Water Conservation Cludge

 by leevonk
video Water Conservation Cludge
easy to build, purely mechanical version of a sensor activated sink. Could I make a sensor activated sink? yeah no problem, but this was more fun to think up, will be easier for the average person to make, and doesn't involve a) putting high current electricity near water or b) electrically actuated valves which need cleaning (microbe build up).

All you need is to
a) hook up a hose to your sink spout
b) run the hose to the floor where you pass it through the jaws of a strong spring clamp
c) run the hose back up to the sink head (or wherever you wan to send the water)

the most annoying part is adapting a hose to your sink spout. If done incorrectly water will leak out at the junction. As long as the leak isn't much you're still conserving water but try to make the adapter as tight a fit as possible. The tips of many sink spouts unscrew, so you could maybe but a properly threaded adapter somewhere but I just used hot glue (see the glue gun in the video) and the cap of a contact lense cleaner to make a pretty good adapter.
rexdino5 says: May 1, 2010. 8:16 PM
Is it possible to use pipes and guide the water to the floor then just make a small section of the pipe converted to a small tube then convert it back to pipes all the way back up to the faucet?
leevonk (author) in reply to rexdino5May 2, 2010. 9:16 AM
 sure, why not. would make it look a little more professional maybe.
rexdino5 in reply to leevonkMay 2, 2010. 11:37 AM
I can't get the cap off the sink faucet. Like to unscrew the cap off the faucet... it is too round and slippery. Any solutions?
leevonk (author) in reply to rexdino5May 2, 2010. 12:34 PM
 buy either a pair of pliers or a "vice grip", will come in handy for many things in the future too. If you don't want to buy those try smacking the cap a couple of times on different sides with a hammer or something, sometimes that helps loosen it. Depending on how you want to attach the hose to the faucet, you may not have to remove the cap anyway.



rexdino5 in reply to leevonkMay 2, 2010. 12:43 PM
Ok thanks I got removed.  I need to go measure the sink faucet and buy some pipes and some other things.

Thanks!
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