2011 - Volume #35, Issue #5, Page #42
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Bad Weld Turns Into A Good Thing
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“My stock tank is located quite a ways out in our pasture and we use a garden hose to fill it,” says Olson. “I made a hose holder out of a couple of 3/4-in. dia., 8-in. long pipes, an elbow, a short nipple, and an old ‘T’ that had been broken off. The hose holder hangs on one side of the tank. When I welded up the broken end of the ‘T’, I accidentally didn’t get the center part of the weld closed up. There’s about a 1/8-in. dia. hole in the weld, but the mistake turned out to be a good thing.
“First, water spouts out of the hole when I first turn the water on so I know it’s running. Second, once the tank is nearly full, pressure builds up in the pipe and starts spouting out again. After a while, you learn how high the water is before you need to shut it off. For example, when the spout reaches 6 to 7 in. high I know the tank is within about 2 in. of being full. Third, the hole acts as an anti-siphon so I’m not draining back my tank water and contaminating my well.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Paul C. Olson, 1278 Delta St., Ogilvie, Minn. 56358 (ph 612 390-0672; redbird@genesiswireless.us).
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