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Paint Can Modification: Cat water fountain V2

V1 was retired so its time for V2
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updated January 6, 2023

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2 M4 Screws and Nuts

Bidet hose/any hose sized 14mm

4L paint bucket

an aquarium water pump

Silicon/glue gun for a more permanent adhesion

Filter medium: Aquarium sponge/filter cloth is greatly recommended. If the water drain is too fast that the pan wont keep a certain amount of water, add more restrictive material in the filter (filter pebbles or rough sand sandwiched between 2 sponges bight help but may be too restrictive

using a 4L paint can/bucket, a rather powerful aquarium pump, an an appropriately sized hose. I have converted my paint can into my cats drinking water fountain.

The hose used for the fittings are a standard  14mm hose typically used for a Bidet, our home bidet unit bursted so the hose were thrown away, i saved it for future uses… like this one hahaha

Layer height is .28

Use supports on items that you think will need one

For the cat fountain spout system, The knurled knob and the spout base and cap might need a small nudge to its scale around 99 to 99.5% as it turns out to be too tight for my liking (mine actually snapped while tightening because i got too rough with it.  

Try to use a small aquarium pump for this one, or atleast restrict the flow of water either on the pump side or the spout side. 

The Spout head cap is a slide on mechanism, from the back of the head. If you are lucky enough to have stiff TPU, you might have an easier to attach cap than mine hahaha 

 

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