Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.

john west wrote:

Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.

Either a 3/4" or 1" tank connector, together with a hozelock type connector

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KKNLGAA
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056GS72Q

If you want a tap to turn off the hose, then this might suit better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GMCYPA6

Be aware you'll need access to the inside of the tank to screw on the
back-nut.

"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

....

On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel water and turn off tap.
Disconnect hose from tap, the syphon is established.

"harry" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get, that
will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.


michael adams

....

Andy Burns wrote:

john west wrote:

Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.

Either a 3/4" or 1" tank connector, together with a hozelock type connector

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KKNLGAA
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056GS72Q

If you want a tap to turn off the hose, then this might suit better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GMCYPA6

Be aware you'll need access to the inside of the tank to screw on the
back-nut.

Or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thread-Water-Butt-Push-Fitting/dp/B004XOZ2N4

MIne had a plain tap fitted and I got a hose tap connector that fits
well enough not to leak.

Paul.

"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard
(1/2") garden hose please.

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.
Dead easy.

In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.

No, no, no.
Thread length of wire through hose
Use wire to pull string through hose.
Tie Tampax to string.
Insert Tampax end of hose in barrel
Pull string, which pulls Tampax through hose, causing vacuum, liquid
follows.

Works with petrol. Allegedly.
--
Graeme

On 21/06/2015 20:21, News wrote:
In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a
little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove
hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.

No, no, no.
Thread length of wire through hose
Use wire to pull string through hose.
Tie Tampax to string.
Insert Tampax end of hose in barrel
Pull string, which pulls Tampax through hose, causing vacuum, liquid
follows.

Works with petrol. Allegedly.


:-)

"News" wrote in message
...
In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a
little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove
hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.

No, no, no.
Thread length of wire through hose
Use wire to pull string through hose.
Tie Tampax to string.
Insert Tampax end of hose in barrel
Pull string, which pulls Tampax through hose, causing vacuum, liquid
follows.

Works with petrol. Allegedly.


I stopped using Tampax last week.
What happens now?

In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

I stopped using Tampax last week.
What happens now?

Go out on the pull? Young babe?
--
Graeme

In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard
(1/2") garden hose please.

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.
Dead easy.

Easier still... place all of the pipe into the tank hanging on to both
ends below the surface. When the bubbles stop, stopper the pipe ends
with your thumbs. Draw out the discharge end and remove your thumbs when
it is lower than that inside.....

--
Tim Lamb

"michael adams" wrote in message
...

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i
can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it
(securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose
please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person
holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And
position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the
longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round
by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

On 21/06/2015 20:21, News wrote:
In message , Mr Pounder Esquire
writes

Open the top, stick in hosepipe until it hits the bottom, pull up a
little
bit, place end of hosepipe lower than the base of your tank, shove
hosepipe
in your mouth and suck.
Spit out **** and drain.

No, no, no.
Thread length of wire through hose
Use wire to pull string through hose.
Tie Tampax to string.
Insert Tampax end of hose in barrel
Pull string, which pulls Tampax through hose, causing vacuum, liquid
follows.

Works with petrol. Allegedly.
Yeah, but ruins your tampax

--
Adventure before dementia.
http://www.secondchance-rehoming.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Secon...57749060989952

On 21/06/2015 14:52, john west wrote:
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.
wots up wiv a bucket?

--
Adventure before dementia.
http://www.secondchance-rehoming.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Secon...57749060989952

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get, that
will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

It is, after you've googled it, eh ?

Anyway as it happens after reading the swimming pool draining
page, it wasn't obvious how it would work, but now it
is.

So have a biscuit.



michael adams

....

In article , Pete C
writes
On 21/06/2015 14:52, john west wrote:
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.
wots up wiv a bucket?

............There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza!

--
Chris Holford

"michael adams" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i
can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it
(securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose
please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to
the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person
holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put
your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And
position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the
longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round
by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

It is, after you've googled it, eh ?

I didn’t google anything. It happens to be the way I do it
myself and I didn’t google that when I first started doing
it either, I happened to have that config because the hose
wasn’t long enough and when I need to drain the tank, it
was the obvious way to get the siphon going.

Anyway as it happens after reading the swimming pool draining
page, it wasn't obvious how it would work, but now it is.

So have a biscuit.

Don’t eat biscuits.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
...


"michael adams" wrote in message
...

"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can get,
that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it (securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

It is, after you've googled it, eh ?

I didn’t google anything. It happens to be the way I do it
myself and I didn’t google that when I first started doing
it either, I happened to have that config because the hose
wasn’t long enough and when I need to drain the tank, it
was the obvious way to get the siphon going.

Okey dokey.


Anyway as it happens after reading the swimming pool draining
page, it wasn't obvious how it would work, but now it is.

So have a biscuit.

Don’t eat biscuits.

Well I'm plumb out of kangaroo burgers at the minute, so you'll
just have to go without, I'm afraid.



michael adams

....

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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings
i can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it
(securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose
please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off
the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to
the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person
holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put
your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And
position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water
will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the
longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got
round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

It is, after you've googled it, eh ?

I didn’t google anything. It happens to be the way I do it
myself and I didn’t google that when I first started doing
it either, I happened to have that config because the hose
wasn’t long enough and when I need to drain the tank, it
was the obvious way to get the siphon going.

Okey dokey.


Anyway as it happens after reading the swimming pool draining
page, it wasn't obvious how it would work, but now it is.

So have a biscuit.

Don’t eat biscuits.

Well I'm plumb out of kangaroo burgers at the minute,

Don’t eat those either.

so you'll just have to go without, I'm afraid.

Nope, I just make my own.

"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"harry" wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:23:31 UTC+1, michael adams wrote:
"john west" wrote in message
...
Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what
fittings i can get, that will
enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by connecting it
(securely and
non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of standard (1/2") garden hose
please.

The simplest way would be to siphon it. Assuming the bottom is off
the
ground anyway. And the relative levels in the garden.

Get a short piece of hose with connectors all ready to attach it to
the
20 metre hose. Fill the short piece of hose with water, one person
holding
it the other filling it from a can.When it runs out the bottom put
your
finger there and keep it tight. (which is why its harder to do
this from a tap with the pressure)

Put the other end in the tank but near the top to start with. And
position
the end with your finger over it lower down on the outside. Water
will
run out of the tank down the hose which you can then connect to the
longer hose.

The end of the longer hose would however need to be lower than
the end in the tank at all times. But that could possibly be got
round by filling
an intermediate container.


michael adams

...

My, you do make a simple job difficult.

Connect a hose to a tap, turn on.
Put other end of hose in water barrel.
When water comes out of hose, make sure it's immersed in barrel
water and turn off tap. Disconnect hose from tap,

at which point if the tap is higher than the end of the hose
in the barrel the water will flow downwards and create an air
bubble in the hose.

Easily fixed by having a hozelock connector between two
bits of hose between the tap and the tank and disconnecting
that when you want to start draining the tank.

the syphon is established.

Not with an air bubble in the hose it isn't.

Trivially easy to avoid.

It is, after you've googled it, eh ?

I didn’t google anything. It happens to be the way I do it
myself and I didn’t google that when I first started doing
it either, I happened to have that config because the hose
wasn’t long enough and when I need to drain the tank, it
was the obvious way to get the siphon going.

Okey dokey.


Anyway as it happens after reading the swimming pool draining
page, it wasn't obvious how it would work, but now it is.

So have a biscuit.

Don’t eat biscuits.

Well I'm plumb out of kangaroo burgers at the minute,

Don’t eat those either.

so you'll just have to go without, I'm afraid.

Nope, I just make my own.

Prick.

Is it the sort of tank with a tap on the bottom? I found these far to soft
to attach anything with no leaks. It ended up me using an old kitchen tp ap
fitted and then you can use normal hose fittings.
Brian

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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
...
john west wrote:

Could someone enlighten a non technical person about what fittings i can
get, that will enable a plastic garden water tank to be drained by
connecting it (securely and non-leaking) to a 20 metre length of
standard (1/2") garden hose please.

Either a 3/4" or 1" tank connector, together with a hozelock type
connector

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KKNLGAA
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0056GS72Q

If you want a tap to turn off the hose, then this might suit better

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GMCYPA6

Be aware you'll need access to the inside of the tank to screw on the
back-nut.