March 26th
Two neutrons must have collided when this thought came in to my mind, I've got a mini-watering system in the green-house which is ideal for those delicate plants in there first throws of youth but what about later in summer . . .
I noticed that the hose-pipe was a similar size to a standard 15mm cold water copper pipe (picture 1), soaking the hose in hot water made it flexible enough to squeeze over the copper pipe, I added a short length of pipe that had a stop valve on it for this experiment. (Readers Digest Book of Plumbing) Three small test holes where drilled.
Screw slot at right angles equals closed, simple eh.
Connecting the existing hose to my creation required the normal 'quick-connect' type plastic fittings.
It worked, adjusting the tap controlled the flow and range perfectly (if only men could do this in the bathroom!) The only basic change would be a finer hole size to atomise the spray better. With several lengths of copper pipe joined by the flexible hose a multitude of configurations could be formed, now i could water the whole garden with half a turn of the tap.
As luck would have it, plastic pipe is 15mm the same as hose pipe.
A gentle flow is ideal for the plants below it, full power watered the grass beyond.
