Harbor Freight Sprinkler Pump From Rain Barrel in Action!
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- I use this sprinkler pump I got from Harbor Freight for the first time. Stay tune my full thoughts on the pump coming soon.
Very similar pump on Amazon! amzn.to/2LfwDJt
I like how you use a transparent hose for a level indicator, and your yard is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
I have a similar pump set up, but I’m connected to a 275G IBC tote. Couple of suggestions. I use the same intake hose, but only about 18”. I also use a 3/4” discharge hose, much better flow and not as hard on the pump
I have that same pump connected to my 3 330 IBC totes which receives water from 1/2 my roof, and it drives my sprinkler very well. The prob is that we do not have enough rain to keep the water level in the totes. So, I'm digging a shallow well this weekend to keep the totes full (unless I can get enough water flow from the well, then I'll go straight to the lawn).
Great solution using clear tubing for the rain barrel gauge. Thanks!
Hello from ON, Canada! I purchased an irrigation pump you listed in the video description and a rain barrel from my city landfill for a good price! I referred your video and decided to go for it! Thank you!! I am excited to get mine started soon!
Good luck to you!
@@jpulley Quick question.. I'm new to this. I'm trying to find a braided vinyl tubing for the pump intake connecting to the rain barrel spigot. I'm not sure of the diameters that would work ok with the pump. Home Depot (Canada) - "3/4 Inch Inside Diameter X 1 Inch Outside Diameter" or "1/2 Inch Inside Diameter X 3/4 Inch Outside Diameter "... which would be good ?? Thank you.
LoL that's a lot of pump for that lil lawn sprinkler.
Do a video on how you built that awesome rainwater collection barrel! Very 😎 cool 👍
Yeah, its not the most detailed but here it is: ruclips.net/video/TefMcjoJsfg/видео.html
You should nix that lawn and plant food ALL OVER that yard. You could have food for days with all that space!
This is considered to be a pretty average to almost small lawn in the Midwest. I would probably have the HOA on my ass if I started planting crops.
jpulley really? Even in the backyard? That is amazing in the times we are going through right now. I hear tell there is going to be a nationwide truckers strike in the near future. There will be nothing left in the supermarkets! And they need to be flexible. Anyway, the lawn is beautiful. Good luck with it! And Be safe.
@@got2dream1 I'm sure they would be flexible if things got to that point.
I wonder if that kid out there was thinking how much fun it would be to run through the sprinkler.
I think you've answered a question I had. I have this pump, not used yet. The manual suggest using a Y splitter on the outflow to prime the pump with a separate bucket. Another video on RUclips did that setup. Is it safe to just let the intake water fill the pump and over drain it out the outlet hose?
Yes that's fine. The main thing is that you don't want to run. The pump dry. In my case the rain barrel is higher than my Pump so it was primed being gravity fed. To put it really simple. Just have water in the pump casing before you turn it on.
Im a mobile groomer and i use this to transfer my water from 75 gallon tank to tub water is strong asf and i use an on and off foot switch to turn it off/on
Yep, I'm very happy with this pump too. Has done me well!
Nice grass!
Thank you!
Well done!
You reduced the intake from 1" to ¾" with the adapter. Any issue for the pump?
I wouldn't think so the adapter came with the pump.
@@jpulley How long have you had the pump and how often is it used?
Is it possible to run 2 oscillating sprinklers from this pump with a Y splitter connected to the outlet of the pump? Or does 1 sprinkler already take a lot of the psi cause I plan to try this set up after first just running one from a 250 gallon ibc tote
I've used this pump with two sprinklers ran in tandem and it was fine. A Y-splitter would probably work better than running one after the other like I did.
I use this same pump to run 3 42sa sprinkler heads. No problem at all. I have the nozzles set for 1.5gpm
Great video! I'm interested in getting a setup like this going but was wondering if the cost of electricity to run the pump is really less than the money saved by using the rain barrell/cost of pump/pump maintenance/etc. I look ed around a bit and am having trouble finding info on the cost comparisons. Toughts on this would be appreciated!
I have seen people run a setup off of a battery bank and solar panels. My barrel is empty in about 5 minutes I don't think it uses that much power in that time. I've just acquired two 55 gallon drums and I'll be expanding this year. I got a letter in the mail saying I use 107% more power than my efficient neighbors. We have a family of 5 and all three of my kids and myself all have gaming computers and are left on most of the time and I have a server running in the basement. I still don't think my power bill is that bad I have a level payment plan and I pay about $225 a month. When I water my grass just to keep it alive through the hottest months, my water bill goes from $140 to $250 really quick. I know some of my neighbors have to pay $400+ a month to keep their grass water everyday with their irrigation systems.
@@jpulley Cool thanks for the info super helpful!
@Daniel Kreipke I’m building a small trailer with one 330 gallon IBC tank. I have two 6V golf cart batteries wired together in series to create a 12v system. Then I have an inverter to plug a pump into it. The golf cart batteries have a solar setup so that it keeps them at least above 50% capacity at all times. The reason I’m using golf cart batteries is because they have a larger capacity than regular 12v deep cycles. Therefore allowing me to essentially move my trailer anywhere I need to without worrying about a power source. The pump is connected to the tank and two sprinklers that are permanently mounted to the sides of the trailer. I can pull the trailer wherever I need to, detach and turn on the system.
What is that st up from down spout to barrel!!? I need that!!
It's just a regular garden hose splitter. Then I used 5/8 clear vinyl hose clamped to a female garden hose end.
We need to collect rain water for spring here in Illinois to water our indoor plants.
Someone suggested that rain water is better than city water apparently.
Just need to pump from outdoor rain barrel to collection indoor container via basement window.
Good or bad idea?
Will this pump do said job?
Thanks
If you were just trying to transfer from one place to the other I would say this pump would be overkill. This pump will spray water far greater than regular home pressure. You would probably get water everywhere if you were trying to fill a container indoors using this pump. This pump moves over 1,000 gallons an hour something smaller that moves 330 gph would be better. Check this one out: www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Transfer-Utility-Impeller-Gasket/dp/B07R7V1HJW/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=water+transfer+pump&qid=1633713490&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-4
@@jpulley thanks for the guidance and Amazon link. Wife is entertaining a manual pump or our extra sump pump in the basement. Just have to find the right size adapter to our 50ft garden hose.
Happy Gardening
I live in an old house with HORRIBLE water pressure, could I hook a small hose from the outside water spigot straight to this pump then the lawn hose coming out of the pump?
Yes that would work I tried that at my house house just to see if it would be higher water pressure and it worked.
@@jpulley ok cool thanks. I have 100ft by 30ft yard and it takes days to get it watered.
Did you have any problem getting that pump primed? I just got one, going back to get a Y splitter today. Any suggestions on priming it would be appreciated. THANK YOU!
No I didn't have any trouble priming the pump. 0:52 Once I open the valve to the rain barrel it gravity feed through the pump casing and was already coming out of the sprinkler. I would make sure you have a reinforced suction hose like the one I have so it doesn't collapse and stop water flow. Using hard piping like pvc would be idea but I wanted to be able to easily hook it up and unhook it.
Thank u excellent video
You sir are a fucking rebel for using free water u didn't pay for
You sure it’s ok the the pump backing it up like that? It wants to spit out more than 1000 an hour?
Yes it's fine. I'm sure the motor pulls slightly more amperage when it has to pump through nozzles like on the sprinkler. The pump is literally a sprinkler pump. Pumps are designed to push through a certain amount of head pressure. It's not limitless, but is also not zero. With my setup the barrel is empty in minutes but if you were really worried about it you could create some kind of recirculating system that would tee off and allow a certain amount of water to return back to the barrel. You could add a valve, and throttle it on the recirculation line to get the desired pressure at your lawn sprinkler.
Hi I'm trying to do the something at My house but My house is much bigger. Can You help Me come up with a system I can explain to My plumber that will work?
Heyy broo! What's the nylon hose size and fitting did you use on the pump? Thank you!
The hose fitting is 5/8" standard household water hose fitting you can get at home depot or wherever.
Nice grass.
What is the actual GPH/GPM?
I do not have a flow meter that can determine actual flowrate. With enough supply on the suction side and a wide open discharge I would expect the pump to get some very similar to the advertised amount. Which is 1,075 gph or about 17gpm. Restrictions on the line will increase the pressure but lower the gpm. The sprinkler itself is a restriction. 17gpm is not a lot.
Hopefully a question you can answer. I want to pump water from a 128 gal tank thru a garden hose that will reach about 16 feet to the top of my travel trailer. Will this pump force water up a vertical hose 16 feet?
I can't give you an exact calculation but 16' of head pressure wont much anything for this pump to overcome. This pump handle it with plenty of power to spare. Especially through garden hose. Some people pipe larger diameter piping up to these pumps. That would be harder on the pump.
Hey man do you live on the north side of Kansas City? I know a silly question… But I can recognize those Kansas City backyards and home styles from the video.
You're dead on, yeah I do live in Kansas City in the Northland.
Herman you are like a sherlock Holmes investigator
Nice grass what kind of grass is it
Thanks it's a Tall fescue & Kentucky Bluegrass Mix. Mostly Tall Fescue.
Purchased a similar pump. Primed it and all it does is hum. Is this an internal electrical issue like maybe capacitor. Don’t know if I should send it back and purchase this one shown here.
if you look at the fan side of the pump it probably has a hole in it. You can stick a screwdriver in there and turn it to get the pump free. Sometimes these pumps just get hard to turn and if you let it stay on just humming it will burn the motor out.
jpulley will check and see. Thank you.
jpulley thank you! I bought the same pump earlier this week. We set it up tonight and it hummed as well! We’ll try this!
18 GPM
Where did you get that re-enforced hose for the suction side I can't find it anywhere
I got mine from Menards if you don't ha e one of those, you probably could find it at Home Depot or Lowe's
I had to use a hose clamp to clamp hose fittings on to the bulk hose. www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-in-O-D-x-3-4-in-I-D-x-10-ft-PVC-Braided-Vinyl-Tube-HKP002-PVC004/303132499
Is it loud or silent ?
It's pretty low noise I wouldn't necessarily say silent but if it was running outside and you were inside you definitely would not hear it
@@jpulley thank you so much
Roughly how many feet would this shoot out of about 200 feet of hose?
It's hard to say a number but I can say this, I have pretty good water pressure at my house. Multiple people can take showers, toilets can be flush and theres no problem. This pump connected to a hose sprays water about twice the distance than connected to my house. Of course it depends on the type of sprinkler you're using. On one particular sprinkler I'm definitely getting 30 ft plus when using this pump only get around 15 feet or so when it's connected to my house.
Does it have a pressure switch?
No, I was just running it every couple of days. A pressure switch would be a nice improvement, but sometimes when the pump sits outside for days and when I turn it on its kind stuck. I have to get a screwdriver and get it out of the bind then it runs fine. If I had a pressure switch hopefully it would trip the breaker and not burn up the pump but I would kind of worry about it starting on its on without me out there.
May not be paying for water but your paying for electric . LOL
I did this to stop my sump pump from putting out so much water in one sport and killing my grass, not to necessarily to save money. However, watering my grass intermittently in the summer changes my water bill from $110 to $250 a month. I my run this pump 5-10 minutes 3 times a week. It probably cost me 20 cents a week to run this pump for the duration that I need.
You still have to pay for electrical
Yes probably about a penny a week. That tank is drained in about 4-5 minutes. When I was on top of things I probably ran the rain barrel out twice a week
Wait... why am I subbed?
This pump is a junk it sized up after 3 weeks
Mine's been working great for 2 years now. You have to make sure gunk and corrosion inside of the pump casing don't inhibit your pump from spinning freely. If the pump can't spin and you turn it on the current on the motor will burn the pump out in minutes. I see guys out work burning out brand new $400+ commercial sump pumps in less than 24hours all the time because of this. Its only happened to me twice where I turned on the pump and it was stuck. Both times I immediately turned off the power and used a screwdriver on the non-drive end side of the pump to break it free. If I didn't realize what was going on it was have burned that pump up in minutes.