I love the idea of installing the barrels upside down. That means that you only need one hole in each barrel for the air vent, and only one barrel needs an input from the downspout and only one barrel needs an overflow. Plus, the spigot is attached onto the outlet pipe manifold, and each barrel connects to the manifold via the 3/4" threaded knockout in each barrel's buttress bung cap. Fewer holes to drill & maybe leak, and all the barrels automatically have the same amount of water in them. Pure genius!
@@wouldbfarmer2227 One design issue that I need to think about is freeze protection and a resilient failure mode that keeps water flowing if a barrel or connector fails. In other words, some emergency cutoff valves that can disconnect one or more barrels if they fail or need cleaning or repair - without affecting the working barrels & the manifold output.
I love the idea of installing the barrels upside down. That means that you only need one hole in each barrel for the air vent, and only one barrel needs an input from the downspout and only one barrel needs an overflow. Plus, the spigot is attached onto the outlet pipe manifold, and each barrel connects to the manifold via the 3/4" threaded knockout in each barrel's buttress bung cap. Fewer holes to drill & maybe leak, and all the barrels automatically have the same amount of water in them. Pure genius!
Yes! THIS!
@@wouldbfarmer2227 One design issue that I need to think about is freeze protection and a resilient failure mode that keeps water flowing if a barrel or connector fails. In other words, some emergency cutoff valves that can disconnect one or more barrels if they fail or need cleaning or repair - without affecting the working barrels & the manifold output.
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