HI all,
Just thought would show my water recirculation setup I slapped together today, slapped you can tell from the precise PVC glue application. Pretty self explanatory setup.
Only dodgy thing is the IBC had been sitting on my property out in the weather for a while and the output valve was sun cracked and leaking, even when closed and capped. So I bit the bullet and cut the valve off only leaving the output pipe. Only thing I had handy to seal it was a blanking cap and having no thread on the pipe anymore, covered that sucker in hot glue and jammed it in the pipe backwards. Its in there solid and no leaks at all.
Only have about 100 litres of water in the IBC now for testing and the system works flawlessly, Ill see how the hot glue holds up with the weight of 1000 litres behind it. Probably be a good idea to get a rubber sleeve of some kind and hoseclamp that over the top.
If anyone has any other ideas on how to ensure the bottom outlet will remain leak free and solid please share.
Cheers