www.fishandfins.co.uk and click on airline supplies but if you can buy locally you will save on postage.
As to making the thing select a flat surface on your resevoir and drill a 5.5mm hole. Glue in the straight connector using araldite or something similar. (I am going to test model makers poly cement because its cheaper) will let you know the result.
Everything else is just push fit, so when the adhesive has dried cut the silicon tube to length, push on to the straight connector, push the valve on to the other end and away you go.
Hope this helps Colin.
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