[Shop-talk] How to Make Water Flow Downhill

Nolan opposumking at verizon.net
Tue Jun 30 10:46:49 MDT 2009


> There is a slight angle to the overflow fitting, but there's really no way 
> around that with the shape of the barrel.  Even still, the pressure is 
> sufficient to force a stream of water shown in the other picture.

Though if the angle has the hose arced up above the surface of the water, 
it's effectively capped.  For the wter in the drain hose will not rise 
higher than the surface of the water in the barrel.

It doesn't appear to be enough of an angle or height to me, but perhaps it 
really is. 


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