Canada Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 hmmm. ok The drip line is "rated" at 2 litres per hour per "dripspot" they are spaced at 20 cm, so 3 per meter. That's 6 litres per hour per metre. A 10 km system is 10,000 metre @ 6 litres per hour per metre. That's 60,000 litres per hour, or 1000 litres per minute or roughly 250 gallons per minute. What if I run 3" pipe? Will that flow that much water? Btw...apologies to OP for hijacking his thread. I could start my own thread, but it looked like he had solved his problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) Guess my "edit time" is up. Miscalculation. 5 drippers per metre, not 3.!00,000 litres per hour. 1666 litres per minute. 416 gallons per minute. Yikes. Now am looking at 6" pipe and a pump that'll flow that much water.Right??No. It's 4 drippers per metre. No. It's 5....I'm going to bed. Edited March 26, 2014 by Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Still too much general info and not enough specifics. If you really want assistance you should supply the following I advised earlier and we can get a better idea on the in's and out's. Data needed is a dimensioned lay-out of the system. ) this won't change flow rates but will influence pressure needed Pipe lines sizes also shown on the system lay-out ) Ditto above. Number of drippers on each leg or run of drip line any change in elevation from water supply to the highest point in your system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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