Gotta love Mondays
2 days of hard work paid off, even with lots of rain, concentrated in 2 hours, flooding lots of roads around the house.
Target was to finish the electrical part and to install the first grow bed and test it.
Electrical part was a real challenge and with a last ditch effort, I was able to run the pump and switch on the light at around 6pm yesterday evening.
But lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Bulkhead and standpipe done.
That needs a Bell of course, with a syphon breaker.
The openings at the bottom serve 2 purposes.
First, the openings fit exactly around the 8 corners of the bulkhead. Gives a nice and stable footing
Second, of course, the openings are high enough to also let water into the bell.
And the bell of course gets a media-guard and cover.
Still thinking to maybe spray the cover and guard white.
Will be testing it continuously without media later this week and see how it holds up.
Media Bed in its final place. The bottom outlet is 'S' shaped, 3/4" size.
Works very well in the current setup to get the syphon going.
Now the funny thing when I tested it:
I had the water-hose running full speed, filling it up.
Certain moment it nicely started the syphon, emptying.
But it kept on going past the syphon-breaker air hose until it reached the openings at the bottom of the bell.
All the while, the water hose still running, and it then stopped the syphon perfectly.
Need to check a bit more and see how it goes.
So then, on to the electrics. Nasty job, lol.. Some mistakes that cost extra work as well, but without sparks, booms and bangs, it's all connected now.
The outlet for pumps and other (future) equipment.
Initially, I mistakenly switched the 3 cables for this one with the 2 lights to the right.
So when testing the cables with a plug, before connecting to the house system, I had 2 lights working and the box..
Easy fix though, install the grey wall-box, switch the cables and it's now a sweet looking setup.
The box is IP66 rated, so no worries about water/rain. Clicks securely closed with the two grey tabs at the bottom.
Was a 30 USD box, but worth the money sure.
Now that's a whole new look! Very happy with how that turned out.
4 wall lights, each 2x5w LED. Metal enclosure, so all 4 are grounded.
They're supposed to be mounted directly on the wall with the cable already installed, but I can't chase cables in those walls as they belong to the neighbours.
So had to make something for that.
left-overs from the pond build. There's a 20mm hole from the bottom up to the middle of the block.
Then I used a 25mm bit to drill from the front down to that 20mm hole.
Had to pull the cables through there, and then mount the lamp and connect everything.
Took some effort, but it's all solid and even looks good.
Really makes a very big difference. Happy with it, so now can focus again on the pond and get it running.
More to come
Cheers,
Luc