Help! Just Wasted Money on a Chiller for Nothing!

The WaterFarm rings that I use in Flower have a T on them. The 1/2" tubing slips right over it.

In the veg room I made my own rings with 1/4" tubing and Ts. Just poked holes in the bottom of the rings. The 1/4" Ts have a little point on them and you can just shove the T right into the soft 1/2" tubing.

and that wont create too much drippage?

since i only run them 15 minutes every 4 hours would that still work for me? i think running something like that 24/7 would be wayy too much water for the young ones.