All Discussions Tagged 'auto' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T14:14:37Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=auto&feed=yes&xn_auth=nosiphon won't triptag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-03:4778851:Topic:4709762013-05-03T12:55:24.068ZAnthony Vorehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AnthonyVore
<p>I just started my first small system. using 2 kids' plastic wading pools. 3/4 inch stand pipe with 1 1/2 inch funnel on top. 4 inch bell siphon. water fills to appropriate level, then trickles until I jiggle a pipe. (sometimes the discharge pipe, sometimes the bell). then it operates properly, draining until breaking the siphon at about 1 1/2 inches left at bottom. Only thing I can think of is I didn't cut the bell pipe short, justed used the length I had. It's about 6 inches above…</p>
<p>I just started my first small system. using 2 kids' plastic wading pools. 3/4 inch stand pipe with 1 1/2 inch funnel on top. 4 inch bell siphon. water fills to appropriate level, then trickles until I jiggle a pipe. (sometimes the discharge pipe, sometimes the bell). then it operates properly, draining until breaking the siphon at about 1 1/2 inches left at bottom. Only thing I can think of is I didn't cut the bell pipe short, justed used the length I had. It's about 6 inches above standpipe. I didn't want to cut up my last piece of pipe, and I didn't see where it would affect the siphon.</p>
<p>tony</p>