Trouble draining your reservoir?

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doobieornot2be

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• Sep 8, 2006

• #1

Get yerself one of these hand bilge pumps from any good outdoor or boating supply.



Makes flushing my rez a breeze even with limited clearance...



happy flushing!

 

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Undrgrnd Armory

Member

• Sep 8, 2006

• #2

Good call. Thanks for the great idea.

 

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Undrgrnd Armory

Member

• Sep 8, 2006

• #3

Any idea how high the pump is when fully extended?

 

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doobieornot2be

Member

• Sep 8, 2006

• #4

Yeah....the pump housing is about 2' long so fully extended it's almost 4'...seems to work fine on half strokes if that makes any dif...good luck!

 

mrwags

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• Sep 9, 2006

• #5

Yes BUT you will find these work much better:


http://cgi.ebay.com/SPECIAL-BATTERY...yZ115964QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's a kerosene pump that runs on 2 D batteries. I've found mine to be very nice to help empty the bottom of my rez barrel.




Nice Thread
Mr.Wags

 

Last edited: Sep 9, 2006

pontiac

Pass That S**t!

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• Sep 9, 2006

• #6

OMFG, thank you all so very much!!!

 

DeadlyFoez

Active member

• Sep 9, 2006

• #7

Hey another idea is to use one of those things that you hook up to your faucet to fill and drain a waterbed

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-WATERBED-Fi...ryZ20479QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

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stevr59

Active member

• Nov 4, 2006

• #8

well i am cheap, ijust use a turkey baster take longer but what the hell its cheap and it works

 

cabanetforester

Active member

• Nov 4, 2006

• #9

I drop a an aquarium powerhead in mine. I ziptie some tubing to the output and away it goes.

My DWC tubs are kind of big though so I might have more room without sucking up the roots or cloging the Powerhead.

 

stealthpackage

Member

• Nov 4, 2006

• #10

I went to Lowe's and got a 170 gph pump made for pond fountains, etc. and it works extremely well, and only cost me 21 bucks plus about a dollar for tubing. That's a good deal, I'd say. The only downside is that it only pumps out the water till there's about 1/2 inch left, so you've got to finish the rest with a syringe/turkey baster as the above guy said. Luckily, I use syringes to measure out my nutes so it's already available. I saw the necessity of pumping out the buckets when I began to get scared of buds breaking off of my plants when taking them out of the closet for res changes. Definitely not feasible anymore with such big plants.

 

AzLaker

New member

• Nov 4, 2006

• #11

Thanks Mr. Wags for the tip about the pump on E-Bay. Will work great on transfering water in my Hydro buckets.
AzLaker

 

pontiac

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• Jan 24, 2007

• #12

-bump-

http://icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=825523

Rush Limbong has found the ultimate res draining tool; its called the Python "no spill". It basically attaches to your sink faucet so you can drain and fill your DWC tub with just a switch of a lever.

It comes in models of 25ft, 50ft, 75ft and 100ft. It also has a 10ft and 20ft extension. Its kinda expensive so expect to pay around $35 for the base model.

Give him some rep+

 

Last edited: Feb 4, 2007

Frogger

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• Jan 25, 2007

• #13

HI pontiac, i thoute of telling the guy's about the Python but didn't
it's good someone did new it was good idea

 

pontiac

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• Jan 30, 2007

• #14

I just noticed something. The python no spill is almost identicle to a waterbed fill & drain kit. They both use a venturi pump to drain a body of water, but the waterbed fill & drain kit is only 7 bucks on ebay.

thanks Deadlyfoez!

 

Playaction

Member

• Jan 31, 2007

• #15

These guys are right. The aquarium fill/drain tool works great. Only drawbacks...1. Nutes go down drain vs outside to garden. 2. Requires you to run/waste your own tap water when draining to "suck" the water out your res. Dont STRIP the fittings that go in the Faucet!! 8 bucks to replace a small fitting

 

mtnjohn

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• Jan 31, 2007

• #16

i dont change my res. untill i flush..but i think i'm gonna get one of these gadgets just for that
good thread
mj

 

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karl420

• Jan 31, 2007

• #17

what you mean by you dont change your rez ..? is it mean that u make one mix and use it all the run?

-karl

 

mtnjohn

Active member

Veteran

• Jan 31, 2007

• #18

no , i just add a nutrient mixture by the gallon as the plants use it up

i never do a full res change untill i flush 1.5-2 weeks before harvest
just top off with the nutes


seems to work fine




plants are always the picture of good health.imo

 

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karl420

• Jan 31, 2007

• #19

heya there thank for the fast answer man yaaa man that nice ganja hehe loook ultra pretty nice setup and buds man

-karl

 

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Scenario420

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• Feb 2, 2009

• #20

pontiac said:

I just noticed something. The python no spill is almost identicle to a waterbed fill & drain kit. They both use a venturi pump to drain a body of water, but the waterbed fill & drain kit is only 7 bucks on ebay.

thanks Deadlyfoez!

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Good lookin out for the info Pontiac...I'm going to look into both of these, thx bro...