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It should be reasonably easy if you follow the guidelines in this document and google around a bit more. One of the real upsides of drip is that it's really pre
by jcrawfordor 9y ago
It should be reasonably easy if you follow the guidelines in this document and google around a bit more. One of the real upsides of drip is that it's really pretty tolerant to pressure issues - just use large enough tubing/short enough runs to keep your pressure loss under control and do some rough mental-math estimates of the zone pressure and flow rate.
The one area where I feel like irrigation goes beyond my comfort zone (as someone who has only laid out irrigation like twice) is if you're working off of a well, since irrigation with a flow rate that matches the well poorly can cause the pump to cycle excessively and burn it out faster. But if you're on city water that's really a zero concern.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoAccumulators work well to reduce pump cycling. Have you looked in to whether a hydraulic accumulator would suit this purpose?
- jcrawfordor 9y agoWells are always equipped with a pressure tank (which is an accumulator), but the capacity is pretty small. To prevent excessive pump cycling with irrigation you would need a rather large tank since you'd want it to run irrigation for at least minutes at a time - I think this is beyond what's practical with a pressure tank, so that you'd have to go to a small water tower. I'm not sure though, it's an interesting idea.