Connect MistKing pump directly to sink?
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Mike Fisher
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Won't work. It's not a valve, it's a pump.
Mike Fisher
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Yes, but get a good one. Float valves can stick open. That can flood you. A toilet tank makes the perfect reservoir. If the valve sticks, the overflow goes into the bowl.
Todnedo
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First you connect a 1/4 line to the cold water supply, from there the 1/4 in. line runs to the solenoid valve then to the misters.
The solenoid valve is powered by a light timer, when power is applied, the valve opens. To temper the water you tie into both the cold and hot with a Y or Tee fitting with a needle valve on each to control the temperature of the water
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Mike Fisher
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And keep in mind that without a backflow preventer with that valve, it does not conform to code and you may backfeed contaminants in to your drinking water as well as the city water supply. So you too as well as your neighbors can enjoy water from your chameleons drip system. 
Todnedo
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And keep in mind that without a backflow preventer with that valve, it does not conform to code and you may backfeed contaminants in to your drinking water as well as the city water supply. So you too as well as your neighbors can enjoy water from your chameleons drip system.
Thats true but it's very unlikely for a water outage to make your plumbing back flow unless a valve is open at the time of the outage. In this case it would only draw air from the misters not contaminated water, It would be about the same as your washer filling up at the time of the outage. They do make check valve for the 1/4 in lines if you are worried about it.
Yup ,yup ,that is VERY CLEAVER!!! I bet you are a smart plumber, the only question I have is,what type of maintenance work I need to maintain this system running and can I go on a long vacation with no worry at all??
Yup ,yup, and this Murphy's law might actually solve my every 3 hours with 2 buckets of misting water while I planning my long vacation without divorcing my chameleon......can you also advice a feeding system.....something like automatic feeder device perfectly with space divider,so I can even take a longer vacation
Todnedo
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Yup ,yup, and this Murphy's law might actually solve my every 3 hours with 2 buckets of misting water while I planning my long vacation without divorcing my chameleon......can you also advice a feeding system.....something like automatic feeder device perfectly with space divider,so I can even take a longer vacation
What kind of drainage do you have on your cage?
Mike Fisher
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I agree, I just know it violates code. As do sprinkler parts being installed inside a dwellings plumbing system. As long as you own your dwelling and are willing to accept the consequences of flooding it, I guess that works. Insurance won't cover it.
I can't count how many times a sprinkler valve has stick in the open position, or failed to fully close because of debris. If you don't account for drainage for a basically unlimited supply of water into your dwelling, the results could be disastrous.
Like, Todnedo, I do this type of stuff too, but it is important to know the risks so you can decide to do it or not. If I were a renter, I would not chance it because if something goes wrong, you will be sued.
None, right now only 2 buckets, one goes in and one empty out....chameleon watering is like a milking a baby every 3 hour,the only difference is you don't have to burp them.....maybe we can run a hose connect to a sink to drain the excess water,while using the Murphy's law,to connect the valve ,pipe..to the faucet with a timer built in between,if everything else failure....I will consider a chameleon sitting for hire...yup...yup
I would not connect it to a city water line, the reason is that from all the salts and minerals the water has, it will clogged up your sprinklers, the best thing to do is
Hook up a reverse osmosis system to city water, hook up the 1/4 line that contains the good water coming out of R/O (reverse osmosis) to a float valve that is inside a 5 gallon reservoir, from the reservoir you hook up your mistking pump with a tubing connector almost all the way down to the bottom, and from the pump you send your tubing up to the sprinklers
Your R/O water will never clog your sprinklers and you will be all set for a continous purified water supply......
Sana
Hook up a reverse osmosis system to city water, hook up the 1/4 line that contains the good water coming out of R/O (reverse osmosis) to a float valve that is inside a 5 gallon reservoir, from the reservoir you hook up your mistking pump with a tubing connector almost all the way down to the bottom, and from the pump you send your tubing up to the sprinklers
Your R/O water will never clog your sprinklers and you will be all set for a continous purified water supply......
Sana
Todnedo
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Code is relative to municipality. Fail closed solenoid valves are safe. I have used them for over 9 years with out a problem. Cage drains can be ran into a HVAC condensation sump then plumbed outside or to the house sewer line via P-trap.
Todnedo
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Some city water will have a lot of impuritys that will clog misters but as wasteful as R.O. units are you will save money by buying extra mister heads, change them out and clean them.... when using more than 2 gallons of R.O. water a day for misting
Most R.O. storage tanks will run several misting heads without the need for a pump or reservoir
R/O units do waste water, but at least in my case it is not that much, i have been building reverse osmosis systems since 93-94, so i have some experience using them, lol, and my water bill is around 15 dollars a month using a 100 gal R/O, i use the water for my reef tank, for two chameleons, to drink and produce ice and for some house plants i have, you can buy extra nozzles and clean the clogged ones with vinegar if they ever get clean because of the small pin hole they have which will make it tough to clean or just use purified water and never touch your nozzles, its up to you, either way is ok
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