Would this pump create enough pressure to run a lawn sprinkler?
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You would be better served with the Wayne PLS100 irrigation pump. About the same price and for the most part has good reviews. This pump is also listed on Amazon. I agree with Mary Ellen Owensby's comment about the pump probably being too powerful for lawn sprinkling
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Thomas:I am not sure. I have never thought about using the pump to water the lawn. It is a pretty powerful pump. It pulled about 4 ft of water out of my basement crawl space in about 25 minutes. Hope this helps.
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Thomas, sorry I've been away and just read my emails from the past few days. As for your question, I'm not sure how you are thinking of hooking up the pump to the sprinkler, however, I will say this, this pump has a lot of pressure behind it. My guess is, you would bring the 1.25" outlet down to a garden hose, and then to the sprinkler? If that is the case, I would have to say it would to the trick. I hope I helped you out in some way. Roger
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Thomas: I am not sure. I have never thought about using the pump to water the lawn. It is a pretty powerful pump. It pulled about 4 ft of water out of my basement crawl space in about 25 minutes. Hope this helps.
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I tried it with 1/4 inch and there is not enough pressure to go more than a few feet. I wanted to do my raised garden. Spent a lot of time piecing it together and the connectors broke as I was setting it up, then it did not work after the first 3-4 feet. I took it apart, plugged the sprinklers into 1/2 inch and was good go to.
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If the PSI pressure this pump produces is within the rating of your RV you will be fine. I bought this pump to supply water to my deck sink where my RV is parked. It has worked well now for 2 years and my recollection is that the Shurflo that is in my travel trailer looks very similar to it. If you want to be absolutely certain, check the PSI ratings of the pump in comparison to the max rated PSI's of the RV. Curt
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I have 3 zones with 15 heads per zone with regular rain bird nozzles --not water saving--and it works great. Lost of pressure--this is a great pump My lawn sprinkler guy said that you needed a 2 hp with 80+pounds of pressure to make work with large head count.
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I believe you will not be satisfied with this pump in that application. It move a fairly high volume of water a low pressure on an almost level plane, such as from the bilge of a small boat. Pumping 7 feet elevation will really tax its capacity.
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I would say, in my experience no problem. I am pumping up 15 ft before the pump and running with PVC and Garden hose at least 50ft after the pump with 3 Rain Bird sprinkler heads and it works great. As I said in my review, make sure you buy a foot valve and prime both the pipe and the pump to get it started. Also use PVC and not garden hose to pull the water up the vertical haul. I like the pump. It works great for me.
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I was able to pump 13 gallons of water per minute, sufficient for a well designed sprinkler irrigation system. Wayne pumps are also quieter compared to the more expensive pumps. I would strongly recommend a Wayne pump.
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I would expect it to impress you. Our water pressure problem turned out to be 2 pcs of gravel plugging the main spigot to the house, but despite that the pump was able to pull the water through faster and pressurize the mobile home plumbing quite well.
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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.
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Yes. it will take a minute or two to pump up from minimum pressure, but it should be no problem.
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I would say likely as I have mine on a manual backpack sprayer. I have to pump often but can certainly keep the pressure up.
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The pump will work but the hose size is different, so you would have to reduce your hose size. Otherwise it would work.
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Hugh, I'm not sure. You could look at www.sprinklerwarehouse.com and ask that question.
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Probably not as you must hold the "on button" on the pump down for 3 seconds before the pump comes on. Otherwise, the pump is great and I use it to water my garden from three rain barrels I have. Glad to answer any other questions you might have.
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the pressure would be too much on a regular garden hose and most sprinklers would be too weak..you would have to use a commercial sprinkler
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If you need a lot of volume vs pressure it may not. The tank on this compressor is small. I use it to blow out the water lines in our RV. I set the air pressure at about 30PSI.
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I would think so but, have no proof of that. My pump has great pressure but, only pushes up 4 or five feet.