Will this pump work well enough with this soaker hose from a barrel?http://amzn.com/B00F0R6WLE
1660658
Yes. I have the pump in lower of two off-set rain barrels, pumping water into main line that splits for 2 soakers hoses 30 feet long in garden
1660659
Not sure. Our soaker hose was hooked up on the bottom drain of the rain barrel. Our pump went on another barrel with a little hand held water hose & it worked great for that. Hope this helps.
1660660
It didn't work for me. That was my original plan but it didn't work. So, I used it for transferring water between barrels.
1660661
In my experience, the pump should work fine with a soaker hose or a drip feed watering system. I have had good luck using it with a watering wand, although the flow rate is not as great as one is used to using city water pressure.
1660662
We don't use a soaker hose, but I will say the pressure should be enough. There is a dial on the pump that you can turn to make the pressure higher or lower...make sure you adjust this for your needs. We used a smaller diameter garden hose (1/2") and it worked better than a higher diameter (1"). The soaker hose has a small, flat area so it should be fine.
1253249
Well, sure, tho not necessarily "easily", but only because of the challenge in connecting the soaker hose... The big white plastic drain hose from the Oatey is rather large, and not a particularly standard size, so it's a little tricky to connect it to something exact like a water hose connector. I had some good luck with some assorted PVC plugs/connectors and elbows (sorry, I forget what diameters/sizes...) to route water "around the corner" into one of my rain barrels. With some tie-downs it's staying connected quite nicely and seals well. You might be able to do something similar to connect up to a regular water hose - you might even get "lucky" and just be able to screw a female-to-female threaded water hose end inside the soft white plastic Oakey hose. Hope this helps! Home Depot or Lowes is your friend here. A little "home engineering" creativity and you should be fine - it doesn't have to be a perfect seal, you're gonna be routing into a leaky soaker hose anyway, lol... :) Good Luck! Jeeeeem
1013652
I think it would. The adapter for the end of the hose is weighted and designed to draw water from the bottom of what you're pumping out of. That being said I've never actually tried it but in theory it should work.
2084498
Yes, that will work. Be mindful that you don't try to run it through 3/4 for more than a few feet though. It's a great little pump!
2068790
Yes, it will work with a constant water supply from a hose. Just don't let it run dry.
34316
I imagine that it would......so long as you drill the proper size hole. I attached mine to a hard plastic 55 gallon barrel and it works perfectly.
1307601
I have wondered the same thing... I'm sure the answer "yes" but make sure you measure it or take a piece with you to compare - to make sure when you order. Maybe ask the people at Garden Supply what the size of the soaker hose is. Sorry I'm not more exact.
1615099
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.
923976
This is a great little pump. The specs are accurate as far as I can tell. It has a 3/8" male barbed hose fitting at the discharge, so you'd need an adapter to get it to fit your 1/2" system depending on what type fitting you have on your drip line. If it's a regular female garden hose fitting you'd need a short piece of 3/8" tubing and a 3/8" male barbed x male garden hose adapter. You'll need some 3/8" hose anyway for the intake side of the pump.
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.
990813
Yes it will work great. You will need a female foster fitting adapter to end of the hose that comes with the pump. Unless it states it comes with one. Pumps easy up to 2000 psi then it's work after that. But it is one of the best pumps available for pcp airguns.
1229860
i threw mine out and bought a wayne electric pump for less then $50 . i use it in my rain barrels the cord on the motor reaches well out side of the barrels for disconnecting, however i picked up a remote controlwhich makes it very safe handling. i had up to a 100 foot hose connected to this pump for watering.
2196434
NO it should work nicely, this is an awesome pump, our pond is about the same and it works great!
1935378
Yes, vertically plan on about 24 inches in a 1/4 inch pipe. Horizontally, it will probably make it about 10 or 20 ft. Don't plan on a lot of flow or pressure though. The pump actually sits in the water, so you will need a small section of flexible tubing to hook it up. There is no float switch so you need to keep an eye on it so it doesn't run dry. It might work for a rain barrel pump, but I haven't used it that way yet.
800093
I had problems with it hooked to the faucet, tried to use the manifold layout and one oversoaked while the other side dribbled. Not sure how you would make out with the barrel, it would probably depend a lot on the distribution and length of the layout. I doubt there will be enough pressure to evenly soak, especially toward the end of the run, but that's a guess.
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.
259525
Negative. This is a manual pump with it's own hose attached (about 48") that you would then use to transfer water from your storage barrel to a bucket or watering can. It is set up to fit most storage barrels with threaded bung holes in the fixed top rather than barrels with removable tops. (though, many removable barrel lids have threaded bung holes, also.)