I took a shot every time you said "system", i'm the recovery room right now, after having a stomach pump and coffee IV. Thanks for the video, good to see you guys back by the way x
Glad to see you posting videos again. I've been following you guys since you started. I look forward to see what you guys have done and what you have planned for the future.
I hope you are back as you were my first channal to follow. I was heart broken when you walked away. I hope you and A have continued to grow your family and all is well.
Welcome back. I started watching your videos from the beginning. Starting living in your trailer cut-your-own wood your own timber for your house and watching your construction of your home. 👍
It is amazing how little water you really need to survive and even to live. As a kid (80 now), we relied on water from the house roof into a smallish tank (2000 gal) and later another 2000 up on a stand to give better pressure. Our family was 7 people and although we got close to running out mid summer a couple of times, the 15>20 inch annual rainfall kept us going. No showers, shared use of a bath once a week (1 refill of course for females), with occasional sponge bath for kids when dirty. Water was heated in a laudry copper and carried to the bath by hand in a bucket. As kids, once a week seemed like it was too often, but how many people flush hundreds of litres down the drain each day, that didn't even get to touch their bodies as their shower was running.
I also have two water sources. I suggest connecting the toilets to the tank to use the water on a constant basis to keep it from ever being stagnant. You'll also know quickly if there is an issue.
Great to see ur content again! Showing ur tanktop transmitter around 8:50 underscores that u used an omnidirertional antenna. May I suggest getting a very planar microwave antenna (a yagi or flat panel) to increase the strength of ur received signal at the house. It's not a huge cost (connectors r, however)...
Wells in my area are on the order of 400 feet, and not guarantee that you’ll get good water, so lots of homeowners opt for cistern. We have 5000 gallon tank and truck in municipal treated water. We generally reccomend a minimum tank volume so you can take a full 3600 gallon load of water and have a reserve left.
I have been meaning to tell you how long I have been following you two. I started watching you faithfully when you were digging a trench for water pipe with a air blasting trench wand. Just wanted to know.👍🙏👌✌️🌹
I work in Water Treatment. I'm thrilled to learn you are disinfecting with Cl2. I'm convinced chlorinated water has saved more lives than penicillin. We do use ultrasonic monitors to monitor the water levels in our filters and they work flawlessly. Nothing touches the water (there's nothing wrong with that though). They simply measure the distance between the sensor and the surface of the water. They ARE wired though and I think each unit costs between $2,000 and $3,000.
Awesome! I’m so glad u did this follow up. I’ve watch your cistern videos several time for info and guidance and I bought the book you recommended. This video is another great piece. Thank you.
You could potentially create a closed inclined manometer with left over transparent water tubing. This would be a handy visual back-up and could be installed inline on the water supply. Just need a tee near the supply, a capped inclined length of tube with a trapped air pocket in the inclined leg. Mark the tube with the location of the air-water interface at different fill levels of the cistern. Ancient tech for measuring small changes in pressure. Reading would only be accurate when the water is not flowing though...
Glad too see you coming back. I'm disgusted with what some shit bags have done to your family. Glad your fighting back. Look forward to continued videos. Take care of the kiddos and family first.
You where 21:4021:4021:40 my first TH-cam channel I started watching many years ago. I think the first one I watch was something to do with a girl selling her car. I remember you testing out the devises and how frustrating it was. Glad to see you back!!!! I have so many question but out of respected I will not ask.
I watched the original videos where you did the installation of the tanks, pipes, and the water monitor testing. It's good to see that your testing and selection of this solution paid off in the long run. I'm wondering if the slightly dirty solar cell on the upper transmitter could be the reason for the intermittent readings. You may recall seeing those call boxes along highways and in some department store parking lots, and I wonder if that might be a possible solution to getting alternate power to the transmitter by having a pole with an integrated solar panel 6-8 feet above the soil and a batter backup that powers the transmitter. That might be cheaper, and a lot less digging effort, than running external power to that small transmitter.
Our guess is snow covering the panel combined with very low sun angle are the culprits in winter. These are problems on any solar installation of course and typically panels are highly adjustable to compensate for sun angle. This one fixed at horizontal isn’t the best design. A remote mountable panel with angle adjustment would solve that!
last place had 20K gal in storage. open creek great in winter/spring. china pump 40 volt solar. 20 gal a minute 80 foot lift. 3/4 mile 1 inch pipe... ozone filters. drank it for years. SoCal
4 years is cool, eventually the battery will fail. A white reflector on the north side of the little solar panel may double its effective output. Show on top definitely a cause for losses. Also welcome back.
Hell yeah brother I'm glad to see you guys out here again Don't let these people fool you man they're a bunch of assholes but keep up to go work man Love you guys keep going and I'll keep watching I might be moving up to Oregon sometime soon so I don't know if that's where you're at or not but hopefully so I like to meet you guys and have a good relationship with you guys you guys are cool as hell take care
I'm curious I think if you measured the pressure accurately enough from the house end and only used measurements when water was not flowing you could probably calculate tank level from the house, you might need temperature compensation given density changes and the high head vs tank depth.
Firstly simply measuring the pressure of the water in the cistern without correcting for the shape of the cistern is going to give an erroneous indication of how much water you have. Secondly why didn't you run some twisted pair cable when you ran the pipe? If you had done that you'd have avoided the drama of relying on a wireless connection and having to rely on the Sun to keep the sensor and transmitter powered. I know, hindsight 😃
Welcome Back, remember 99.9 percent of your viewers LOVE YOU. Missed you so much.
welcome back and thanks for the updated on the water system
so happy to see you folks back on U-Tube, hope things are well for you and the family Jessie.
glad u came back guys I enjoy your vids
Its nice to have you back on TH-cam, I remember when you built the system, happy to know it is still serving you well.
Wow........ I'm so glad the two of you are back on You Tube. Miss you all.
I took a shot every time you said "system", i'm the recovery room right now, after having a stomach pump and coffee IV.
Thanks for the video, good to see you guys back by the way x
Glad to see you posting videos again. I've been following you guys since you started. I look forward to see what you guys have done and what you have planned for the future.
I hope you are back as you were my first channal to follow. I was heart broken when you walked away. I hope you and A have continued to grow your family and all is well.
Wow comments turned on!
I'm so pleased to see you back making videos, informative and enjoyable :)
Welcome back. I started watching your videos from the beginning. Starting living in your trailer cut-your-own wood your own timber for your house and watching your construction of your home. 👍
my day become so much better welcome back
Glad your back and so are the comments
It is amazing how little water you really need to survive and even to live. As a kid (80 now), we relied on water from the house roof into a smallish tank (2000 gal) and later another 2000 up on a stand to give better pressure. Our family was 7 people and although we got close to running out mid summer a couple of times, the 15>20 inch annual rainfall kept us going.
No showers, shared use of a bath once a week (1 refill of course for females), with occasional sponge bath for kids when dirty. Water was heated in a laudry copper and carried to the bath by hand in a bucket. As kids, once a week seemed like it was too often, but how many people flush hundreds of litres down the drain each day, that didn't even get to touch their bodies as their shower was running.
A systern update. Very exciting!
I also have two water sources. I suggest connecting the toilets to the tank to use the water on a constant basis to keep it from ever being stagnant. You'll also know quickly if there is an issue.
We're very happy to see you back. We've missed y'all.
Oh, wow didn't expect a video, it plopped up randomly on my feed. Welcome back.
Hopefully more videos are to come in the future. It is nice to know the water system is still working out for you.
Great to see ur content again! Showing ur tanktop transmitter around 8:50 underscores that u used an omnidirertional antenna. May I suggest getting a very planar microwave antenna (a yagi or flat panel) to increase the strength of ur received signal at the house. It's not a huge cost (connectors r, however)...
Wells in my area are on the order of 400 feet, and not guarantee that you’ll get good water, so lots of homeowners opt for cistern. We have 5000 gallon tank and truck in municipal treated water. We generally reccomend a minimum tank volume so you can take a full 3600 gallon load of water and have a reserve left.
Thanks for the Update! Great to have you back! Greetings from Germany! :-)
I have been meaning to tell you how long I have been following you two. I started watching you faithfully when you were digging a trench for water pipe with a air blasting trench wand. Just wanted to know.👍🙏👌✌️🌹
I don't live off-grid but what you're showing is great information anyway.
Glad you and your better half are back doing presentations!
Love watching you guys grow on TH-cam and learning from yah peace love and respect from the UK.
So glad to see you guys back after having vanquished the trolls! Jesse, love you man. Watch your weight! We want you here for the long haul.
I work in Water Treatment. I'm thrilled to learn you are disinfecting with Cl2. I'm convinced chlorinated water has saved more lives than penicillin.
We do use ultrasonic monitors to monitor the water levels in our filters and they work flawlessly. Nothing touches the water (there's nothing wrong with that though). They simply measure the distance between the sensor and the surface of the water. They ARE wired though and I think each unit costs between $2,000 and $3,000.
Ah, perhaps the high end ultrasonic models work better! Budget models…. 👎
Awesome!
I’m so glad u did this follow up.
I’ve watch your cistern videos several time for info and guidance and I bought the book you recommended.
This video is another great piece.
Thank you.
You could potentially create a closed inclined manometer with left over transparent water tubing. This would be a handy visual back-up and could be installed inline on the water supply. Just need a tee near the supply, a capped inclined length of tube with a trapped air pocket in the inclined leg. Mark the tube with the location of the air-water interface at different fill levels of the cistern. Ancient tech for measuring small changes in pressure. Reading would only be accurate when the water is not flowing though...
THANK YOU . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
OMG comments are on! Welcome back, missed you guys.
Love seeing the content
Glad too see you coming back. I'm disgusted with what some shit bags have done to your family. Glad your fighting back. Look forward to continued videos. Take care of the kiddos and family first.
We are looking at an off grid property and a water cistern will be a must for a couple of reasons. We will likely put this unit in.
Glad you're back...
You where 21:40 21:40 21:40 my first TH-cam channel I started watching many years ago. I think the first one I watch was something to do with a girl selling her car. I remember you testing out the devises and how frustrating it was. Glad to see you back!!!! I have so many question but out of respected I will not ask.
Good job nice to see you back online
Glad to see the comments back. If any psycho shows up everyone please ignore. Do not give them the attention they’re craving
Thank you very interesting and well presented. Love your work.
Thanks for filming and the explanation Jesse. 👍😁
Hi You could add like a capacitor driven UPS to it than you would not have the problem of having to reset breakers to get it back on
I watched the original videos where you did the installation of the tanks, pipes, and the water monitor testing. It's good to see that your testing and selection of this solution paid off in the long run. I'm wondering if the slightly dirty solar cell on the upper transmitter could be the reason for the intermittent readings. You may recall seeing those call boxes along highways and in some department store parking lots, and I wonder if that might be a possible solution to getting alternate power to the transmitter by having a pole with an integrated solar panel 6-8 feet above the soil and a batter backup that powers the transmitter. That might be cheaper, and a lot less digging effort, than running external power to that small transmitter.
Our guess is snow covering the panel combined with very low sun angle are the culprits in winter. These are problems on any solar installation of course and typically panels are highly adjustable to compensate for sun angle. This one fixed at horizontal isn’t the best design. A remote mountable panel with angle adjustment would solve that!
last place had 20K gal in storage. open creek great in winter/spring. china pump 40 volt solar. 20 gal a minute 80 foot lift. 3/4 mile 1 inch pipe... ozone filters. drank it for years. SoCal
Hi! Thank you! Very informative.
Welcome back! Seeing your videos again is a great surprise. Any hints on your next project?
4 years is cool, eventually the battery will fail. A white reflector on the north side of the little solar panel may double its effective output. Show on top definitely a cause for losses. Also welcome back.
Hello 🤗 that was interesting - house is beautiful ❤️ take care🙏🇺🇲
I’d not do a red border on your thumbnail in the future. It looked like I’d already watched the vid and I skipped past it. Lol. It took me a moment…
oh man, no more hot tub. Hope you get the house finished up soon, property looks good. You all still doing sawmilling?
Welcome back to TH-cam
Another awesome video. Keep up the great work and yes, your videos are very informational.
Hell yeah brother I'm glad to see you guys out here again Don't let these people fool you man they're a bunch of assholes but keep up to go work man Love you guys keep going and I'll keep watching I might be moving up to Oregon sometime soon so I don't know if that's where you're at or not but hopefully so I like to meet you guys and have a good relationship with you guys you guys are cool as hell take care
I don't trust anyone I would have a building over the access to my drinking water with a locked and alarmed door !
You should see if you can Automate the re-filling of the tank at a certain level with that sensor with some sort of home assistant. 10:58
What type of water treatment do you use?
I also miss you guys!!!
So thought, why not meter the flow in/out of the tank?
I'm curious I think if you measured the pressure accurately enough from the house end and only used measurements when water was not flowing you could probably calculate tank level from the house, you might need temperature compensation given density changes and the high head vs tank depth.
Welcome back missed you 2 sorry 3
That's like here, hold my beer and take my eyes off them.
Just a larger Solar Panel
Great video. thank you!
Yay!
great!!!
I'm surprised he didnt build a little shed over the top of the water tank lid to protect it from UV and snow/ice😊
👍👍😎✌️🤟
Where have you been? I've been worried about You and Your Family you just suddenly wasn't there anymore. 🙏🕊️❤️🌻🌹👍☕
you must have missed a video or two, they announced that they were taking a break.
Firstly simply measuring the pressure of the water in the cistern without correcting for the shape of the cistern is going to give an erroneous indication of how much water you have. Secondly why didn't you run some twisted pair cable when you ran the pipe? If you had done that you'd have avoided the drama of relying on a wireless connection and having to rely on the Sun to keep the sensor and transmitter powered. I know, hindsight 😃