DIY bulkhead drains - all at Home Depot

[trademanny]

Folks,

I see a lot of folks special ordering bulkhead drains for their setups as they're not available at most local stores. Check out the site below for a way to make your own bulkhead fittings from PVC electrical conduit. Works great, and much cheaper..

DIY Bulkhead Fitting

Enjoy!

 

[trademanny]

bump for the night crowd

 

[drelow31@yahoo.]

very good info that should save all the hydro guys a few bucks dre51/50

 

[darippa]

thanks for the link. good info there. heres a place for cheap bulkhead fittings.....http://www.flexpvc.com/cart/agora.cgi?product=PVC-Bulkhead-Fittings

 

[confedrate69]

these are water tight fittings for running cable to air conditioners and the like aval at blowes or homedepot they have a 1/2" or 3/4" the ring that screwes down on the o ring can be replaces with a threaded pipe coupler to a slip and u just cut piece of pipe to fit slip coupler to set the water leval in tray they also come in straifgt or 90 deg configurations

 

[ooga booga]

Those bulkhead fittings literally cost me $1 at the store ($2 for a pair of bulkhead fittings, 4 pcs risers, and 2 pcs screens). I know hydro shops aren't available to everyone, but it would literally cost me more money, more time, and end up with an inferior, non-standard (hole size) product going the DIY route. This isn't too uncommon if you look at the TCO (total cost of ownership / operation) on most DIY projects around here.

 

[Apollo11]

Ebb & Flow/Bulkhead Fitting - 1/2" Retail Price: $1.45 per Each
bghydro d o t c o m (wont let me post url's cuz of my post count)

I found this online shop recently and they stock a lot of items for a decent price. The bonus thing is that they deliver to Canada via USPS which is awesome (you know what i mean if you live in Canada and had something delivered Fedex/UPS/DHL).

 

[trademanny]

Getting them same day: priceless

 

[yamaha_1fan]

My hydro shop sells the Botanicare kit with 2 bulkheads, two screens, and maybe 2 risers for $15. They sell just the bulkhead for like 5-6$. Not cheap for some plastic.

 

[ooga booga]

My hydro shop sells the Botanicare kit with 2 bulkheads, two screens, and maybe 2 risers for $15.

Any more than $5 for the set is robbery.

Even $5 isn't cheap by any standards, but I'm pretty used to paying pretty high markups at hydro store for this hobby so I guess you could say I'm a bit desensitized.