Can this be used with an open barrel system. I have a barrel that is made to accept the downspout directly. Is there any benefit to using a diverter
519755
Yes, it can be used with an open barrel but you have to attach the hose below the opening of the barrel. I prefer having a diverter because once the water level goes above the level of the hose it than goes back to coming out of your gutter lines. As opposed to just having overflow spill out of your barrel and flood your yard.
881860
Not to worry...any excess will come out the top causing no harm. The barrel will be filled. You could connect to a second barrel.
1624030
Yes you can, but you would have to move the barrel according to how hard the rain was coming down. I have 3 of these rain barrels all at the corners of my home with down spouts, but in front of my house I don't have gutters and I just use a large storage tub to catch the water - although the barrels are much more attractive and functional because of the house and spout. I live in Las Vegas, and these barrels were one of the best purchases I have made to help conserve water in a very dry region. Good luck, and keep up the conservation.
1701408
According to RainReserve's website, yes. It looks like the new diverters use an adapter for 2 x 3 downspouts, and the 4 x 3 downspouts are attached directly. Mine is several years old now and took 2 x 3's directly. Go here, see Section 3: http://rainreserve.com/RainReserve_manual.pdf
1064253
We used an elbow, cut an opening in the black screen to fit the end and ran it directly into the rain barrel. Because we live in an area that experiences winter we empty our barrell in the Fall and store it until Spring. We then redirect the downspout to its normal flow. Works Great.
1863087
It overflows. You can obtain a diverter that lets the water flow out the down spout of the guttering system when the barrel gets full.
1613241
To be as honest as I can I would not use it I used it on mine and it flew off killing my barrel. But with that being said Amazon was very good to me gave me a refund and paid for the barrel fix. So if you think it will work then try it. But if it was me I would probably have to past on it.
399458
I believe you could do that but the barrell will overflow unless you have a very tightly sealed lid. Don't know where the water would go after it is full. I presume it would probably fill up the supply line up to the diverter and then back out the downspout.
2246193
i dont think so, the diverter switch keeps water from coming out of the mounted head, and the switch on the hand held just closes the flow on the hand held itself...
2016335
I dont know. This works great for break barrel guns where you have direct access to the barrell.
399457
Yes. The instructions presume that the position of the DiverterPro sets the "high water mark" for the rain barrel(s). If installed per the instruction, the excess water (after the barrels are filled) will run down the down spout.I considered installing mine at a point above the lids of my used food barrels. But, then I added weep holes to ensure that water would not stand on the barrel lids. To ensure that excess water would not well up out of the barrels and puddle by the house foundation, I placed the DiverterPro so that the centerline of he exit nozzel was below the lid of food barrels.Summarily, yes it can work. Be sure you consider where the excess water will go when the barrel(s) fill. Yes. The instructions presume that the position of the DiverterPro sets the "high water mark" for the rain barrel(s). If installed per the instruction, the excess water (after the barrels are filled) will run down the down spout.I considered installing mine at a point above the lids of my used food barrels. But, then I added weep holes to ensure that water would not stand on the barrel lids. To ensure that excess water would not well up out of the barrels and puddle by the house foundation, I placed the DiverterPro so that the centerline of he exit nozzel was below the lid... » Read More Yes. The instructions presume that the position of the DiverterPro sets the "high water mark" for the rain barrel(s). If installed per the instruction, the excess water (after the barrels are filled) will run down the down spout.I considered installing mine at a point above the lids of my used food barrels. But, then I added weep holes to ensure that water would not stand on the barrel lids. To ensure that excess water would not well up out of the barrels and puddle by the house foundation, I placed the DiverterPro so that the centerline of he exit nozzel was below the lid of food barrels.Summarily, yes it can work. Be sure you consider where the excess water will go when the barrel(s) fill. « Show Less
1220795
Yes and no is my answer. It will not work good from a gravity system from rain barrel. It will work depending on the drop. Even from a hose attached to the house with a well pressure tank and a long run, I had to use a booster pump to get the water moving outward with a-lot of flow. this stuff is commercial grade. buy it when available.
1906754
There is a diverter inside the unit. It diverts the water into the barrel. Most goes into the barrel and only a small amount continues down the downspout. When the barrel is full the water backs up into the unit and goes down the downspout. I have two of these and they work great.
56524
The vertical downspout must be cut completely in half about 1/2" minimum above the height of the rain barrel or where the filler hose from the downspout to the rain barrel will enter the rain barrel. Some rain barrels fill from the top, and others from somewhere on the side of the barrel. I cut my downspout about 4 1/2" above the barrel to make room for the downspout diverter to fit above the height of the barrel since my barrel fills both ways and I wasn't sure if I wanted to fill from the top or side. Then you cut an equal amount ( or what is needed to refit the lower part of the downspout) off the lower downspout you had cut off to attach to the bottom of the diverter, so the excess water can run past the diverter when the barrel is full so the water will drain out into the yard as before the diverter was installed. Without the second cut the lower downspout will drag the ground when you try to reinstall the lower downspout unless the opening was way off the ground originally. If the upper cut is too low, the water won't run uphill to fill the rain barrel and the water will all run down the downspout as if the diverter wasn't there. I guess you can't make it too high unless it's so high the hose won't reach the opening in the barrel. In all, I cut a section of about 8 1/2" out of the original downspout to make room for the diverter and it's about four inches above my rain barrel. I didn't need to use the adapters that come with the diverter kit, but that could add as much as 3 inches to the length of the diverter once completed so assemble the diverter the way it's going to be installed in the downspout and measure. That will be the minimum amount you need to cut out of the existing downspout to make it fit. As long as it's about the filler in the rain barrel but will still reach, it will work just fine. Hope this helps.
2062580
Yes you can by way of the diverter valve but the water pressure will be low trying to use both.
2201997
Fiskars 58 GallonSalsa Rain Barrel System with Diverter (Discontinued by Manufacturer)This is the barrel I have. Thanks in advance for any input you may have.
1906755
Most of the water will, but that's the way it's designed. Have You ever notice how much water comes down a gutter spout during a full rain? It's a huge quantity. I have two 50 gallon water drums on just one downspout, and in one rainfall it filled both barrels easily. The design of the diverter, has an inside water catch, allowing the majority of water to go down the gutter, the remaining into the barrels. Simply put, it works perfectly, and it's inexpensive.