Automatic Watering? If you understand plumbing please help :)

[Buford]

I am going to be installing an edstrom automatic watering system, my setup doesn't allow the bucket so I need to use a regulator and run a line to my rabbit hutch. I'm going to bury 50 feet of irrigation pipe to the cages from hose spigot off the house.

My question is I want to run pvc pipe with valves to the cages but I would prefer not to run one straight pipe, I would like to do something like in this diagram.

Will air get trapped in the pipes going to the cages, and if so will the valves relieve that and work? or would I have to put some sort of twist off cap to purge each individual pipe?

BTW thank you google drawings

 

[hemet dennis]

You don't need the drain where you have it. You need one at the ends of each pipe where you have the caps. On the last run you can put a 90 degree fitting or a "t" fitting if you plan to add more.

 

[Buford]

that would not be pretty with all those drains...lol...the solution just came to me I will just run, 3/16 tubing (directly to valve) to the cages off the pvc pipe..that way I can remove them in the cold months .


thank you

 

[Stratmoore Farms]

Unless you already have the materials, you may want to consider what I did. I have an open loop system. It starts with a 55 gallon plastic barrel with a pond pump in the bottom. 1/2" PVC pipe runs out to the rabbitry and along the front of the cages. I used this style nipple http://www.bassequipment.com/Watere...alves,+Automated+Watering+System/default.aspx. Them the pipe runs back to the barrel. No regulator is needed. I drop a submersible stock tank heater in it during the Winter. Since the water is continuously moving, there is no issue with freezing. My main concern was that the nipples themselves may freeze, so that is where the heater comes into play. The nipples are mounted in Tee's right on the pipe, which puts the back of the nipple basically right in the water stream. Although the Winter was really mild for the most part, we did have some single digit nights. No problems with anything freezing.

 

[terri9630]

Unless you already have the materials, you may want to consider what I did. I have an open loop system. It starts with a 55 gallon plastic barrel with a pond pump in the bottom. 1/2" PVC pipe runs out to the rabbitry and along the front of the cages. I used this style nipple http://www.bassequipment.com/Watere...alves,+Automated+Watering+System/default.aspx. Them the pipe runs back to the barrel. No regulator is needed. I drop a submersible stock tank heater in it during the Winter. Since the water is continuously moving, there is no issue with freezing. My main concern was that the nipples themselves may freeze, so that is where the heater comes into play. The nipples are mounted in Tee's right on the pipe, which puts the back of the nipple basically right in the water stream. Although the Winter was really mild for the most part, we did have some single digit nights. No problems with anything freezing.

I've thought of doing it that way but we loose power quite a bit out here. One power outage during the summer would be very bad for my rabbits.