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Automatic irrigation
Rabidrejectstarted grow question 5y ago
I bought a dustbin with a lid as bought a water pump, tubing, 4mm connectors and 4mm plastic sprayers that are meant to be controllable by screwing a lid.
Itâs not all 4mm tubing. The flow is so weak and I canât figure out why. The pump has a big enough flow. What a let down :(
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tribe4tixanswered grow question 5y ago
die schlĂ€uche dĂŒrfen keine windungen nach unten oder oben haben. die pumpe ist sicher nicht stark genug um zb. 50cm unter den tröpfern das wasser raufzusaugen... stellst du den wassertank jedoch höhenmĂ€Ăig ĂŒber die tröpfer in den töpfen wirst du feststellen, dass der wassertank, auch wenn die pumpe aus ist, kompett leergesaugt wird (saughebereffekt) - kann man mit einem rĂŒckschlagventil jedoch verhindern. Alternative: wasserspiegel im tank ist auf ca. der der tröpfer und du nutzt direkt an der oberflĂ€che einen T-Splitter, der ca an der waseroberflĂ€che des tanks platziert ist und #1 schlauch zu den tröpfern, #2 schlauch ganz kurz halten und in den tank zurĂŒckrinnen lassen (verhindert dann den saughebereffekt ganz sicher). Weitere Alternative: Pumpe kaufen, die auch tatsĂ€chlich die pumpe mechanisch schlieĂt - somit kann kein wasser mehr nachlaufen...
hatte genau das selbe problem und habe es dann so gelöst
kijanianswered grow question 5y ago
bummer ....
my 5cents ...
maybe you have an airlock ... try bleeding the air from the line - open the furthest end and let the liquid flow out freely. then plug it and try again.
depending on the scale .. you may need an air relief valve ....
also, try rigging it with a manifold without the nozzles and see if it is any better ... then you can just adjust (reduce) the irrigation time
good luck
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Southofheavenanswered grow question 5y ago
The tube diameter sounds fine, is the pump connected to constant pressure? Or is it a submersible pump? Is there any one way valves in the plumbing? I know with submersible pumps wont pump well if its getting air
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Rabidrejectanswered grow question 5y ago
I will post a picture of all of it now itâs not connected when Iâm next there on Monday. Especially the pump
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