The other day I went out in the morning, drained and rinsed the ducks pool, and put the hose in it to fill.
That evening around dinner time I went, “FUCK!” and ran down to find three very happy ducks and turn off the hose.
So I added this automatic filler. Now when I rinse the pool it will fill to a couple of inches from the top and stop.
We’re on a well and onsite tertiary waste water treatment here so the water only costs us the cost of the electricity to pump it. I still try to conserve.
The automatic filler is nice. I can close the filler valve, open the drain valve, rinse the tank, close the drain valve, open the filler valve and walk away. Standing there to fill the tank was a pain in the tookus.
I don’t understand the idea of something being cheap, so it’s somehow ok to be wasteful. Using city water for critters and produce when I’ve got a pond is already rubbing me wrong.
I might look into an automatic filler, too. I see the finger screws on the clamp. Do you leave it on or remove the valve when the pool is full? My ducks will gunk up anything that’s in duck accessible height.
Especially with something like clean, safe water which is a finite resource. We try to waste as little as possible despite the fact that we pull it out of the ground for the cost of the electricity.
That one stays on the tank. It’s a Miller Trough-o-Matic Stock Tank Float Valve. It’s well protected because it’s intended to be used on livestock tanks. When it is filling the water sprays on top of the float inside the housing which rinses everything out. I also give it a spray with the hose when I’m rinsing the pool.