Results 1 to 10 of 91
Threaded View
-
10-24-2005, 08:15 AM #11OPSenior Member
The "Madman goes Aero" building thread
1. ...put the sprinkler couplings/lines/heads on the manifold :smokin:
2. screw on 1/4 inch line nipples...
3. Lines attached...we put a T here; This allows us to expand system or to add a watering station on end...we have already drilled a 1/4 inch hole and slipped 1/4' hose thru hole...
4. barbed sprinkler heads attached to 1/4' hose.
5. System complete..., Or is it
OK, I need to stop here...Houston, We have a problem
)
Well, I knew I had a lot of power from this 600gph, 1/2hp external pump, but
I did not know how that would effect my system...
When I primed pump and turned it all on, it took 20-30 seconds to pump up pressurand then wwweeeeee... water pumping, misting everywhere, and the hhissssssssssss of fine jet misting
Then came the pulsating wine of the pump struggling...I let it run for about a minute and it sounded like it was having a brown-out...
...Well, I shut it off. It turns out; the sprinklers didn't allow enough flow to properly relieve pressure off the feed lines and bogged the pump motor down.
I had about 10 hours of work/redesign/and :stoned: :stoned: by this time and I was ready to give up; Then it HIT ME...I pulled 2 sprinkler heads off the lines, cranked up the pump and let those 2 lines run wide-ass open...
I mean J-Lo ass open. This worked, I was whipped
and went to bed
Advertisements
Similar Threads
-
JOURNAL OF A MADMAN
By TheGreenFog in forum Grow LogReplies: 875Last Post: 07-18-2007, 12:01 AM -
Madman 24 site aero-cloner/4 rotary sprinkler heads/256gph
By latewood in forum HydroponicsReplies: 37Last Post: 12-05-2006, 05:37 AM -
Madman 24 site aero-cloner/4 rotary sprinkler heads/256gph
By latewood in forum HydroponicsReplies: 1Last Post: 01-28-2006, 07:36 AM -
JOURNAL OF A MADMAN
By in forum Indoor GrowingReplies: 0Last Post: 01-01-1970, 12:00 AM