cheap substitution for mistking pump

[brp4e.]

Do you guys know of any cheap pumps to substitute the expensive mistking one? would a normal submersible one that are used in palu's work?

[Epiphile]

No, they won't work- you need more pressure to run water through those nozzles than you can get out of one of those submersible pumps. Go with a Mistking pump. You'll be glad you did- it's amazingly cheap for what it is.

[beckdg]

http://www.baskinglizards.com/automa...ystem_free.pdf
Misting system: overview
Automated Chameleon Misting System

other than that the mistking economy system should be around $100 total. it's not too expensive.

if you're not on city water you could probably hook something up to your tap water... a cheap filter in line with that should keep particles from clogging up the heads.

[froggsong]

Yeah, I'm going to do what beck suggested and run mine from the tap when I get a chance to buy the system I have my eye on.

You can also rig systems with hand pump type sprayers, but I'm not sure how well you could automate that...

[Mikey8567]

The one flaw you'll find with pump bottle sprayers is that you have to make sure you have 100% perfectly sealed connections. anything before your control valve has to have no leaks what so ever. Even not tightening the pump assy back into the bottle will cause you to loose pressure over time and poof your automated system is useless.

[beckdg]

that should not be an issue with a decent pump. unfortunately the idea of the hand pump is to save money and a decent pump might break the budget. replacing cheap ones will too.