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Used to water the garden

Sprinkler systems are used to irrigate a garden. There are wide range of different types, including permanent "pop-up" sprinklers, and temporary "move it around" sprinklers. They can be switched on or off manually, or on a timer. A proper permanent system should also have weather sensors to avoid sprinkling during the rain or during freezing temperatures.

Sprinklers can be low level drip-systems, or longer distance high volume spray systems.

Sprinkler systems can also be used to apply fertilizer with the irrigation water.

Use this tag for all question about sprinkler type irrigation systems.

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Spinkler System Layout

I am planning on doing my own backyard to save a bunch of money on labor. The first step will be digging the trenches for my sprinkler system. Before I begin, i was hoping to get any thoughts or opinions on how I have the sprinklers / drippers laid…
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Is it possible to connect a funny pipe to a polyethylene tube?

Title says it all. Is it possible to connect a funny pipe to a polyethylene tube? If so, what exactly do I need? Here in Southern California, I tried going to Home Depot and Lowes, but none of the employees there were able to help me. I'd like to…
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Is there any way to estimate the gallons per minute that a sprinkler system would use?

I am currently in the process of trying to determine the cost benefit of installing a well to be used on my sprinkler system. In order to do this cost analysis I need to know how much water will be used for each watering. Is there any easy way to…
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How do I figure out where the dead-end is in a sprinkler system?

I bought a new home that has a small area of grass on the other side of my driveway that is not part of the main yard about 10x16 in size and it has 6 sprinklers along the boarder. I want to remove the grass and gravel it. However, I don't know if…
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Is it possible to use micro-sprinklers to irrigate the lawn?

While trying to solve the same problem I’ve inquired before — using shrub sprinkler heads in drip-irrigation system to water narrow side lawn — I am coming to realisation that even if pressure is enough to use them, 13 mm mainline drip tubing could…
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How Do I Determine The Best Watering Schedule For My Lawn?

I just bought a new house and I want to program the irrigation system. I don't know anything about the lawn or the system because I just moved in. I want to know how often I should water the lawn, both on which days of the week and how long to water…
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Sprinkler Troubleshooting

I added a couple of branches to my sprinklers over a year ago to add some more sprinklers to cover some brown spots on my backyard grass. There are now 16 sprinklers with 4 off of two branches and 8 off the center branch. There are some brown areas…
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Automatic Sprinkler: Calculating how much and how often - based on weather and other parameters

At http://wiki.bitplan.com/index.php/Sprinkler#Requirements I am gathering requirements for a sprinkler software that I intend to create and make available as open source. The hardware is already in place - i have a garden pump connected to a…
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How can I attach three oscillating sprinklers to one hose?

Is there a way I can plug three oscillating sprinklers into one hose? I have a big backyard and I don't want to stand there and water it every morning. I have one sprinkler because I only have one tap/hose in the backyard. I was wondering if there…
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What is the difference between a Rain Bird SP40 sprinkler and Rain Bird 1800 series with the same nozzle?

Can someone please explain to me the difference between the Rain Bird SP40 sprinklers that already have a nozzle, and the 1800 series, which is spray only with the same nozzle type. Why would I use one over the other? Thanks.
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How to conceal anti-siphon irrigation valves?

I'm rebuilding the valve manifold of my residential irrigation system. The existing system seems to have no backflow prevention, so among other changes, I'll be swapping out the globe valves for anti-siphon valves (I'd prefer not to use a double…
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How can I check quality of sprinkler blowouts?

We just had our sprinklers blown out, and are starting to suspect the quality of the work we got. Within 5 minutes of discovering that we had a blowout scheduled, our fee was charged and the guy left. The backyard was wet, but the frontyard was…
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Typically, where is the motor/pump of lawn sprinklers located?

My garage has the controls for my sprinkler system. Whenever I turn on the sprinklers, I could hear a motor starting. But I could not for the life of me find that motor. The home's been more than 20 years old, the motor is starting to feel weak. The…
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Sprinkler / garden watering advice

I live in London and am about to have the beds planted (late I know). I'm thinking about watering... I currently have an oscillating sprinkler (and a timer) that I place in the middle of the garden and drape the hose around the garden. The sprinkler…
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What is this Sprinkler Component?

I am turning on my sprinkler system for the year and I am very unfamiliar with this setup. The system was winterized by a professional last year and I am not sure what all was turned off, opened, etc. So far I have: closed the backflow valve (as to…
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