No Way to fill or drain tanks!

Absint Reefer · 02/05/2011, 05:58 PM

I've been using a python to fill and drain tanks for years, just moved to new house and don't you know it the fitting I've used forever at several places dose not work anywhere in the house

. Anyone had this problem before??
Are their ways around this?

sirreal63 · 02/05/2011, 06:10 PM

Take the aerator out of the faucet you want to use, then the fitting for the Python and go to a real hardware store for the correct adapter. It is that easy. :-)

syrinx · 02/05/2011, 06:16 PM

Indeed. I had to get a new one when I moved as well.

snorvich · 02/05/2011, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirreal63

Take the aerator out of the faucet you want to use, then the fitting for the Python and go to a real hardware store for the correct adapter. It is that easy. :-)

A real hardware store?

hardin4019 · 02/05/2011, 06:44 PM

LOL, real hardware store. I like that one.

A bucket and a chunk of hose? I do that with my freshwater tank. No siphon end needed.

Use you return pump to pump into your old siphon hose and hold it in the sink with a heavy dish while plugging in the pump. Then how you get the water back in the tank is up to you to figure out how your setup could work best.

sirreal63 · 02/05/2011, 08:08 PM

A big box store is not a real hardware store. They may have what you need at the blue or orange place, but no one will be able to help other than point. A real neighborhood hardware store is usually staffed by people who actually know what they are doing, and actually care. Ask me how I know this? I have been supplying lumber, hardware and building materials since 1983 to hardware stores, lumber yards and yes, even the big box stores. :-)

hardin4019 · 02/05/2011, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirreal63

A big box store is not a real hardware store. They may have what you need at the blue or orange place, but no one will be able to help other than point. A real neighborhood hardware store is usually staffed by people who actually know what they are doing, and actually care. Ask me how I know this? I have been supplying lumber, hardware and building materials since 1983 to hardware stores, lumber yards and yes, even the big box stores. :-)

So true. I've had good advice in both types, but the small hometown Ace Hardware store you can get so much better advice and more attention.

02/05/2011, 05:58 PM	#1
Absint Reefer Reefer Madness Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dayton baby Posts: 5,042	No Way to fill or drain tanks! I've been using a python to fill and drain tanks for years, just moved to new house and don't you know it the fitting I've used forever at several places dose not work anywhere in the house . Anyone had this problem before?? Are their ways around this?

02/05/2011, 06:10 PM	#2
sirreal63 Go Spurs Go!!! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Meadowlakes Texas Posts: 13,357	Take the aerator out of the faucet you want to use, then the fitting for the Python and go to a real hardware store for the correct adapter. It is that easy. :-) __________________ Jack No One has ever been seriously injured by using the search function. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Current Tank Info: Reefing the Pentagon.

02/05/2011, 06:44 PM	#5
hardin4019 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Mt Jewett, PA Posts: 228	LOL, real hardware store. I like that one. A bucket and a chunk of hose? I do that with my freshwater tank. No siphon end needed. Use you return pump to pump into your old siphon hose and hold it in the sink with a heavy dish while plugging in the pump. Then how you get the water back in the tank is up to you to figure out how your setup could work best. __________________ -Shawn If I can DIY cheaper than buying it and get the same results... DIY it is. Current Tank Info: Tankless for more than a year and ready to get the next one!

02/05/2011, 08:08 PM	#6
sirreal63 Go Spurs Go!!! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Meadowlakes Texas Posts: 13,357	A big box store is not a real hardware store. They may have what you need at the blue or orange place, but no one will be able to help other than point. A real neighborhood hardware store is usually staffed by people who actually know what they are doing, and actually care. Ask me how I know this? I have been supplying lumber, hardware and building materials since 1983 to hardware stores, lumber yards and yes, even the big box stores. :-) __________________ Jack No One has ever been seriously injured by using the search function. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Current Tank Info: Reefing the Pentagon.

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syrinx Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: champaign Posts: 3,160	Indeed. I had to get a new one when I moved as well.