Change your carbon filter every six months to one year. Never use a carbon filter for longer than one year. Waiting to change the filter could make your water worse than it was before treating it.
You project is good, it would be perfect if you drilled two holes in the pot to isolate the pump from the tank. One hole for water output, one for water drainage, both sealed with a rubber based compound. If for whatever reason the wire insulation fails (the cat might chew it, it may fail from age or deterioration) you might end up with an electrified water and risk of fire from the short circuit. One small change and you will have a perfectly safe fountain!
Hi! Thanks for your comment! Anyone can improve this DIY project matching their needs. However this tutorial it's meant to be completed by anyone, without having to make drills, sealing, etc. The water will not be electrified as the pumps used are 5V to 12V which will not harm even the wires get chewed or deisolated. Also the pumps are meant to work underwater, so the animals are safe. All the best!
@@booyaka3 Mineral water or tap water is a conductive fluid. The water pump should be isolated not submerged with an electric wire. In the event of any kind of failure, the electricity from that submerged wire may escape and electrify the water. When installing a electric water pump, it's a known practice to isolate the electric part from the water part. So, instead of submerging the pump, you would channel with hoses the water input and output to it. In the above project, you would drill two holes in the pot, and on each hole you would put a hose to and from the pump. Even a 2VDC/10mA signal in the water could hurt a cat's tongue (you can test your own tongue's electric sensitivity with a 9V battery, it hurts!). Better safe than sorry!
cool idea...1 problem! ceramic filtration is used in aquariums not cat filtration cats are in danger of bacterial growth on ceramics an plastics like your tubing and filter cylinders ! but i see you have knowledge in rc cars since your using a "deans" plug for power lol .... stick to that my friend ! oh yea im a vet tech.....
