Water barrel for shop testing

[a70eliminator]

Re: Water barrel for shop testing

It would seem your primary concern is keeping water in the barrel, the neatly trimmed top and exhaust hose routing looks to me a like a barrel full of really hot water in a short time, you really need to have a constant flow of cool water. Have the hose supplying cool water in through the bottom drain and then an overflow pipe near the top that leads out into the driveway somewhere.

 

[baytonemus]

Re: Water barrel for shop testing

looks to me a like a barrel full of really hot water in a short time, you really need to have a constant flow of cool water.

I had not considered this. Thanks for the heads-up on water temp. I'll figure out something. Having an outlet installed definitely commits me to a fixed water depth, though, doesn't it?

Thanks eliminator and bob.

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: Water barrel for shop testing

No, you can make the water level whatever you want it to be, just install a bulkhead fitting for your overflow at the lowest level you anticipate, come off that with a hose and and you can make the level whatever you want just by simply raising or lowering the hose.
don't expect your drum to stay pretty very long, it will get funked up with oil and gas after the first run, I'm only saying this because I used a similar drum to run an engine in my diveway, the amount of pollutants emitted makes me feel guilty even running the thing, my driveway gravel reaked of outboard motor smell for a week after that and I had to mop the barrel out with dishwashing detergent.

 

[baytonemus]

Re: Water barrel for shop testing

No, you can make the water level whatever you want it to be, just install a bulkhead fitting for your overflow at the lowest level you anticipate, come off that with a hose and and you can make the level whatever you want just by simply raising or lowering the hose.

That makes sense.

don't expect your drum to stay pretty very long, it will get funked up with oil and gas after the first run, I'm only saying this because I used a similar drum to run an engine in my diveway, the amount of pollutants emitted makes me feel guilty even running the thing, my driveway gravel reaked of outboard motor smell for a week after that and I had to mop the barrel out with dishwashing detergent.

I've thought about this, too. It makes me wonder if I should have a check valve on the hose feeding cold water in from the bottom and some kind of inline filter on the outlet (feeding a cheap hose that I won't be able to use for anything else).

My simple $15 barrel solution is starting sound a little more complicated and expensive. Thanks.