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Water Does water maintain equal level and physicsin connected vessels?

I am in the process of buildingConsider a rainwater collection system and I want to know if the water will flow like I am thinking it will.

The diagram of what I have in mind looks like thisas illustrated below:

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I haveThere are two 55 gallon barrels which I planused to use as holding tanksstore water coming down the gutter. These These barrels are connected together on the bottom to maintain equal water level between the two barrelsthem. They will be They are fed by a 4" vertical pipe feeding intoconnected to a 2" horizontal pipe.

My question is: whenWhen the 4" dia. vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels, but will. Will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe? In In other words -: is $h_1 = h_2$ in mythe diagram? I I think it should be so, but I am not sure of theso if it is true what physical principle is at work to keep the levels equal when the diameter of the barrel is different than the diameter of the pipe.?

Water level and physics

I am in the process of building a rainwater collection system and I want to know if the water will flow like I am thinking it will.

The diagram of what I have in mind looks like this:

enter image description here

I have two 55 gallon barrels which I plan to use as holding tanks. These are connected together on the bottom to maintain level between the two barrels. They will be fed by a 4" vertical pipe feeding into a 2" horizontal pipe.

My question is: when the 4" dia. vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels, but will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe? In other words - is $h_1 = h_2$ in my diagram? I think it should be so, but I am not sure of the physical principle when the diameter of the barrel is different than the diameter of the pipe.

Does water maintain equal level in connected vessels?

Consider a system as illustrated below:

enter image description here

There are two 55 gallon barrels used to store water coming down the gutter. These barrels are connected together on the bottom to maintain equal water level between them. They are fed by a 4" vertical pipe connected to a 2" horizontal pipe.

When the 4" vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels. Will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe? In other words: is $h_1 = h_2$ in the diagram? I think it should be so, so if it is true what physical principle is at work to keep the levels equal when the diameter of the barrel is different than the diameter of the pipe?

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I have a question. I am in the process of building a rainwater collection system and I want to know if the water will flow like I am thinking it will.

The diagram of what I have (2)in mind looks like this:

enter image description here

I have two 55 gallon barrels located in my garage which I plan to use as holding tanks. These are connected together on the bottom to maintain level between the two barrels. They are on blocks at floor level. I located them inside for 4 reasons. 1) out of the sunlight to cut down on algae growth, 2) close in proximity to other components of the system, 3) to mitigate freezing concerns (I live in VA.), and 4) for visual reasons (my longest gutter is on the front of the house and I didn't want 2 barrels in the front yard)

Now, I am thinking of usingwill be fed by a 4" diameter PVC collection pipe in place of the down pipe at the gutter drop, with a 2" PVC pipe serving as the feedvertical pipe to the bottom of the barrels. So I will in effect havefeeding into a 2" horizontal pipe (approx. 18' long, running at ground level) with a 4" vertical pipe at one end (approx 5' tall) and (2) 55 gallon barrels at the other end. 

My question is: when the 4" dia. vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels, but will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe?

To get a visual on this, imagine a local collection reservoir at the gutter In other words (the 4" dia vertical pipe) and a remote storage location- is (the barrels approx. 18' away) connected together with 2" pipe at$h_1 = h_2$ in my diagram? I think it should be so, but I am not sure of the bottom. Asphysical principle when the vertical pipe fills up, willdiameter of the water level inbarrel is different than the barrels rise atdiameter of the same level? Thank youpipe.

I have a question. I am in the process of building a rainwater collection system and I want to know if the water will flow like I am thinking it will.

I have (2) 55 gallon barrels located in my garage which I plan to use as holding tanks. These are connected together on the bottom to maintain level between the two barrels. They are on blocks at floor level. I located them inside for 4 reasons. 1) out of the sunlight to cut down on algae growth, 2) close in proximity to other components of the system, 3) to mitigate freezing concerns (I live in VA.), and 4) for visual reasons (my longest gutter is on the front of the house and I didn't want 2 barrels in the front yard)

Now, I am thinking of using a 4" diameter PVC collection pipe in place of the down pipe at the gutter drop, with a 2" PVC pipe serving as the feed pipe to the bottom of the barrels. So I will in effect have a 2" horizontal pipe (approx. 18' long, running at ground level) with a 4" vertical pipe at one end (approx 5' tall) and (2) 55 gallon barrels at the other end. My question is: when the 4" dia. vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels, but will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe?

To get a visual on this, imagine a local collection reservoir at the gutter (the 4" dia vertical pipe) and a remote storage location (the barrels approx. 18' away) connected together with 2" pipe at the bottom. As the vertical pipe fills up, will the water level in the barrels rise at the same level? Thank you

I am in the process of building a rainwater collection system and I want to know if the water will flow like I am thinking it will.

The diagram of what I have in mind looks like this:

enter image description here

I have two 55 gallon barrels which I plan to use as holding tanks. These are connected together on the bottom to maintain level between the two barrels. They will be fed by a 4" vertical pipe feeding into a 2" horizontal pipe. 

My question is: when the 4" dia. vertical pipe on one end fills with water, the water will run into the horizontal pipe and begin to fill the barrels, but will the barrels maintain the same level as in the 4" dia. vertical pipe, assuming input flow rate isn't too much to overwhelm the 2" horizontal pipe? In other words - is $h_1 = h_2$ in my diagram? I think it should be so, but I am not sure of the physical principle when the diameter of the barrel is different than the diameter of the pipe.

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