Auto watering buckets - each is daisychained and first on the right has the float valve from a swamp cooler.
Date: 18/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
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picture of float valve(blue) with bricks double stacked to raise the false floor above the float/sump.
Date: 10/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
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False bottom that was cut from the feed container lid. It has a 2.5" playdough cup in the middle with holes drilled in bottom and sides that hangs into the water below.It gets packed with compost and creates a wicking action to bring water up.
Date: 18/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
Views: 1353
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closeup of the false bottom with the cup in it.
Date: 18/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
Views: 1633
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you can see the holes drilled in the small cup.holes are about 3/16"
Date: 18/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
Views: 1618
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false botton sitting in the large tub,water is in the bottom of the small cup.
Date: 18/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
Views: 1618
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The whole thing assembled, false bottom and cup installed on top the bricks... compost comes next.
Date: 10/Sep/2013
Owner: mech
Views: 1530
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With all buckets relatively level down the line,drilled and tapped them for 1/8" pipe to barb fittings and then connected each bucket with tubing. All buckets will roughly have the same level of water in the bottom as the float bucket.the connecting
