Water Hydraulics?

tuk50 · January 16, 2008

Well, my son and grandson came over this afternoon and we drilled 50 holes with a #45 drill bit and it worked like a charm. It took 15 minutes to fill the barrel with a hose and it took gravity 40 minutes to drain the barrel. The streams were about 12 inches high the first 2/3 rds of the run then slowed down till nothing left in the barrel. We connected two barrels together with a y on one barrel to run to the pvc. We are going to run a 1/4 in line from the faucet to a water cooler float shut off valve that we will mount on the top of the first barrel so we don't have to stand and fill the barrel each time with a hose. Thanks again guys, I would of had a mess on my hands if I had used the larger size holes, but it seems to be working great. 8)

January 16, 2008	#10
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	Well, my son and grandson came over this afternoon and we drilled 50 holes with a #45 drill bit and it worked like a charm. It took 15 minutes to fill the barrel with a hose and it took gravity 40 minutes to drain the barrel. The streams were about 12 inches high the first 2/3 rds of the run then slowed down till nothing left in the barrel. We connected two barrels together with a y on one barrel to run to the pvc. We are going to run a 1/4 in line from the faucet to a water cooler float shut off valve that we will mount on the top of the first barrel so we don't have to stand and fill the barrel each time with a hose. Thanks again guys, I would of had a mess on my hands if I had used the larger size holes, but it seems to be working great. 8)