Bong users, please reply

[hooziewhatsit]

Bong users, I am going to make one of these shortly, and was wondering how often, if at all, you need to add more water because of evaporation.

I have an idea that I believe will keep the water at a constant level. It's too long to write up here, but I was considering writing it up for the front page.

If you could let me know if the water loss is significant, I would appreciate it.

thanks

[sfa ok]

And since you're reading this already....are noise levels tolerable in a bong? Do you constantly feel the need to relieve yourself? :D

[todwaka]

just some pics of something i finished this week...maybe of some help to someone....

[todwaka]

a pic of the temp drop under ambient while testing the rig.....no pelts are planned for this bong tho....maybe in the future....

[todwaka]

just a first test run

[todwaka]

heres another detail shot of the airholes on top

[todwaka]

here....

[cjtune]

Make sure you use sponges to 'cushion' the fall of the water droplets or else it could be potentially noisy. Use scotchbrites or wire nets to capture stray droplets before the exit to minimize water loss. Water evaporation itself should be rather small. Mine (is estimated) to lose about 0.2L/hr once fully operational -built it but no Tbird :(.

I think Colin's rig loses a quart every hour (1.25L/hr) but he runs stcked pelts and was that before installing the wire net? Colin?

[Colin]

My rig uses a couple of gallons a day with a Bird a 1.6 GHz @ 2.04 volts. The dual side by side 120 pelt rig with a Bird at 1718 MHz @ 2,1 volts will loose close to 6 gallons a day. The screen has been present on my cooler from the beginning. I should note that I have increased the power of the fans to encourage maximum evaporation for the pelt rig. With a 6 gallon Igloo cooler, I am not worried about running dry. Do a search for "Bong Coolers" and "24/7" and you will find the thread detailing the construction of my cooling tower.

I may finish my new small capacity auto fill reservior this weekend. The idea is to take advantage of the high evaporation rate. A small 1/2 gallon reservoir is filled with a float valve and a tap into the cold water line of my home. Due to the high evaporation rate and the limited reservior size, the computer is treated to a fairly constant supply of fresh cold water from the fill unit.

[hooziewhatsit]

thanks for the replies, I should hopefully have mine built by next week, then I can play around with it and see what I can do.