Home Made Python Trouble

[arabballin]

I dont know if anything is missing or whats wrong but i cant get a siphon.

Can anyone tell me whats wrong with it?

 

[rsands]

i think it needs to have a bit of hose from the sink to the y piece...were does the water run when you turn the tap on? does any go down the pipe to th tank? when you start the tap up where is the pipe...in the tank or lying on the floor?

 

[arabballin]

well the water runs where ever i want it to. If you see the little black switches, those are shut off switches. If i have both open water runs both ways. if i have one open water flows into the one opens etc etc. When i try to start the siphon the hose is already in the tank.

 

[steve2000]

hi is your tank higher than the tap. if it is it should work

 

[arabballin]

yea im pretty sure the tank is a good 6 inches higher if not more.

But just so im clear, can someone explain how im supposed to start the siphon, what do i do exactly?

 

[rsands]

with a proper python kit it wont matter what height the tank is at...it has a proper valve called the python faucet...it creates the vacum, etc....you can buy them for 15 i think online...it will mean your setup will work alot better

 

[NoRp]

you have to be able to ope both ways for the water to go then make the water go stright into the sink if water is flowing from the tap into the tank then your Y connector is not working correctly

add a peice of hose between the connecter and the tap and tilit the Y in such a way the water goes from the tap stright out the Y into the sink

 

[Tolak]

That Y valve will not create a venturi effect, that is what is needed to start a siphon. Look into waterbed fill & drain kits, it's the same idea as a python, without a hose.

 

[rsands]

ye i agree...i think its cause you have the y piece connected onto the tap instead of a bit of hose from the tap to the y connector

 

[steve2000]

hi i dont think you need to create a venturi effect, to start the syphon open valve to tank and turn on tap
when water gets to the tank close the valve turn off the tap open the other valve then open the valve to the tank.
if your tank is higher than the tap then you will have a syphon.

 

[rsands]

really the home made ones wont create what a python does...a python works no matter what height the tank is at

 

[iairj84]

The homemade ones work as well or BETTER than the python if made correctly... Like Tolak Said you need the waterbed fill and drain kit which you connect to the faucet... it's the same as the the one on the python and the only difference with the whole setup aside from cost is the clear tubing... which I dont find necessary.

 

[arabballin]

where do i get a waterbed fill and drain kit?

i couldnt find it on the walmart or the home depot website.

 

[iairj84]

Most all Ace hardware stores have them. If not then you can just google it and get one online.