My DIY faucet pump

[prskiller]

Love my python, beats 5 gallon buckets any day. However that cheap plastic pump sucks and breaks within a year. I decided to make one out of copper and brass which I wish Python would do. Here is a pic of what I made only thing is that the vacuum is not strong enough to pull water. I was thinking it may be do to the length but that is the shortest I could do with the fittings. So I have a funky paper weight. Any ideas on how to get this working?

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[soupa2]

that's a Very Expensive python..Good Job though..

 

[prskiller]

that's a Very Expensive python..Good Job though..

I know, to bad it doesn't work. Here is a pic with both together.

Cast from my Ugly Stik across the great Pacific Ocean to you.

 

[Inglorious]

The overall length of it shouldn't matter, I think your problem is that it doesn't have a narrow point that acts like a venturi to pull the water through the hose. If you look at the python you'll see a narrow point at the bottom and that's what you need to replicate.

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[prskiller]

The overall length of it shouldn't matter, I think your problem is that it doesn't have a narrow point that acts like a venturi to pull the water through the hose. If you look at the python you'll see a narrow point at the bottom and that's what you need to replicate.

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Good point. Maybe I could sleeve the inside with some type of plastic tubing, just the lower part of it. I was thinking if the hose connecting side was closer up to the faucet adapter it would help but I couldn't achieve that with the fittings.

 

[petspoiler]

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that's a Very Expensive python..Good Job though..

I know, to bad it doesn't work.

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[mason87]

Had any luck getting this thing to work yet?