Soultwater
04/07/2010, 02:03 AM
I’m thinking of making a wave devise using an air pump connected to a plastic bottle. This would be the ghetto part.:bounce3: Some people call it thrifty while others say cheap.:dance:
Picture a Tunze box but larger… now if I were to place a plastic bottle inside the box instead of a water pump, then have it waited it so it would rise when air is pumped in and would fall when it leaks out. This would make a wave correct? Now connect this to a timer and you have a ghetto wave box.:blown:
That’s the thought anyways…:fun2:
I’m thinking of a complete custom build tank so incorporating something like this wouldn’t be an issue.
Do you think it would be possible to make a cheap timer for an air pump?
Do you think it would be possible to time the rise and fall of a bottle to make a real looking wave?
Do you think it an air pump would last being turned on and off constantly?
What other issues might I run into?
Another thought is to remove the plastic bottle and seal the box leaving only the air hose connected to an air pump. When the air is pumped in it will displace the water and when the pump turns off water will enter the box again making a wave. :blown:
Just a crazy thought I don’t think air can be supplied at a rate that will make this affective or air pumps will burn out by turning them off and on constantly.
Any thoughts?:idea:
Picture a Tunze box but larger… now if I were to place a plastic bottle inside the box instead of a water pump, then have it waited it so it would rise when air is pumped in and would fall when it leaks out. This would make a wave correct? Now connect this to a timer and you have a ghetto wave box.:blown:
That’s the thought anyways…:fun2:
I’m thinking of a complete custom build tank so incorporating something like this wouldn’t be an issue.
Do you think it would be possible to make a cheap timer for an air pump?
Do you think it would be possible to time the rise and fall of a bottle to make a real looking wave?
Do you think it an air pump would last being turned on and off constantly?
What other issues might I run into?
Another thought is to remove the plastic bottle and seal the box leaving only the air hose connected to an air pump. When the air is pumped in it will displace the water and when the pump turns off water will enter the box again making a wave. :blown:
Just a crazy thought I don’t think air can be supplied at a rate that will make this affective or air pumps will burn out by turning them off and on constantly.
Any thoughts?:idea: