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Drip feeding from water butt
Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it
possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. AndyP -- "Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates |
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Drip feeding from water butt
This is what I suggested to another contributor earlier, however as I
understand it the "normal" tap driven drip systems require a much higher water pressure than is usually attained by a waterbutt. Unless you can hoist the waterbutt onto your roof of course !!! Duncan "Dee" wrote in message ... Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. AndyP -- "Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates |
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Duncan,
Thanks, I am still searching and have just forund thsi (pdf format you'll need acrobat) http://www.gardensystems.co.uk/pdf4.pdf This seeems to use a hose with holes in it rather than a tap. As I only need to water a dozen plants all in pots I'd rather have a tap like system. Adny "Druss" wrote in message ... This is what I suggested to another contributor earlier, however as I understand it the "normal" tap driven drip systems require a much higher water pressure than is usually attained by a waterbutt. Unless you can hoist the waterbutt onto your roof of course !!! Duncan "Dee" wrote in message ... Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. AndyP -- "Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates |
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Drip feeding from water butt
"Dee" wrote in message ... Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. One I bought recently just had standard Hozelock compatible tap thing in it ( I think it is a "Harcostar" ) Aside from using the tap on the Water butt to control the flow if you need more piping & inline taps/valves etc then the best place to get them would be your local Aquarium shop - they usually carry different sizes of hoses / taps/inline valves/ T pieces etc which are not that expensive. Sounds workable though. rgds I |
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Drip feeding from water butt
"Dee" wrote in message ...
Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. Blackwall (they do water butts & composters in partnership with Severn Trent etc) offer this. www.blackwall-ltd.com Alison |
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Drip feeding from water butt
Two Wests and Elliott offer a water butt irrigation system, which has
a number of drippers hanging off a small bore hose. They also have a system working from a 2 gallon header tank, and say it can run at a very low pressure. I seem to remembe that the individual drippers and hose can be purchased separately. Have a look at : http://www.twowests.co.uk/cgi-bin/tw...0/Catalog/1088 .... urgh, just seen how long that is, just check under watering from http://www.twowests.co.uk/ I have no connections with TW+E other than as a customer. There paper catalogue is much better than the website for browsing.. David "Dee" wrote in message ... Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? If the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of adapter to fit on the water butt tap. This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" solution. AndyP |
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Drip feeding from water butt
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:56:14 +0100, "Dee" wrote:
~Duncan, ~Thanks, I am still searching and have just forund thsi (pdf format you'll ~need acrobat) ~http://www.gardensystems.co.uk/pdf4.pdf ~ ~This seeems to use a hose with holes in it rather than a tap. As I only need ~to water a dozen plants all in pots I'd rather have a tap like system. Thankyou *very* much for finding this - just what I need! I have a sloping allotment with the usual gaggle of waterbutts and it's of course a pain to water everything when it's dry. With this, I can just fill up the butts and let it water the plot for me :-) This is most useful because I have several large apples taking water constantly from the soil and it would be great for the surface plants to not have to fight! jane ~ ~Adny ~ ~"Druss" wrote in message ... ~ This is what I suggested to another contributor earlier, however as I ~ understand it the "normal" tap driven drip systems require a much higher ~ water pressure than is usually attained by a waterbutt. Unless you can ~hoist ~ the waterbutt onto your roof of course !!! ~ Duncan ~ ~ "Dee" wrote in message ... ~ Has anyone seen a drip feeder that can operate from a water butt? Is it ~ possible to use the "standard" fittings designed to run from the mains? ~If ~ the "standard" ones are used I guess that I would need some kind of ~ adapter ~ to fit on the water butt tap. ~ ~ This would make an ideal "water the greenhouse while on holiday" ~solution. ~ ~ ~ AndyP ~ -- ~ "Wisest are they that know they do not know." Socrates ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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