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rtsouth · April 5, 2011

I'll post some pictures as soon as I go back and find your instructions as to the best method for getting them on the forum. I'm a little technology challenged. What I experienced was that if the valve was simply placed into the PVC it seemed to be a little loose and would come out. By putting the ears on the black tube and then squeezing it into the PVC it seemed to tighten it up and it takes more pressure to get it to come out. Perhaps my wall thickness on the Sched. 40 I used was different from what you are accustomed to. Anyway, most of the pictures that I have seen had the valve up above the fill tube sort of floating and I thought it was better to be firmly in place to avoid either breaking the little tit on the back of the valve or being to high out of the tube and wasting water. Everyone that has seen the ET's so far has been very impressed with the methodology that you have conceived.

April 5, 2011	#94
rtsouth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 14	I'll post some pictures as soon as I go back and find your instructions as to the best method for getting them on the forum. I'm a little technology challenged. What I experienced was that if the valve was simply placed into the PVC it seemed to be a little loose and would come out. By putting the ears on the black tube and then squeezing it into the PVC it seemed to tighten it up and it takes more pressure to get it to come out. Perhaps my wall thickness on the Sched. 40 I used was different from what you are accustomed to. Anyway, most of the pictures that I have seen had the valve up above the fill tube sort of floating and I thought it was better to be firmly in place to avoid either breaking the little tit on the back of the valve or being to high out of the tube and wasting water. Everyone that has seen the ET's so far has been very impressed with the methodology that you have conceived.