water issues

[macchicken]

anyone know what to do with drippers that keep dripping (empties five gallon bucket ) bought them at longhorns in buxton ,,the orange ones ,,, made a nice home made heater for it ,but cannot stop drippers from continuing to drip ,,,, did i buy cheap drippers maybe ,,,, please help ---thanx in advance

 

[fried green eggs]

Are these drippers the nipples on the bottom of the bucket?

 

[macchicken]

ya they are about two inches up from the bottom of a five gallon bucket sometimes they work fine other times they just keep dripping until the bucket is empty ..... i work all week so i was hoping to use the five gal. bkt so it would last a few days with a homemade heater under it ,,,the heater works great but the nipples seem kinda undependable