Would this work on a rain water collection system? I have a 1" connection from the downspout diverter to the barrel. No pump.
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Without a pump I don't know if there would be enough flow to create centrifugal force resulting in your filter becoming pluged more frequently from debris not spinning to the outside and falling to the bottom
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Any drip system should be connected to the water main via a pressure reducer (available in the same department by various manufacturers like Rainbird). Attachments to the 1/2" tubing are done by poking an 1/8" hole with a simple hand tool (punch) available for this purpose, same department. Now you can attach these drippers directly or via 1/4" OD plastic hose and appropriate adapters (again, look around in the department for dripping systems and parts).
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You could, but there probably wouldn't be enough pressure to let the hose work properly. However filling a rain barrel and attaching a soaker to the bottom of the rain barrel should provide enough pressure.
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Yes, I think this would work for your application. This not a float activated pump and requires at least 1/2" water to run. It's best if you have a way to turn on and off as once plugged in it will check for high water level every few minutes, if water is high it pumps until lower than 1/2" at pump.
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We haven't put a second barrell yet, but there is an area where another pipe can go into a second barrell. My understanding is that the tanks will fill up, then the diverter will spill the excess back into the gutter downspout. At least that is how it should work.
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Yes, but if you do, the diverter will not work for the overflow. Water will go into the barrel but once the barrel fills the water will not go back to the downspout as overflow.
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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.
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The rain diverter kits are designed for 2x3" and 3x4" gutter downspouts. The first number is the depth and the second number is the width. If your downspouts are of either size the diverter will work. Hardest thing to do was to cut the downspout to install the diverter. I hope this helps??
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I have one ½ inch (none drip) tube running from the tap around the garden (more than 100 ft) and I have connected few of these drip lines into that. It works fine. But I have not tried connecting ¼ inch to 1/4 inch. But if you have enough water pressure, this should works.
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Great that your school is saving the water!! Yes, it would work, the down spout is how you would collect the water that it usually wasted. Not sure how you would get it filled, but the water barrel would hold and drain as needed for you. margi Gardner
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we purchased the Y connector. We connected our barrel to one and our regular downspout, which goes out on the ground,to the other one. My husband connected it all and had no problems at all. By using the Y connector, we are able to send the water off the roof down on the ground once our barrel got full! There is a switch on the Y which changes the direction of the water to where you want it to go.
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I am not sure but I would think that it would NOT get the necessary amount of feed water to operate properly. I would not take the chance of it running out of water and ruining the pump.
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I believe not. The pump must get its water from a water barrel or similar non-pressured water supply. Hooking to a hose would not work.
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Both attachments that are provided with the rain barrel are designed for rectangular downspouts. I don't know how adjustments could be made for your situation.
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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.
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I don't think that would work since this system just fit my regular size downspout. You might try a reducer on your downspout to bring it to the 2X3 size then attach it to the reducer. Be sure and read the instructions Oatey Rainwater collestion system carefully carefully to cut the downspout in the correct place.
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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.