On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Peter J. Thomas wrote:
> Looking at the pics, the barrel is not level. The water sitting on top of
> the barrel suggests the overflow side is on the high side. My guess is the
> overflow is an inch or two higher than it would be if the barrel was level.
The barrel is actually level; the black screw-on top isn't necessarily
level because it fits poorly.
> The overflow is also angled up. Add a stiff hose and the water out the
> overflow has to travel UPHILL and inch or so. Look at the pics with the hose
> off and on. It appears the hose is higher than the stream flowing out
> without the hose. Leveling the barrel would effectively lower the overflow a
> couple of inches and reduce the uphill climb.
There is a slight angle to the overflow fitting, but there's really
no way around that with the shape of the barrel. Even still, the pressure
is sufficient to force a stream of water shown in the other picture.
Maybe I will have to tip the barrel.
> One observation: your overflow is too small. The downspout which is guessing
> 10 square inches; the hose has maybe 1/4 square inch ID. The thickest garden
> hose won't be able to handle the overflow; they make downspouts big for a
> reason.
I know it won't keep up with significant rain, neither will the barrel
for that matter. I did the math and something like a 1/4" of rain will
fill it. I don't care if the overflow completely prevents the barrel from
filling or not, I just want it to help direct water where I want it to go
( and let me keep 50 gallons from each downpour to re-use when it isn't
raining ).
That said, it may be different where you live, but I've never seen my
downspouts at anything close to 100% capacity. Maybe 5-10%.
Thanks.
--
David Hillman
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