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Set Up a Foot Pump on a Sink - PEP BB plumbing.sand.footpump

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Plumbing.

In this Badge Bit, you will set up a foot pump on a sink. (Note that this BB is part of a 1-part choose your own adventure list BB called the Big List. You must complete one Badge Bit in the Big List.)


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Some related articles (I had trouble finding exactly articles on foot pedals for sinks, but I think these will help *crosses fingers*)
  - Creating a Field Sink
  - DIY Van Plumbing Made Easy
  - Installing a Camper Van Water System

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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - set up a sink with a foot pump

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - a before picture of the sink without a foot pump
   - a halfway picture through the installation of the foot pump
   - an action shot of the foot pump sink working
   - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this
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I sure like the field sink example in the BB. So I made it! I love the idea that I can have a sink anywhere I want, if I have the right bucket of stuff, and my brain.

I already had the bubble pump, tubing, and vessels. The hardest part was figuring out which were the correct pvc fittings to both make the right shape and fit on the tubing.
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Dave Burton wrote:To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
 - set up a sink with a foot pump

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - a before picture of the sink without a foot pump
   - a halfway picture through the installation of the foot pump
   - an action shot of the foot pump sink working
   - OR a 2-minute video of you doing this



Wow, this was a big one! I recycled a sink cabinet (plus sink and faucet) that I saved from a past renovation. I watched a few youtube videos and purchased parts. Hooking up the foot pump wasn't a big deal but figuring out where/how to mount the foot pump to resist the load and structurally reinforce the cabinet took the most work. I took a "halfway" photo but a few more hours into it I took a new "halfway" photo... it seemed that the halfway point kept changing as scope creep occurred.

I'm thrilled to now have a manual sink to bring to my friend's off-grid farm to enhance the sanitation.
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