These bucket swings are used in rain meters. As each tipping has a fixed amount of water in it, and the funnel has a known area, the rain volume per area can be calculated. For those who did not know. :)
It would be more advantageous to introduce the tube at the bottom as a tube within a tube with an overflow transfer to the next bucket. There are 2 ways to do this #1) have the above as I described #2) wind a perforated tube around the bottom, add a straight or spiral non-preforated around the sides to the top and put a screw in cap that allows you access to either introduce the water and simultaneously check the water level/flow and root system, line with filter fabric and put an overflow valve approximately 1-2" above the top of the filter fabric the valve can be a one-way type with a smaller screw in one with a screen or filter inside the other one. #2 is my favorite an works really well for me.
The whole system requires topping off from transpiration and evaporation. I wonder if instead of adding water in bulk to the fish tank or whatever, if the topoff was a blast of a hose to each tipper it could resolve the bioslime issue while performing another chore. Or perhaps if there was a secondary drip system just for blasting the tippers once a week. Looks super cool for sure too!
That's actually an interesting concept! Water is coming in at 60PSI and could certainly be used for something like that. Right now I just have a float valve topping off the water in the DWC
How about a long spring with a cup on top collecting water flowing from above, and when the weight of the water overcomes the resistance of the spring it tips over? It can fall over in any direction, and it will be more random and bigger splashes, increasing the randomness and the surface area of the area that gets water.
You could've taken 8 inches of that hose and made a loop around the plant and drip it around the entire bucket. You had the T connector and everything.
the flow isn't high enough to get it to evenly come out of a bunch of holes. Plus when the tee is in there, the bio-slime builds up behind the connector and clogs it.
What if you made a full lid with a spiral and holes spaced concentrically further and further apart? The water could fill directly or even leave the tippy part and have 2 different spiral channels.
usefull? probably not really. Fun? Definitely if you want even distribution you could design a horseshoe shape ring, that acts like a trough with weir and evenly pours over.
I thought about that. the two main problems is it needs to be level for a weir to level the flow. The buckets are all at a slight angle to drain so that complicates the weir assembly to relevel against the bucket. Then there is such a slow flow into these, the weir probably still wouldn't distribute very evenly. This dumping at least provides a flood to spread out better. I've already have a modified design so I'll do another update video soon. ;)
Yep, I was thinking of a v-notch weir, something like used in wastewater treatment clarifiers. Bio-slime will still collect, but is easy to clean and only disrupts even distribution.
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You are definitely a thinking man. Found a solution to a problem. Built it, tested it and shared it. Love the small innovations that you come up with.
These bucket swings are used in rain meters. As each tipping has a fixed amount of water in it, and the funnel has a known area, the rain volume per area can be calculated.
For those who did not know. :)
I knew! ;-)
The sound of all of these going must be quite hypnotic
It would be more advantageous to introduce the tube at the bottom as a tube within a tube with an overflow transfer to the next bucket. There are 2 ways to do this #1) have the above as I described #2) wind a perforated tube around the bottom, add a straight or spiral non-preforated around the sides to the top and put a screw in cap that allows you access to either introduce the water and simultaneously check the water level/flow and root system, line with filter fabric and put an overflow valve approximately 1-2" above the top of the filter fabric the valve can be a one-way type with a smaller screw in one with a screen or filter inside the other one. #2 is my favorite an works really well for me.
The whole system requires topping off from transpiration and evaporation. I wonder if instead of adding water in bulk to the fish tank or whatever, if the topoff was a blast of a hose to each tipper it could resolve the bioslime issue while performing another chore. Or perhaps if there was a secondary drip system just for blasting the tippers once a week. Looks super cool for sure too!
That's actually an interesting concept! Water is coming in at 60PSI and could certainly be used for something like that. Right now I just have a float valve topping off the water in the DWC
Kinda makes me think of a water clock👍
Pretty ingenious! 👍👍
First I though it would be a lot bigger, like teetering between 2 buckets even. With bigger 'portions' the water would splash on larger area.
ingenious love the idea will definitely try and incorporate this in my system (thanks for making files available)sounds like a deer scarer
those are cute, and a grate idea! I hope they improve the root spread!
Love watching your brain work!
How about a long spring with a cup on top collecting water flowing from above, and when the weight of the water overcomes the resistance of the spring it tips over? It can fall over in any direction, and it will be more random and bigger splashes, increasing the randomness and the surface area of the area that gets water.
Very cool indeed! 👀
You could've taken 8 inches of that hose and made a loop around the plant and drip it around the entire bucket. You had the T connector and everything.
the flow isn't high enough to get it to evenly come out of a bunch of holes. Plus when the tee is in there, the bio-slime builds up behind the connector and clogs it.
@@Bigelowbrook ah, I see. I knew you must've tried it already. 👍
Very clever!
Very nice!!
What if you made a full lid with a spiral and holes spaced concentrically further and further apart? The water could fill directly or even leave the tippy part and have 2 different spiral channels.
Brilliant
Clever. Thanks for posting.
Great video! Have you considered incorporating air pruning to help with your root spread problem?
how about a larger diameter T ?
Needs to be made out of black plastic… like they say black zip ties last longer… looks good…
white shows up better on camera. 😉
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usefull? probably not really. Fun? Definitely if you want even distribution you could design a horseshoe shape ring, that acts like a trough with weir and evenly pours over.
I thought about that. the two main problems is it needs to be level for a weir to level the flow. The buckets are all at a slight angle to drain so that complicates the weir assembly to relevel against the bucket. Then there is such a slow flow into these, the weir probably still wouldn't distribute very evenly. This dumping at least provides a flood to spread out better. I've already have a modified design so I'll do another update video soon. ;)
Yep, I was thinking of a v-notch weir, something like used in wastewater treatment clarifiers. Bio-slime will still collect, but is easy to clean and only disrupts even distribution.
ola boa noite amei seus videos eles são maravilhoso, ja me inscrevi e apertei o sininho pra saber a hora de ver teus vídeo, eu gravo vídeo também, se quiser me visitar sera bem vinda(O)