Been admiring the many clever approaches some of you have come up with to drain & save the table water, then refill the tables on the XR’ and the pro’s. Wondering if anyone has tried a single 75 gallon storage tank out of an RV on their XR, as they are not cost prohibitive even when new.
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We welded some 3/4" sq tubing across the lower frame and nested two 55* ( edited from 30) gallon plastic barrels connected with 1" PVC and 4 kitchen sink drains in the water table. It has a std plastic canister water filter on drain line and PVC shut off valve. - We up fill with 5 psi air to the barrels having small fitting in each barrel in top bung. It was inexpensive and works well. We have noticed on our sink drains they have a 90 or Tee directly under the drain and any heavy grit exiting the drains wants to lay in the horizontal run between the drains. We may revise to put a Tee with a vertical leg and cap on each drain such that the heavy crud drops into the vertical leg and the horizontal leg wont get crudded up so bad. Similar concept as used for air lines to keep water out of supply lines. I think our work is posted on this forum. Ken in NC USA
I stared a new FB page Autotech to share all my work in many areas 0 posts 0 followers. Lets see what I can do with it, I am not a fan of FB so not sure it’s the right move. Instagram maybe better? I just work… and stay off devices other than cad and manufacturing
vs connecting with social media but it is what it is…
I used a 55 gallon plastic drum, which I found locally for $23. It’s big enough to fill my 4" deep single piece table.
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I like the rat… but his machine looks too clean .
I run a barrel system as well for my CFP, but doubt that this 35gal will hold enough for that size of a table…
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Yes have been using rv tank for 3 years ,also used table drains as fills , and put in drains in the center of each drain pan .used 3/4 pex fordrains and fills ans a 110 rv water pump to fill
For an alternate opinion, I have found this unnecessary. It’s super cool if you have the time and money, but not needed. I live in Houston, weather wise. I’ve never had the water get gross. It evaporates pretty quickly, so in my case, doesn’t have the chance to get nasty. I throw 2ish cups of Borax in the water every so often.