Self filling water bowl

This instructable  stems from my being lazy and my very large dog that drinks lots of water.  I doubt this idea would scale down for a small dog but it works great for for 5 gal buckets.  The photos i have taken are actually from disassembling and cleaning a water bowl that i have used for over 3 years.  This is a pretty simple build.

Step 1:

Components:
Galvanized tub (about 5 gal)
Diaphragm style toilet bowl filler
12" toilet bowl supply line
brass garden hose female fitting with 1/2 male barb
1/2 to 3/4 inch hose clamp

Tools:
Power drill and 7/8 bit
knife
screw driver

Comments

[Chef Maki]

Good idea. I was recently thinking about an idea like this while visiting my sister and her new pup. I was leaning towards using a level sensor and a valve. I wouldn't have thought to use toilet parts. Very cool.

[AussieAnglerGal]

hey, great idea, this might work for our chickens...

[mr.incredible]

Bucket looks yummy. Nice and green on the bottom there.