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I harvest rainwater in a four hundred liter ( 90 US Gallon) container that has a drop of about a foot to where I want to add the water. It would save me some time if I could program a timer to turn on every day for five or ten minutes. What should I look for?

I cannot supply an electrical outlet and the timer will be over wintered inside so there is no risk of freezing.

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I came across this video, the timer there may be of interest: youtube.com/watch?v=LHh_RDw8tsM – bstpierre Jul 22 '12 at 13:14
Thanks! That was relevant, now all I have to fix are leaky taps. – kevinsky Jul 23 '12 at 13:53
Did you use that timer, and is it working out ok? I'm looking for a similar solution -- just got a 1000L IBC tote hooked up, with a ~2m drop to the garden. – bstpierre Sep 4 '12 at 19:40
I ended up with the Claber timer from Italy seen here: leevalley.com/en/garden/… Expensive but reliable and works on almost no water pressure at all up to tap pressure. – kevinsky Sep 4 '12 at 20:23

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