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In a bid to optimize my latest system, I made the trade off of using 1/2" tubing with grommet/elbow connections.
It drains slow, but that isn't really the problem. I expected that.
The problem is its a little bit leaky, not majorly, it took me a bit to determine it wasn't just condensation, but I am sure now its not (the dye from the PH Up solution is a bit of a giveaway). Not only is it leaky, but, its time for a solution flush and change anyway. Perfect time to fix it.
A friend, who is of course out of town this weekend, suggested that I could redo the whole thing in pex with a trip to the hardware store, and it would be great and easy to service, something about shark bite connections being amazing.
Anyway, I have been looking around a bit online but I don't exactly see what I would want. I really would like to connect to the bottoms of my buckets, preferably with 5" or less of clearance, and then into the side of a full size 5 gallon bucket (the plant buckets are 3.5 gallon with the identical top to a 5 gallon), but I already have a 3/4" barbed fitting for that, if I can use it.
Anybody know what I want to buy? In any case, if I figure it out tomorrow, I will try to get some pics of the process.
It drains slow, but that isn't really the problem. I expected that.
The problem is its a little bit leaky, not majorly, it took me a bit to determine it wasn't just condensation, but I am sure now its not (the dye from the PH Up solution is a bit of a giveaway). Not only is it leaky, but, its time for a solution flush and change anyway. Perfect time to fix it.
A friend, who is of course out of town this weekend, suggested that I could redo the whole thing in pex with a trip to the hardware store, and it would be great and easy to service, something about shark bite connections being amazing.
Anyway, I have been looking around a bit online but I don't exactly see what I would want. I really would like to connect to the bottoms of my buckets, preferably with 5" or less of clearance, and then into the side of a full size 5 gallon bucket (the plant buckets are 3.5 gallon with the identical top to a 5 gallon), but I already have a 3/4" barbed fitting for that, if I can use it.
Anybody know what I want to buy? In any case, if I figure it out tomorrow, I will try to get some pics of the process.