Python

[RossW]

Has anyone tried to make a "python"?

The fitting for the sink/tap look a lot like what I used to use for my water bed... I may be dating myself a little

[mseguin]

I have a DIY python, the "pump" and tap attachment is a waterbed fill/drain kit

[RossW]

I have a DIY python, the "pump" and tap attachment is a waterbed fill/drain kit

Can you still buy these?  If so, where?

Thanx

[mseguin]

Walmart, and I would imagine a few other places

[RoxyDog]

yep, I made one.  $30 for about 30 feet I believe it cost me.  the waterbed fill and drain kit is @ Walmart Lincoln Fields for sure, that's where I got mine, Kanata didn't have any @ the time.  the right size hose I got @ Rona, and you can attach a big siphon tube from the manual kind if you have one.  it just fits into the hose , I didn't need any other attachment there.  I did buy the actual python (green) attachment to go from the hose to the fill and drain kit as it was easier than what I could find @ Rona/HD @ the time.  also buying the brass tap adaptor rather than the plastic one that come with either the python kit or the Wlamart kit is a good idea as the plastic gets wrecked kinda easy.

[BigDaddy]

The brass quick disconnect, is in my opinion, a must.  Without it, your plastic threads will strip within 6 months to a year.  With it, you'll likely never have to replace the fill and drain piece.

[normc]

Mine is half and half. I started with a Python from BA's and over time added or replaced pieces. quick connects on both ends, my own attachment to refill, it's u shaped and just hangs on the tank when filling. With what I know now I wouldn't buy one but build my own.   


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[RoxyDog]

Norm...how do you vacuum the gravel?

[KLKelly]

I built mine also - I stopped using it shortly after because it wasted too much water trying to drain my 90 gallon and didn't vacuum the gravel nearly as well as just the gravel vac into the bucket.  Oh - and it took a lot longer to drain.

I was told to buy a hose that wasn't treated - like mildew resistant.

Also - along with the brass disconnect - which was very convenient.... I also bought a valve that let me shut off the inflow outflow of the water without having to race 30 feet to the tap.  Water hates me.

I got the waterbed kit from walmart also.  I had to warm the gravel vac tube in boiling water so it would fit over the adaptor that I bought.

[normc]

Norm...how do you vacuum the gravel?

I use the vacuum tub that came with the original python. I don't vacuum the big tank.

[normc]

I built mine also - I stopped using it shortly after because it wasted too much water trying to drain my 90 gallon and didn't vacuum the gravel nearly as well as just the gravel vac into the bucket.  Oh - and it took a lot longer to drain.

I was told to buy a hose that wasn't treated - like mildew resistant.

Also - along with the brass disconnect - which was very convenient.... I also bought a valve that let me shut off the inflow outflow of the water without having to race 30 feet to the tap.  Water hates me.

I got the waterbed kit from walmart also.  I had to warm the gravel vac tube in boiling water so it would fit over the adaptor that I bought.

For my 140 I attach the hose to the filter and it pumps the water out with out wasting any water

[KLKelly]

Smart idea Norm!

[Jeff1192]

Anyone know if there would be a way to attach a Python to a kitchen sink that has an unusual shaped faucet head (and there's no threading)?

It looks something like the picture I have attached.

Thanks,

Jeff



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[babblefish1960]

Are you certain it has no aerator at all?  I see something in the centre of the spigot that looks like an attachment. If you own your home, sometimes it is much simpler to install a dedicated faucet in a more convenient locale, just a thought copper!

[Jeff1192]

Ya I looked underneath the faucet head and there is an aerator....but there doesn't appear to be any way to remove it....I'll have to see if I can find the paperwork that came with it when we had the house built to see if they show how to take it apart....thanks.

[Alchemist]

Should be a way of removing it in case it gets blocked with sediment.

[Jeff1192]

Finally figured it out. I ended up having to go online to the company's website and downloading a pdf with the specs and I was able to take it apart....so I will be able to get a python....woohoo....I hated having to use buckets and syphons.

[dan2x38]

Finally figured it out. I ended up having to go online to the company's website and downloading a pdf with the specs and I was able to take it apart....so I will be able to get a python....woohoo....I hated having to use buckets and syphons.

You could just install a utility tap under the sink pretty easy project... An excuse to pull a Tim Allan or plain just declare it Miller time... LOL