Quote Originally Posted by Noatec
Not the ones that slide up a shaft. That's sounds nice though.
Yea I bet that does sound nice. ROFL

Me likey what you did there with that toilet float. Way to use your inner redneckertude. Now I have a few questions for you if your in a position to experiment for us. How sensitive is your float? Does it take a drop in water level of a little bit or a whole lot before your float allows water to enter. Next I want to know how much pressure you think that valve could handle. If I do install a gravity system then I would probably use a 5 or 10 gallon bucket and it would be 6 feet over head. I have no idea what kind of psi that would be for a 1/2" black vinyl hose but if the valve couldn't handle that then I could always run the hose through the top of my bucket instead of the bottom and then the pressure would be far less I suspect.

Did you put your 2nd res up high as well and how does that float work then? Do you think you could install a pump in the tote with the float with a hose that runs back to your backup tote/2nd res? I was hoping to do something like that on a timer which would let me circulate the water around.

I also intend to float an aeromist fogger in my tote so I want to make sure and keep my temps down. I am unsure of exactly where I want my water level to be just yet. Can you adjust your float for different water levels or did you have to drill the hole exactly where you wanted the water level at?
This thread has helped a ton.