Best Pumps for Drip Irrigation
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Will it handle suction water from a deep reservoir? Having trouble finding any specs on suction and height capabilities.
rkymtnman
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you'd have to look on danner website for specs. they make alot of different pumps
Thank you !
How deep is deep? Centrifugal pumps have some suction but won't suck air or self prime. Pump needs to be blow water level. Only performace spec i saw was gph.
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Using 55 gallon barrels . They are 4ft deep.
You could run the intake hose through the bung on top but pump has to be below water level and primed.
Jjgrow420
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You can run a bulkhead through a lower part in the tank and thread your pipe or hose to it. Then you won't need such a rise from the pump.
Having a high rise in the pipe will cost your pressure from any pump. You'll also need to find one that's self priming, and priming a 4ft intake hose is prob fairly difficult unless you put a backflow stop in there somewhere but that all seems like alot more work and things that could fail, then just drilling a hole and threading in a bulkhead
Having a high rise in the pipe will cost your pressure from any pump. You'll also need to find one that's self priming, and priming a 4ft intake hose is prob fairly difficult unless you put a backflow stop in there somewhere but that all seems like alot more work and things that could fail, then just drilling a hole and threading in a bulkhead
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rkymtnman
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thats what i was thinking too about putting a spigot or soemthing similar at the bottom. with that much pressure from 55 gals, it "might" prime itself.
breedwheel
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You will be happy if you can go that route. My pump would be flat on the floor even with the barrel and never had an issue with priming. Cheap amazon pump from 2018. It's running my drip lines right now. I just got lucky though and couldn't even begin to recommend one.
Cabrone
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I have been considering switching to top feed drip lines. So far, in hydro, I have only done ebb and flow with pumps in the bottom of a 55 gallon drum.
I am curious what is the advantage of switching to an external pump vs 1 in bottom of the reservoir?
boostedhonda
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Most sump pumps won’t have enough power for a drip system. Best way with an inline pump is to use a bulkhead fitting or uniseal and do a bottom fed reservoir. All fittings are hand tight on reservoir and don’t leak a drop.
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EduardoCorochio
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I’m in the same boat. Has anyone tried piping up a 55 gal drum with 3/4 pvc thus putting nutes in the drum and get a fertitagation type set up? Basically one pipe in and one pipe out , straight into the drip system . I have 60 tomato / pepper plants that I want to experiment on.
MtRainDog
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I have a 20 site drip system in my flower room. 5” ring emitters at each plant connected to standard drip emitters you find at lowes/home depot on the main line. Those standard emitters control the flow rate and you’ll want to calculate how much power you need to drive all of them. You’ll want at least something like an RV pump. I use something a tad beefier than your standard RV pump, but same idea.
These brass quick connects are a life saver too
These brass quick connects are a life saver too
EduardoCorochio
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Ahhh. I was looking at a pump last night that was very similar to it. Like you mentioned , I also believe calculation is imperative. I didn’t make it past basic math in school so I will have to discuss this with my daughter. Lol. Thank you for the input !
pahpah-cee
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this is a 5 gpm self priming inline pump off Amazon. It’s pumping 23 - 2.5gph pressure comped drip rings. The lift is only 2.5FT. I probably could have gotten away with a 3gpm pump.
EduardoCorochio
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That’s interesting. You have two pumps there? I don’t quite understand that.