Automatic drainpipe cleaner (no electricity) by Donald82

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

I participate with this in TheDesignChallenge: https://www.thingiverse.com/groups/thedesignchallenge/ in a theme Life Hack
Automatic drainpipe cleaner
Why?
One rainy day I was watching water coming out from a drainpipe. And I thought there's some wasted energy. It would be really cool to somehow use that for something. I kept that in my mind nearly a year until I came up with this idea. Suddenly, everything was clear.
What?
Automatic drainpipe cleaner keeps you drainpipes clear. It works on the rainy weather using the potential energy of the falling water. Note: This is a first prototype and it doesn't work as well as I was hoping. So after seeing it in action for some time I'll determine all the issues occurred and fix them in the next version.
Building the prototype
Besides all the printed parts you will need:
Screws size of M3 with variable lengths between 12mm to 30mm. Tip: Use nyloc nuts where ever possible.
Self-drilling screws
Ball bearings size 10mm x 15mm x 4mm
Some rope long enough (with a diameter of 5mm)
Aluminium pipes size 10mm x 1mm x 2000mm
Some rubber from bicycle inner tube
A house with drainpipes
Building it you just put all the parts together with great amount of imagination and improvisation ;)
Videos and links
See it in action:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QrFTtcoNIA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrghywcuFY
Project pages:https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/00023_AutomaticDrainpipeCleaner/https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/00025_AutomaticDrainpipeCleaner/
My project history and projects in progress: https://donald82.kapsi.fi/Projects/