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So, inquiring minds want to know!I have been trying to upload a video but youtube is not working for me. However, new development...
I have prototyped possibly the coolest auto dripper system EVER. It has completely replaced my "little dripper" unit. It does not use electricity, gravity feed, OR siphon action, is 100% reliable, and my current guess is that it will drip for at least five hours at a time. The drips are FULLY adjustable, and when it runs out of water, it does not damage the pump, because THERE IS NO PUMP! It also is not tied into the MistKing at all. It's freaking cool. Total cost of supplies? $24!!!!! I have a feeling it is going to catch on...
Any guesses how I did it?
I have been trying to upload a video but youtube is not working for me. However, new development...
I have prototyped possibly the coolest auto dripper system EVER. It has completely replaced my "little dripper" unit. It does not use electricity, gravity feed, OR siphon action, is 100% reliable, and my current guess is that it will drip for at least five hours at a time. The drips are FULLY adjustable, and when it runs out of water, it does not damage the pump, because THERE IS NO PUMP! It also is not tied into the MistKing at all. It's freaking cool. Total cost of supplies? $24!!!!! I have a feeling it is going to catch on...
Any guesses how I did it?
Haha! Sorry!
Basically, I bought a one gallon pump sprayer (the garden type that builds up pressure), removed the handle and nozzle, adapted it to take 1/4" tubing, ran the tubing into a brass needle valve (for fine drip control), made an adapter to connect another length of 1/4" tubing, ran that tubing into a MistKing bulkhead, Attached the bulkhead to a MistKing corner wedge, and ran another 6" of tubing with a little brass nozzle inside the enclosure. It makes the inside dripper nozzle able to be positioned properly anywhere.
So basically, I pump the spray bottle like 15 times to build pressure, turn the valve on until it is a fast drip, and the friggin thing drips for HOURS reliably. No air bubbles, no batteries, no plug in, no leaks, no more filling a gravity feed dripper 7 feet in the air. It is ridiculously cool. I will further refine the system and probably use more MistKing parts in the future. I realize now how easy this was and I missed it until now. A LOT of MistKing parts would work to make one, and I am willing to help anyone who wants to try to make one.
I am at work for two days so I will post a video on Friday and walk through the entire cage setup.
P.S. just for laughs, I got the tubing and parts at fred meyer. They were pieces to fix a refrigerator ice maker.