I am planning on watering an orchard with concentric rings. There will be a considerable length of drip line. Should I factor this into my friction loss calculation? Thanks for this video. Is is dead simple and incredibly helpful!
You bet, it's best to factor that pressure lost in the drip line for sizing the pump as well. If you'll be using pressure compensating drip line you can allow for a little more loss so long as the end result is above the drip line's minimum operating pressure. This is because pressure compensating emitters put out about the same amount of water through their entire operating pressure range.
It's not done yet, but that is indeed one we'll be making -- we'll cover submersible, centrifugal booster and transfer pumps at the minimum since we see those the most. :)
The two entries you want to multiply by 2.31 to convert into head of feet are Friction Loss and the Required PSI of the system -- this takes two PSI measurements (friction loss and required psi) and converts them into head of feet.
Unfortunately not at this time -- hopefully as logistics efficiency improves it's something we can consider doing again. We do list many of our products on eBay and eBay has a global shipping program that we're a part of, so eBay orders of our stuff can ship to Canada. We do have a few Canadian customers who live close enough to the border they can swing down and grab the items -- if you're close enough for that to be convenient, we can absolutely ship to a cargo agent (Mailboxes Plus, UPS stores, etc) that's right on the US/CA border.
I am planning on watering an orchard with concentric rings. There will be a considerable length of drip line. Should I factor this into my friction loss calculation?
Thanks for this video. Is is dead simple and incredibly helpful!
You bet, it's best to factor that pressure lost in the drip line for sizing the pump as well. If you'll be using pressure compensating drip line you can allow for a little more loss so long as the end result is above the drip line's minimum operating pressure. This is because pressure compensating emitters put out about the same amount of water through their entire operating pressure range.
I thought the vid would be covering different types of pumps you can buy.
It's not done yet, but that is indeed one we'll be making -- we'll cover submersible, centrifugal booster and transfer pumps at the minimum since we see those the most. :)
Hello sir, what is the unit of 2.31 that you used to convert psi to ft? Thank you
The two entries you want to multiply by 2.31 to convert into head of feet are Friction Loss and the Required PSI of the system -- this takes two PSI measurements (friction loss and required psi) and converts them into head of feet.
@@dripdepot Thank you!
Do you ship to Canada?
Unfortunately not at this time -- hopefully as logistics efficiency improves it's something we can consider doing again.
We do list many of our products on eBay and eBay has a global shipping program that we're a part of, so eBay orders of our stuff can ship to Canada.
We do have a few Canadian customers who live close enough to the border they can swing down and grab the items -- if you're close enough for that to be convenient, we can absolutely ship to a cargo agent (Mailboxes Plus, UPS stores, etc) that's right on the US/CA border.
@@dripdepot THANK YOU for your reply.