tommyinajar
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I went through 3 cast iron pumps, now I'm using the feed line, but I takes an hour.
Flood table is on the floor, so no gravity.
Flood table is on the floor, so no gravity.
Hey-How do You empty your reservoir?
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Hook Daddy
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Wet dry vac.
Edit: The bucket head or Craftsman version are on Amazon, less than $50. Fits on a standard 5 gallon bucket.
Edit: The bucket head or Craftsman version are on Amazon, less than $50. Fits on a standard 5 gallon bucket.
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tommyinajar
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OK I have done that. But what amount are you draining?
I've got 70 gallons and a 15 gallon vac-
How then do you empty the vac?
Hook Daddy
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Buy a longer hose, then just put the vacuum head outside and water the lawn.
Drop That Sound
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MICHI-CAN
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OK I have done that. But what amount are you draining?
I've got 70 gallons and a 15 gallon vac-
How then do you empty the vac?
Plumb a cheap Intek pool filter in with their valves. 100+ gallons out the window or door in about 15 minutes. LOL.
smokey0418
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Garden hose on the lawn , t’d on my waterfall pump.
futurebanjo
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I use a submersible pump with appropriate length hose atached to it.
Good for filling and draining, just flip it round so the pump is in the bath tub or the rez accordingly.
You'll still be left with an inch or two of water in the rez, due to the height of the pump, but thats easy enough to deal with as it will then be light enough to carry.
Guess most of you are in the US but just pick a pump with the flow rate you require... I find the slowest/cheapest one at 600L per hour, is fast enough personally.
Good for filling and draining, just flip it round so the pump is in the bath tub or the rez accordingly.
You'll still be left with an inch or two of water in the rez, due to the height of the pump, but thats easy enough to deal with as it will then be light enough to carry.
Guess most of you are in the US but just pick a pump with the flow rate you require... I find the slowest/cheapest one at 600L per hour, is fast enough personally.
What happened to the iron pumps?
I already had this so I use it to water the lawn with the run-off.
This one won't take an hour, it comes with a big hose.
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futurebanjo
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Expensive though, my sumersible pump can drain 125 litres in about 25mins. And only cost £15.
the 2000 litres an hour version is only a bit more at £24.
Plus about another 15 for 2x5m tubing and a connector as I needed tubing more like 10m.
the 2000 litres an hour version is only a bit more at £24.
Plus about another 15 for 2x5m tubing and a connector as I needed tubing more like 10m.
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emepher
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$12 at Harbor Freight, plus D batteries. The battery life seems to be pretty good. Transfer to buckets, use for houseplants and outdoor beds, or dump wherever.
Greengrouch
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Water pump and hose into a wheeled trash can, then dump it out back.
Mellow old School
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Dont grow hydroponics at the moment, but as someone else also mentioned, a circulation pump should do the job just fine...
tommyinajar
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lol REALLY?? I had 3 over the years, died within a week.
smokey0418
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Use mine as stir stick.
Thundercat
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I used the same pump in my reservoir already to pump nutes. I had a second hose that ran to the basement floor drain. When I needed to change the res I just swapped the hoses and ran the pump. It only took like 20 minutes and it was done. Then I had a hose for fresh water to refill the res after.
futurebanjo
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That's basically what I do, I have a dedicated seperate pump/hose.. not normaly attached to the 'system'
longer hose as it has to reach to the bath tub/ sink/ toilet in a different room. Slightly more powerfull pump as it has to push a lot of water and I don't want it to take forever, but not so fast it gets outa control, lol!
I just reverse the apperatus depending if i'm filling or draining.
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