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Hi never did this yet but my worm condenser is in a copper pot with no inlet or outlet just the copper comming out on the bottom how can I recirculate the water
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solder a copper at the bottom of the bucket and one near the top of the bucket. Attach your inlet water to the bottom fitting and the drain hose to the top fitting. You always want the cold water to come from the bottom so you always have the coldest water at the bottom. Doesn't have to be ice cold, just cold enough to knockdown the vapor back to liquid form. Are you running indoors or outdoors? If you are outdoors and don't have to worry about water on the ground, you can just stick a garden hose in the condensor bucket so it goes to the bottom and stays there, turn the water on and let it spill over the top of the bucket. Kind of a sloppy mess though if you are not on concrete. Hope this helps.
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Yes I am doing it outside the worm outlet is soldered to the copper pot condenser and the top is open if this makes any sense. So do u think I can still just cut an inlet and outlet in. Or maybe just put something under it to catch the water and recirculate it like a trash can or kiddie pool
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You could most definitely put something under it to catch and recirculate the water. It's really pretty easy to add the fittings, especially since your bucket is copper. Drill a 1/2 hole close to the bottom and top of the bucket. Put a piece of 1/2 copper tubing, same type tubings as the coil, in the holes and solder them to the bucket. Make sure they are long enough to be able to put a hose over and secure it with a hose clamp. Pretty simple stuff. If I can do it, anybody can, because I am not very mechanically inclined. Ha ha ha
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One other thing to remember is to be sure that the bottom fitting is the inlet. If you are going to recirculate the water, i would recommend freezing a couple jugs of water and put them in the water you are recirculating. Reason being is that the water flowing is going to be pretty warm. So the blocks in your trash can or kiddie pool wil continue to be cool. You dont have to have the water running wide open either, just enough to keep cool water flowing into your worm bucket. Does that make sense?
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Yes I got it now I was thinking it had to be a hose bib with threads I got it now just need a tube doesn't have to be complicated
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