I am planning out a water mixing station using Brute 55 gallon cans. I would like to use mechanical a mechanical float valve to shut off my RO/DI. Is there a way to do this without drilling the wall of the brute and installing a bulkhead. I am thinking of something like the Eshopps RO/DI float valve kit but I am pretty sure it will not work on the brute.
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I used this with no bulkhead required, but you do have to drill the brute.
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Could you make some kind of bracket that you could hang off the side of the brute at the level you want?
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When I was using a brute can before I built my mixing station, I drilled the brute and installed the float valve. However, in some of my sumps with gravity-fed ATOs I didn't want to drill the sumps so I mounted the BRS float valve to egg crate. You could potentially rig something similar. Your challenges include the rounded edge of the brute can, creating a stable mount, and still have the float on one side of the bracket and the RO tubing on the other side of the bracket.
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The float valve has a rubber gasket on the inside part like a mini bulkhead. Just drill a 1/2 hole and tighten down the nut. No worries on leaking.
