Sonic air humidifer auto top up?

[Tommytopper]

Has anybody tried to design a auto top up system for a sonic air humidifer ? Mine only lasts about 12-15 hours on half setting !! I was thinking about some small 6mm pipe attached to a pump from a water bucket and a hole drilled into the top of the humidifer ? 

 

My wife can turn a pump on and off but she struggles to top it up by taking it to bits and filling from the bottom (not the easiest thing to do I must say) and I'm away with work 2/3 days at a time ? 

 

Any tips or tricks most welcome 

 

thanks 

[miserydrift]

u could use an auto top up system meant for a marine aquarium have the pump in a tub of ro water and the water level switch in the humidifier and bobs your uncle

[Nervous]

Drill a hole for a 4mm tube through the casing>top of tank (pilot hole!!!). If you go bigger than 4mm you might find it overflowing as the minimum feed time is like 1 min in most cases.    

Get a bigger reservoir, use a crap gravity feed timer and reducer into said 4mm tube to top up every few hours? 

[Tommytopper]

I've come up with this not sure if a 25 litre flexitank will have enough pressure to feed the 4mm pipe ? I can raise it up 4/5 feet will this be high enough ? 

 

 

25 litre res

hose pipe reducer connector 4mm

4mm dripper line 

minute gravity fed timer 

4mm grommet to hold dripper line in the top of the humidifer 

 

 

[Nervous]

It will have enough pressure providing none of the parts you've chosen inhibit pressure/you raise it up enough. Looks like you've sorted it! 

[Tommytopper]

Just now, Nervous said:

It will have enough pressure providing none of the parts you've chosen inhibit pressure/you raise it up enough. Looks like you've sorted it! 

 

 

Fingers crossed buddy and thanks for your contribution !!!