Ulophot
4-Jan-2025, 10:36
Hi, folks, I’m looking for help on the following little project: creating a Y out of silicone tubing.
I have one faucet in my darkroom sink. Now that I have a vertical print washer, I would like to be able to have the water going into the washer—unless I need the stream for rinsing, cleaning etc. while the wash is going. That is, I’d like two streams from one faucet.
I have decided against the readily available inverted Y dual garden hose adapters after examinihow one would fit my situation. I can purchase a divertor such as this (https://www.amazon.com/Polished-Diverter-Splitter-Showerhead-Replacement/dp/B074FV1J21/ref=asc_df_B074FV1J21?mcid=3cc707d1740830a99d143d354f0a25b8&hvocijid=17575868201533138498-B074FV1J21-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17575868201533138498&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007567&hvtargid=pla-2281435178298&psc=1)that has the regular opening plus a side one that I can turn on/off/partially open. Smaller and better for me. That’s the easy part, which I am in the process of getting.
The problem arises from my desire, if possible, to subdivide the single flow to the washer into two, by creating a Y, like an inverted stethescope, so that from the single tube from the washer, I can feed both into the washer’s built-in side inlet and also a tube resting on top of the tank, to improve flow (à la Doremus’s recent mention). Unfortunately, the diameter of stethescope tubing doesn’t seem to be large enough; it would be a great solution.
I have settled on silicone tubing, just under ½” internal diameter to stretch over ½” nipples and the ½” washer inlet. I have found that there is a glue made for gluing silicone -- not the same, as far as I can tell, as silicone-based sealants. But how do I cut the tubing to create the y? One way or the other, to my little brain, it seems clear that I need to cut a circular or elliptical hole in the side of one piece and securely glue in the tube coming from the faucet without obstructing the flow. It’s exactly the kind I thing I excel at imagining will be easy and then utterly fail to accomplish satisfactorily.
I’m open to suggestions.
I have one faucet in my darkroom sink. Now that I have a vertical print washer, I would like to be able to have the water going into the washer—unless I need the stream for rinsing, cleaning etc. while the wash is going. That is, I’d like two streams from one faucet.
I have decided against the readily available inverted Y dual garden hose adapters after examinihow one would fit my situation. I can purchase a divertor such as this (https://www.amazon.com/Polished-Diverter-Splitter-Showerhead-Replacement/dp/B074FV1J21/ref=asc_df_B074FV1J21?mcid=3cc707d1740830a99d143d354f0a25b8&hvocijid=17575868201533138498-B074FV1J21-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17575868201533138498&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007567&hvtargid=pla-2281435178298&psc=1)that has the regular opening plus a side one that I can turn on/off/partially open. Smaller and better for me. That’s the easy part, which I am in the process of getting.
The problem arises from my desire, if possible, to subdivide the single flow to the washer into two, by creating a Y, like an inverted stethescope, so that from the single tube from the washer, I can feed both into the washer’s built-in side inlet and also a tube resting on top of the tank, to improve flow (à la Doremus’s recent mention). Unfortunately, the diameter of stethescope tubing doesn’t seem to be large enough; it would be a great solution.
I have settled on silicone tubing, just under ½” internal diameter to stretch over ½” nipples and the ½” washer inlet. I have found that there is a glue made for gluing silicone -- not the same, as far as I can tell, as silicone-based sealants. But how do I cut the tubing to create the y? One way or the other, to my little brain, it seems clear that I need to cut a circular or elliptical hole in the side of one piece and securely glue in the tube coming from the faucet without obstructing the flow. It’s exactly the kind I thing I excel at imagining will be easy and then utterly fail to accomplish satisfactorily.
I’m open to suggestions.