will this pump work with a soaker hose system? The back pressure concerns me and was wondering if this pump will work
290314
We use a regular 1/2" hose and have good pressure. I use the "shower" setting for watering plants and have no problems with pressure. I haven't used the "jet or center" settings for a stronger spray. I have used soaker hoses before and don't think there would be a issue. Try it and see.
290315
No...the pump worked for 10 minutes. .then died....waste of money...too late to get refund.Dont buy
290316
I bought a different pump unit with same volume. I tried normal soaker hoses and it took the pump forever to empty a100 gallon rain barrel. I purchased a large 1" diameter soaker hose and it works fine. If you go smaller diameter, yes the back pressure is there and the pump just can't overcome it.
290317
That's what I bought it for, and it didn't. However, I think if my barrel were on a stand or just higher off the ground, it would have. I just ran out of patience.
290318
Not well. I hoped to use it with a soaker but was disappointed. I did use it with a normal hose to transfer water fromone barrel to another and it worked ok in that task.
290319
I do not believe this pump will build enough working pressure to force a significant amount of water through a soaker hose.
1960411
Yes it should work okay. Just make sure your hose attatchments are pointed in the right direction.
2054124
I have this and love it! Haven't used it with a soaker hose, but think it would be fine. I do use it with a spray nozzle, no problems.
1329548
I attached my own hose to the one it came with, works no problem. However, it does not work with a nozzle, not enough pressure.
1770169
The pump will work but the hose size is different, so you would have to reduce your hose size. Otherwise it would work.
1388140
Yes it will. I have a 1/2 hp 10 gpm submersible pump set to 50- 75psi. My well is for lawn irrigation and water trough for cattle. I have done this for years. A pump technician had suggested this to me to solve a "short cycling " problem. We regularly would hand water with one hose going and the pump was cutting off and on very frequently. I turned up pressure till the pump would run constantly with one hose only in operation. I also Highly recommend the low pressure cut off feature as this can save your pump if you run out of water.
1253247
You could but several issues must be addressed. First the diameter of the diverter nozzle is larger than most hoses so some accommodation is necessary to hook things up. Second the amount of pressure (force) the water needs to exit the soaker will be limited by the head of water from the diverter to the garden soaker. The system does allow for any excess water to go down the drainpipe.
1226201
I only run my soaker hoses for one hour exactly. For one corner I have buried the hose about three inches. The rest of the house is still in the works. (too lazy to dig) I have noticed that some of the doors have stopped sticking. These hoses work with small amounts of pressure.
99120
Yes it does work with exsisting hoses. The only thing is you may néed to modify your intake and exhaust pipes because those are not in the same place on this unit as the old unit but that is just PVC pipe so it's not difficult or expensive to modify
687893
It should, but remember it is a air tight system.you have to be sure all of the air is out when you fill the hose and let out the air in the valve on pump.once all air is out it will work.have a clean filter as well.
264864
Probably not because it looks like the flojet kit has a threaded output to connect to a garden hose. This is the pump that comes with the Clean Dump system. It outlet is barbed for a hose to slip over and be clamped.
1466821
Not sure but this hose was hard to move around. If you keep it in the same area permanently, it will be fine. I prefer the old fashioned soakers that are light weight and green vinyl. It is a very efficient use of water, when you do not have auto sprinkilers.
977992
Not sure George but when running at full pressure the hose is pretty stiff. This thing has plenty of power and would do a great job but not sure if the hose would handle that type of work. Maybe you should contact Simpson and see if they make a kit for that or can steer you in the right direction. Bob
2203101
Garden hoses and outdoor hose bibs (faucets) have the same size connections so Yes, it would work just fine for attaching two soaker hoses to another hose.
1129610
It will work to some extent,although this is a very strong pump it still does not generate the pressure that you would get from your regular water spigot on the side or rear of your house.I never tried the pump before to operate a lawn sprinkler so just as an experiment I did.As I said, it did work but the sprinkler worked at about 1/2 to 2/3rds the pressure of your regular spigot So for a smaller area it worked fine but the coverage was not there for a larger area or lawn .You would just have to re-position your sprinkler several more times than the traditional set-up with your house spigot.
131807
I would think so, mine is connected to a hose, then the faucet. There just needs to be pressure in the line. I wanted to run mine off my rain barrel, doesn't work. There needs to be some water pressure, to get the soaker hose to work.
1126899
no for the most part, for two reasons. 1 it doesn't have a built in check valve so you would need one. when the pump shuts off the water left in the hose will flow back down again.2 it has little to no pressure behind it so it cant lift water up more then 24" high before it stops pumping water. if you can set it up to work within those parameters I mentioned and supply 12 volts DC to power it, then yes it would work but it isn't a very big pump so you should look at something in the 2000-3500 gph range.