Irrigation System for home plants

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With this DIY irrigation system you can water your home plants automatically while on vacation. Components: - Base frame - Spout - Cover cap - Adjustment screw - Airflow extension What You Need: - Empty Bottle (sealing material e.g. cellular rubber) How It Works: Print the base frame, several airflow extensions and cover caps or spouts. You can water up to three plants at once. If you only need this system for two plants just print one cover cap and two spouts. Each airflow extension is about 80mm long and they can be easily connected together. It's crucial that the upper end of the last airflow extension is above the water surface. So the number of needed extensions depends on the height of your water bottle. You also have to print the adjustment screw. With this screw you can regulate the airflow into the bottle and therefore the water outflow from the spouts. Essential for this process is a non-deformable bottle like glass or hard plastic. It's possible that your screw won't seal the hole for the airflow completely (maybe because of improper printing). So you have to glue some sealing material on the end of the screw (like I did, look at the pictures). In the base frame is a thread which should fit most bottles. So you can easily screw on all common bottles. If your system is leaking between the joinings, just glue or melt the components together. The irrigation system will only work if everything is leakproof. But then it will work really fine. #DIYHACK