Help with DIY fill hose

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So with fourteen tanks (soon to be 15), I decided that I have had enough with adding gallon jugs at a time to my fish tanks. I am making a fill hose that shuts off at the filling end so I can easily move it over to another tank instead of running across the house to shut it off.

On the end, I have PVC tubing that the hose screws onto that has an on off knob.

First I tried using an attachment like this on the sink.
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When I tried to shut it off at the fill end while the sink end was still on water pressure built up in the hose rather than leak out the other empty outlet.

The next thing I tried was this weird sink to hose attachment I got at petsmart. It sort of looks like a python's attachment. When I tried to add the shut off valve to the other end, it just shot off of the hose.

So does anybody know a hose connector that releases water when something is backed up in the hose? I am thinking that may be what I am looking for.
 
I have a similar setup as your picture and too had an issue with the water pressure in the hose. My solution was to replace my light duty hose with a medium dude garden hose. It works well.
 
What you are looking for is a pressure regulator. You can buy them at HD and Lowes. Check both (and possibly Ace and Menards if you have them). They are located where they keep the drip irrigation parts.

For what it's worth, I added a spiggot under one of my bathroom sinks. At water change time, I have full pressure/full flow (I pretreat my water though).

I've also made some "hooks" with pvc pipe that goes on the end of my garden hoses. (They also have a ball valve on them.) I just hook one over the edge of the tank and put the other end of the hose in the shower. Then I use a water bed pump and a short hose on the spiggot under the sink to start the syphon. (I then remove the water bed pump for full flow.)
 
CHOMPERS;4437801; said:
What you are looking for is a pressure regulator. You can buy them at HD and Lowes. Check both (and possibly Ace and Menards if you have them). They are located where they keep the drip irrigation parts.

For what it's worth, I added a spiggot under one of my bathroom sinks. At water change time, I have full pressure/full flow (I pretreat my water though).

I've also made some "hooks" with pvc pipe that goes on the end of my garden hoses. (They also have a ball valve on them.) I just hook one over the edge of the tank and put the other end of the hose in the shower. Then I use a water bed pump and a short hose on the spiggot under the sink to start the syphon. (I then remove the water bed pump for full flow.)
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I was thinking of some sort of hook as well so the hose doesn't need to be held.

I am unsure of what a pressure regulator would even look like. I didn't see them at the HD or lowes website.

My boss told me that the sink should be able to withstand the pressure. Without leaking really badly. So maybe the sink could be the problem?

Sorry, but I know nothing about plumbing lol.
 
I don't understand what purpose the pressure regulator serves. I read the Lowe's page and it was pretty vague to someone who knows only very basic plumbing. Any chance you could dumb it down for me?
 
got some today during WC

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breakspirit;4459269; said:
I don't understand what purpose the pressure regulator serves. I read the Lowe's page and it was pretty vague to someone who knows only very basic plumbing. Any chance you could dumb it down for me?
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The pressure regulator controls the pressure in the plumbing down stream of the regulator. The most common for drip systems is 25 psi. Normal tap water pressure is 50-70 psi ("normal" varies greatly by location and country).
 
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