How many Rain Bird 1gph pressure compensating emitters can you have on a single line? (assuming 15psi from a garden hose)
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Are you talking a 1/2 in line? not just pressure but what volume at the reducer. Both are a factor and so is the straightness of the line. There is no easy answer. I have I run about 25 on a 40 foot 1/2 in and one 90. the runs are fairly straight.
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It depends on how long the line is and the size of the line. Don't you have higher than 15 psi?
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The average hose will carry about 3 gallons per minute - that means that you could conceivably put about 180 1 gph emitters on a hose. But there are other factors involved, such as how long the hose is, how much water you actually have available, etc. Hope this helps and thanks for the question. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to give us a call 208-336-3747
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I really did bad in math in my youth school days (60's). What I can tell you what I have, I have a sprinkler system and a small line about the size of a little finger or a fat pen. It runs about 40-50 feet, Not sure what my PSI is but I plugged in about a dozen emitters and watched how they did. They all seem to be doing fine. I would suggest to put in a few at a time and test the system...you can always add more & if you add too many Amazon sells the plugs you can patch the holes. Good luck.
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Yes the emitter line has holes at 18 inch intervals for plant rows. The rate of drip is just under 1 gallon per hour. It is only on the Brown tubing though. I did find that you can poke in more emitters if your plants are closer together. I added the mini sprinklers to my emitter line and it's working great!
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The unit comes plumbed with 1/2 nps connections. Not sure if your 3/8 lines will deliver the volume required. Our house is plumbed with 1/2" ID copper and the pressure is set at 72 psi. The system works great at our house. Only complaint is we run out of beer while hanging out with mister jets on. Very easy to install. We have both bathrooms with this type of fixture. The mister jets are low volume. The rain fall head is large volume. Hope this helps.
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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.
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The 1/2" flexible polyethylene pipe will give you about 5-6 gallons per minute which works out to about 300 gallons per hour. Add up the amount of water your emitters or sprays or drip line you are using to see if this will deliver enough water.
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Minimum is 25psi maximum is 100psi. Should work fine w/ two sprinklers. As long as you have a standard 3/4' fitting on hour hose should work fine. I use mine with a splitter.
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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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Carmen,If you mean "direct" as to mean a line with 50# to 60# of pressure then I don't really know what you would need. I am quite certain that these waters need low pressure. You could rig up a tank/bucket that has a float valve from a pressurized source then have the your pipe plumbed from that tank. FYI-A five gallon bucket of water will water 4-5 chickens for about a week. Wish I had a better solution for you.
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Try DripWorks in Willits, CA they have low pressure systems which you can buy by the foot. They are also very willing to give advice. (Sorry but Amazon will not allow me to post a link for you but if you type the name as given and add dot com you will get there) The Miracle Grow soaker probably will not work since it needs at least 25 psi to establish flow.
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It depends on how you set it up. I have mine hooked up to a splitter ... There are three channels and I can water 1/3 of the garden at a time which helps with water pressure. But you need to purchase that separately.
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Depends on what you're doing with it. I use my Wayne PLS100 to pump water out of four connected rain barrels up to my back yard (probably about 15 feet vertical and about 50 yards horizontal). Does a great job. I use 1" schedule 40 PVC pipe. You need 1" male NPT adapters for your pvc pipe to screw into the female inlet and outlet of this pump. Use rigid pipe on the intake, as recommended by specs, as the pump is quite powerful and will collapse a flexible intake hose. I don't know why they call this pump portable. It seems more suited to a permanent installation (like mine). Still works after 4 years, but of course, I drain it when it gets cold, and I make sure it's primed before running it. I used a foot valve on the intake (which is inserted into 1 of four connected rain barrels), which ensures the pump is always primed. I highly recommend a foot valve for the intake. If you're using 1" pvc, you would need another 1" male npt thread adapter, as most foot valves have female npt thread. On the output I simply have two 3/4" hose bib connectors for 1" pvc pipe, and I use standard hose bibs for connecting up to two garden hoses. I hope this helps.
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I used "Raindrip 052010P 1/2-Inch-by-100-Foot Poly Hose" to run lines around my garden. It worked great, and i couldn't beat the price of 10 bucks. Pex would probably last alot longer though if I was more certain of the long term lay out.
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I wouldn't recommend doing that. I bought the 1/2 inch diameter version for transporting the water to various areas of my garden. I then punch a hole for a 1/4 feed at locations where I want drip irrigation. You won't have enough water flow for multiple locations if your main transport line is only 1/4 inch.
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Capacity. . . . . . . . . . 50' of 3/8" I.D. hose Fittings - Inlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/4" NPT Fittings - Outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/4" NPT Maximum Working Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 psi
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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.
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You can download the installation & owners manuals on Rain Bird's website to verify that it will work in your situation. What I can offer is that there is a single wire hook-up for a Master Valve or pump start relay.
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I'm not sure what the max rate is - but its a lot - wide open is essentially just allowing the tube to flow freely - not sure why you'd need an emitter if you want that much water - just poke holes in the supply tube... My frustration is at the other end of the range - I wish they could provide an even slower drip.