my diy water change barrel

[john32]

I have a 44 gallon trash can that I fill up with my RO, I heat it and add everything I want to it during the week then I use a sump pump with a 50 foot hose to fill the tank, I think this would be less of a chore then moving your water container.

 

[89must]

for all you diy'rs thats a big wet dry nice i love it

 

[Crazy8svt]

I have a 44 gallon trash can that I fill up with my RO, I heat it and add everything I want to it during the week then I use a sump pump with a 50 foot hose to fill the tank, I think this would be less of a chore then moving your water container.

i have cents done that as well

 

[Pharaoh]

Great job.

 

[CHOMPERS]

Nice work. Very Rube Goldberg style too.

Now you need to make one of these for your fill/transfer hose:

 

[Just Prince]

Will this work with out the pump via gravity?

 

[t0p_sh0tta]

Unfortunately, no. The water reservoir (I can't spell) would have to be higher than the tank.

 

[Just Prince]

trying to make it cheaper. Guess I've got to buy a pump thanks.

 

[micstarz]

Awesome design dude. Up to the second pic, I was thinking "Yea, well how are you gonna move that?" and then in the next pic...I laughed so much!!

Good job, nice idea!

You could've done it without the pump at the bottom...gravity could have done it.

 

[travis2k]

gravity will not lift the water higher than the level of the barrell, if you dont want to use a pump, about the only thing I could think of is a couple pulleys in the ceiling to lift the barrell, so it is higher than the tank height, or have the barrell on a the second floor, and aquariums on the first