Mist King Installation and Evaluation

[MikeM670]

The coupling installation is only a few minute job. Drill a hole, slide coupling in, tighten and test.
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The next step will be adding the misting nozzles to the vivarium.

Location with a single nozzle is going to be tricky on a longer, lower vivarium such as a 20 Long that is set up horizontally.
Taller enclosures will make location selection easier since you can aim down into the enclosure.

Aiming the nozzles from the front of the top (or sides) towards the back will lessen the amount of mist that would cover the front glass.

For my vivarium, I will add in an second nozzle to give better mist coverage.

Now for my questions to some build experts

1. What drill bit is best used for drilling a hole into glass tops?
2. Would you put the nozzles in by connecting inline to each other or parallel the hoses off a splitter (IE: "T")? And why?

Don,

You want to use a diamond drill bit. The only local place I have found them are at Lowes. Otherwise you can find them on the internet.

I would connect each tank's nozzles inline and use a manifold for multiple tanks.

The manifold should give equal pressure to all lines where if you just ran one line for all tanks you would have less pressure at the far nozzles. For the nozzles in one tank I think you could probably do 3 or 4 no problem off one line.

[DonLisk]

Don,

You want to use a diamond drill bit. The only local place I have found them are at Lowes. Otherwise you can find them on the internet.

I would connect each tank's nozzles inline and use a manifold for multiple tanks.

The manifold should give equal pressure to all lines where if you just ran one line for all tanks you would have less pressure at the far nozzles. For the nozzles in one tank I think you could probably do 3 or 4 no problem off one line.

Thanks Mike
The Ultimate system has a no drip piece which I haven't read up on yet but it has you run the nozzles in series and then back to the main line just before the pump. It connects to the power supply also so I wonder if this is what assists in keeping the pressure up.

I'll check out Lowes for the size bit I will need. Comfortable drilling plexiglass but never drilled through glass.

[MikeM670]

Thanks Mike
The Ultimate system has a no drip piece which I haven't read up on yet but it has you run the nozzles in series and then back to the main line just before the pump. It connects to the power supply also so I wonder if this is what assists in keeping the pressure up.

I'll check out Lowes for the size bit I will need. Comfortable drilling plexiglass but never drilled through glass.

Do some research on the web on drilling glass. One place I lurk is reefcentral.com. It is a saltwater website that has tons of information.

One way to drill glass you build a dam around the location you want to drill. Fill it with water and then with the drill lightly press the bit onto the glass. Just let the bit drill through the hole and keep the bit and glass covered with water. Also place a towel below the hole to catch the glass as it falls. I would cover the towel with something disposable so you just throw the whole thing away.

[sithlord]

Don,

You want to use a diamond drill bit. The only local place I have found them are at Lowes. Otherwise you can find them on the internet.

I would connect each tank's nozzles inline and use a manifold for multiple tanks.

The manifold should give equal pressure to all lines where if you just ran one line for all tanks you would have less pressure at the far nozzles. For the nozzles in one tank I think you could probably do 3 or 4 no problem off one line.

Hi there, what size diamond drill bit to drill holes on a glass top??