Dear Martin
Very nice! And you are a good heat gun welder too. Thanks Crispin From: Boll, Martin Dr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:22 PM To: [email protected] Cc: 'Frans Peeters'; 'Frank Shields'; 'Crispin Pemberton-Pigott' Subject: Wetterau-water-lever Dear low-tech-fans of the list, With my Wetterau-water-lever I want you, as you like, to share with me a simple thing; to re-make it and have fun and comfort in its simple use. >From my side it is free to use and I think, if published in the stoves-list, it will remain free. I think it can be even useful under poor water-access. It can make a minimal quasi current-water out of a bucket. Some years ago I made an application for me to transfer water from one drum to the next drum, without always re-filling the lever-tube. Its just using simple all-known-physics in the simplest way. Background:The history of the barometer ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer ) My water-lever consists out of two on top connected barometers (type Boyle). I propose to call it Wetterau-water-lever, because of the name of the region where I live and where I use it for many years. I could not call it after the small river (Usa) which is flowing here nor like the village (beginning With Bad ), because it is not bad. And I dont feel as inventor, though I am proud of its simplicity. The 3 pictures attached describe clearly form and function. ( each picture about 140 KB) It is made out of PE-water-tube. The parts are cut out of the tube with an iron-saw, then welded together with an electrical heat-gun, armed with a welding-mirror. You can do it with glue as well. The first edition (picture with thick tube) is all in one line: down-up-down-up. The later editions have the ends bent in 60° angle out of the flat of the upper part. The real end points in 90° direction to the long parts. By that geometry one can fill up the water-lever, while it is laying flat on a table. ( By the picture at one end there is a metal-tube connecting, which can be connected to a hose). The Wetterau-water-lever can stand up or be hanged-up without loosing water. It can be dumped with one end into a bucket, to tap water, but does stop, always staying filled up for further use. - You can use different plugs to stop water-flow or minimize the flow. It could make some sort of current-water out of a simple bucket. Connected with a hose with small holes and plugged end, it could be used as micro watering for few plants. Even if the lever runs out of water, when connected to a long irrigation-tube it can be easily re-filled; -but an additional aeration-tube can make that the lever is not sucked empty. My main intention was, to get water from one drum to the next, without drilling holes into a drum, -which can possibly cause leaks. Built it, have fun to share and tell how you transform it and transform its application. Regards Martin .
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