Rainwater Collection System (Oatey Mystic) Installation and Lessons in Homesteading Patience!
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2020
- Follow along with us as we show you how to install an Oatey Mystic Rainwater Collection System onto our downspouts to collect clean, debris-free water in our IBC tote. You'll also see that this project reminded us that not every project we do goes smoothly, and that is okay! We keep moving forward, keep making progress, and learn so many new thing along the way. The Lord is kind!
Products mentioned in video:
Oatey Mystic Rainwater Collection System: amzn.to/2FfGmOX
Husky Black Plastic Sheeting: amzn.to/3fKSsMA
Gorilla All-Weather Duct Tape: amzn.to/2CgKAVe
1 3/4 hose clamps (two needed): amzn.to/2DPi65s
DeWalt Drill Set: amzn.to/33Q6H0k
Hole saw kit: amzn.to/2Nb7Ea1
Dremel tool: amzn.to/3kyFJ35
Leatherman multi-tool: amzn.to/2Bti16s
OPTIONAL plastic tubing to connect Oatey to IBC tote-the Oatey comes with a tube, but we purchased a longer one separately to have a better downward incline between the Oatey and IBC tote: amzn.to/3kBouy0
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Looks great 👍
We will try this! Thank you so much.
Glad it helps and thanks for stopping by.
Brand new and probably gonna get flack for this but... All I could think of when you were using that wrench was: "Vise grips!" LMAO I kid though. I cannot stress how impressive your homestead is and you are a far more disciplined and skilled man than myself. Glad I found this channel! Respect. :-)
Thank you! This video was great. I would like to set up 2 of these tanks to solve the "moat" issues after heavy rain, as well as provide clean water for plants and trees when needed. Love the amazon diverter gizmo. Much better than removing half the downspout completely.
Cheers mate 👍👍
Back at you friend. Thanks for stopping by
Good video thank you.
You probably know this by now or you didn't run into this problem because of the way you have your storage tank set up BUT,, with the majority of the garbage can lid style storage containers, the top isn't secure enough to allow the water to back up into the hose and fill the reservoir in the diverter system. The end result is water flowing over and leaking out of the top of your barrel.. I learned the hard way, lowering the diverter to the high water mark of the barrel isn't a great solution either. The Oatey diverter I bought was from a big box store, opened and resealed and missing the red plug, plus poor instillation instructions and when you go to there website they have videos for everything but installing this product.. I searched for this item on line and finally I DID find a video created by the manufacture and it was a link to there website with the video with the option to watch it on UA-cam? Why it didn't come up on searches when I was installing it I don't know but in the video it showed the red plug, the one that didn't come in the box I had. After A LOT of trouble shooting. trips to the hardware store and swearing and frustration with trying to get this to work plus seeing the manufacture video, I'm going to install a shutoff valve in the fill line to the tank. Unless you have a sealed system that's water tight the water isn't going to back up enough in your fill tube to fill the reservoir and allow the water to divert back down the downspout.. First one of these I've done and on this end of it a lot of the mistakes I made are now common sense,
Bottom line? the Oatey Mystic Rainwater Collection System will not work automatically with the garbage can style storage containers and you will have to put in a shutoff valve or make sure you have that red plug (I prefer a valve).. other than that its a great $20.00 purchase (Amazon). To bad no one points this out in the DIY videos I've seen.
Thank you for all the information! Yes I found out quickly that the water doesn’t get diverted back very easily or at all when the tank is full so I ended up drilling 2 relief holes in the top of the tank cap. So now when the tank is full, the water now pours out of the top of the tank cap and works itself to the ground. Still not the most ideal situation but hasn’t been a real big issue for us. Thanks again for sharing and stopping by.
All right. That's a slick move.
I subscribed after listening to the music!
Very well played. LOL!
Anyone with such a sense of humor MUST be intelligent enough to be worthy of watching.
And thank you for the unexpected smile!
BTW, have you ever considered a vent of sorts? Perhaps something tapped into the cap (near the inlet). It should be protected from insect invasion!
Thank you for the comments. The only prevention and solution I have is 2 small holes drilled on either side of the cap which allows pressure to be relieved when it’s full as well as panty hose material that I put over the inlet hole to filter particles as the water enters the system. Thanks for stopping by!
Nice
cool video. I am going to do the same thing for garden water and if needed drinking I'll just run through my big Berkey. I think the plastic is a better idea than the black paint on plastic.
Awesome! Thanks for stopping by! We mainly use this for our animals and yes we also have a Berkey setup if we ever needed to use the water.
Hi William! I’m wondering if you have experience with both paint and plastic and why you think plastic would be better. Thanks!
@@belinda9646 hello I just watched a lot of videos on both plastic and paint. Seems like the paint over time will come off the tanks. I am at the beginning I just order a rain water diverter for my down spot tonight and ordered the plastic today at the Co OP I couldn't find the 6 mil anywhere.
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All in all, great video. Good content.
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great video. Love how clear and specific you make it for your process. Question! How well did the Oatey Mystic do in keeping debris out of your water? Surprised there wasn't some kind of screen
Thank you for your compliments. I’m not sure how well the diverter would be at keeping debris out so I put a foot liner/panty hose material over the inlet cap on the IBC tote and that keeps out debris very well. I change it out maybe twice a year and the tote itself still looks great on the inside. Thanks for stopping by!
Great video! I’m building a catchment system and am wondering if you leave the water in during the winter (freezing water expands). I would think it should be ok if you don’t leave the tanks completely full. Any advice on this is highly appreciated!
I do leave the water in over winter and yes I would probably just leave it 3/4 if the way full so when it freezes it will have some room as it expands. Thanks for stopping by!
I got to clean mine out, after draining them I will clean it using deck cleaner and a pressure washer.
Would make great lyden jars
great video, but I guess it might just collect a small percentage of rain with that diverter, especially for a short heavy rain, and most rain still flows downspout. I suggest you divert all the rain to the tote and let it overflow from the top or make an overflow yourself from the near top part of the tote to divert the overflowing rain away.
Thank you for the suggestions. Something I may look into down the road. Honestly, after 1-2 good rains our totes are completely full. I do have relief holes in top of the cap to allow water to come out when it is full and currently not able ti collect any if the excess water. Probably could make an overflow into another tote if I had more in the setup. Thanks for stopping by!
I purchased the Oatley Diverter but after looking at it, concluded, it collects only a percentage of the water. How can they call it a diverter. It is a 52% ? diverter?
On a other note, If all the rain went straight to the Tote then it would fill up in one rain event. In that scenario you would then be relieving the pressure from the top vent and everything would be pouring out of the top overflow and unless you are collecting all the excess, then I personally would just want to fill up at a steady pace instead of quickly overflowing out the top but again just as personal preference
Your reducer is a lot smaller than the spout. I am curious if that backlogs water or not?
We rely on gravity and there isn't much pressure behind it when it comes out of the tote. As it enters the tote, the diverter design allows for water to come back up to the downspout and leave that way as well. It doesn't take very long at all to fill a tote up with 1 one good rain. I would recommend setting up a few of these if you had the money and room. Thanks for stopping by!
Is there a vent? Seems like the downspout could act as a vent for the first one but you said you added a second. Assume you had to vent that one?
No the design of the diverter allows rain flow to the totes as well as out the regular downspouts and I have to manually transfer water over to the next tote by gravity and a hose.
I was going to ask about using dark paint instead of the plastic, would it really be easier? Does it peel easily? I live in a pretty windy state and wonder if the wind would whip the plastic around and eventually tear it. Do all of the IBC totes have a screw hole at the top and a spigot at the bottom? A friend has some I can get for free but I haven’t seen them yet. I’m planning on connecting two together. I’ve been planning on a rain harvesting system for way too long and it’s time! We get maybe 3 really good rains in the spring and I’m confident I can fill two. Summers are ridiculously dry here. This will be used for my vegetable garden! Thanks for your help
If you wrap up your tote like a git and use the all weather duct tape you shouldn't have any problems. When you place the tote back in its cage its protected as well and we also have some extreme winds at our place as we are elevated compared to those around us and after year haven't had a single spot that is coming apart. I'm not sure how well the spray holds up or if its better and have heard it works well but we chose plastic and no particular reason other than its what we saw most people do when researching as well. Yes, connecting a few together would be great and I know ours is almost full after a few hours of good rain so yes something nice to collect if you're able to. Thanks for stopping by!
Also, I would assume all totes have a top entry point and would think that they have spigots. I haven't researched much but can't say I've ever seen any that didn't have those on them.
I used IBC tote covers you can buy on the internet. The one I got have a zipper in front so it’s real easy to install or remove for maintenance.
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill Where did you get your tote? Do you have a link for it, or did you get one from a friend. You mentioned it cost $50, and the ones I've seen online are more like $300.
@@donthompson4460 No I do not have a link. I purchased from a gentlemen I found on Facebook Marketplace a few years back that was about 30 minutes away. He was selling them for 50.00 from his house but have no idea if they still did or not as I haven't had FB for about 2 years now
how has it held up? did algae grow in the tank? did the plastic hold up?
I am about 2 years in and the plastic has stopped in spots. Still no algae that I can see however I plan on draining in the near future and will try to spray paint and see how that holds up. Thanks for stopping by!
@@HomesteadersOnTheHillthey sell covers for the totes now
How's that oatey mystic working? I just installed mine-it doesn't look like it'll collect a whole lotta water when I looked inside at how it caught it
I’m surprised in that it wouldn’t catch a lot of water in the setup. So far mine has done well a year into now I believe. 1 good heavy rain day and it’s pretty much full. I’ve added a second tote this spring to transfer the water from collection tote to a holding tank and we have been very pleased so far. Only thing I can say isn’t the greatest is the water pressure. One could always add a pump to the system but gravity is rather slow,but does work when dispensing the water through a hose
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill Timely question and reply. About to try the same set up!
Where did you buy your IBC Tote? Thanks!
I found someone selling them about 45 minutes from my home through faceboook marketplace. Not sure if anyone sells them directly from their store. Thanks for stopping by
In my area they are on Craigslist ALL of the time. Sometimes they are even free. I picked up mine for $25 a piece.
I always question why people fill their rain barrels from the top like this. You could simply fill the tote from the bottom up using the outlet to fill and empty the tote. I.E Tee in the inlet to the outlet and have gravity fill the tote from the bottom up. Because your cap had a built in breather there was no need to install a breather line to let the pressure escape.
Would not work filing from bottom; would require the total weight of the water (contained in the downspout) to be greater than what is currently in the tank for full IBC tank water fill. The downspout is narrow (e.g., 2"x3", by maybe 20 feet tall), while the IBC interior is approx 48"x40", by maybe 48" high). Ignoring height for the moment, the IBC interior area is [40/2] * [48/3] = 20*16 = 320 greater area than the downspout area. With an empty IBC tote, you would would get maybe 1/2" fill, above the inlet, before the downspout backs up, then into the gutter, and water falls over the roof line.
Actually, this would indeed work (i.e., fill from bottom; ignore my first reply), as the pressure in all columns (all tanks connected in series) will be the same, in an "open" system. #1: Possibly one negative is that the lowest portion of the downspout needs to become pvc to withstand increase water pressure w/o any leaks or ridges in common gutter connections. #2: Another negative would be that fill-from-top could be 3" pvc (for attaining high capacity input fill during a heavy rainstorm) while fill-from-bottom is typically 2" pvc (primary use for slower output control). So there is a burst-mode transitory advantage for fill-from-top. #3: Top-fill gives you low pressure fittings, so can insert filters along the way, without pvc glue, for easy cleaning. With fill-from bottom, you may need to introduce some unions along the path for cleanouts? I believe all these small advantages (plus others) of the entire system is why fill-from top is widely accepted.
@@spicano6309 I have seen some videos of full home systems with large tanks in Arizona being filled bottom up through gravity. My OBC tank has vented cap, it easier to remotely locate your tank running lines under ground. Its all about planning... personally I don't want to look at a water barrel or tote next to my gutter...
Try it and let us know what happens
You can unscrew the white bung instead of ripping it to bits.
Learn something new everyday lol Thank you!
Can you explain this? What could he have done? What is the bung? Are there other parts that would allow him to connect the 1 1/2" tube to the tank cover without cutting a hole?
@@sandrabrown4993 @7:10 the white centre of the red cap is called a bung. It unscrews from the red lid. He is making his life difficult cutting through it when he just needs to unscrew it. Though he would need a larger diameter pipe fitting than the one he used to attach to the red lid after his surgery.
Are those metric or SAE pliers?
Definitely metric. SAE doesn’t recognize shaved bolt sizes
why do we wrap the tank
I wrap it to help keep algae from forming with the sun beaming down on it.
Can I hire someone to do the work you just did??
You any be able to look up a handy man in your area. Thanks for stopping by
Next time: flat black spray paint. Cheaper, faster, less effort.
Thank you! I might give that a try since I have another tote. Thanks for stopping by.
Personal experience: it take 2.5 cans of spray paint (10$)and it heats the water to the point that it can kill your plants or you can use 6mil plastic at 13$ a tank and you dont have to do touch up every year.
Totes are $150 here.
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