*Right now I am trying to perfect a small irrigation system that is timer triggered. So far I have eliminated a lot of things, but I am getting places.
I started off with your basic goldfish tank water pump, running about $14 and I could run 1/4" tubing directly off of it, problem was that my water container was above the tank, and when the timer kicked on, it would just siphon the water down through the tubing even when the pump kicked off, and it was just barely enough pressure to actually call it a "spray" with the nozzles.
*Secondly, I bought a pump that said it was 58 gph for $14.99 that was on clearance from $24.99. Had to buy some 3/8" hose and an adapter to get the 3/8" hose to attach to the 1/4" hose. Which cost around $6. The hose cost around $0.14 a foot. The nozzles were around $3 for 5 of them. And the risers with the shutoffs were around $2.50. I am currently trying to run 2 of them, the ultimate goal is 3.
*Next I bought a 3 gal bucket, a 100-155 gph pump (which ran me $34) and with straight 3/8" clear tubing I can get significant pressure to the top of the enclosure. However, when I try to adapt the 3/8" to the 1/4" line, it's like the pressure just completely disappears. Once again, I just get a small trickle out of the nozzles.
*Mind you, I have been returning all of the items that dont work, so total I think we are up to about $60 in parts. Not a bad experiment if I can get it to work in the end. Any suggestions or comments or feedback would be greatly appreciated. New to tegus and I am a landscaper, so never figured that building this small of an irrigation system would be this complicated. Like to do things myself though, so here's to entrepreneurship . . . .
I started off with your basic goldfish tank water pump, running about $14 and I could run 1/4" tubing directly off of it, problem was that my water container was above the tank, and when the timer kicked on, it would just siphon the water down through the tubing even when the pump kicked off, and it was just barely enough pressure to actually call it a "spray" with the nozzles.
*Secondly, I bought a pump that said it was 58 gph for $14.99 that was on clearance from $24.99. Had to buy some 3/8" hose and an adapter to get the 3/8" hose to attach to the 1/4" hose. Which cost around $6. The hose cost around $0.14 a foot. The nozzles were around $3 for 5 of them. And the risers with the shutoffs were around $2.50. I am currently trying to run 2 of them, the ultimate goal is 3.
*Next I bought a 3 gal bucket, a 100-155 gph pump (which ran me $34) and with straight 3/8" clear tubing I can get significant pressure to the top of the enclosure. However, when I try to adapt the 3/8" to the 1/4" line, it's like the pressure just completely disappears. Once again, I just get a small trickle out of the nozzles.
*Mind you, I have been returning all of the items that dont work, so total I think we are up to about $60 in parts. Not a bad experiment if I can get it to work in the end. Any suggestions or comments or feedback would be greatly appreciated. New to tegus and I am a landscaper, so never figured that building this small of an irrigation system would be this complicated. Like to do things myself though, so here's to entrepreneurship . . . .
