djdixon1995
New Member
Greetings,
I have a well pump supplying all the water to my house. I intend to install an irrigation system in my 1.2 acre lot but was only getting about 6 GPM from the hydrant located a couple feet from the well head. I noticed that there was no check valve in the system and figure that I'm getting the same water at the hydrant that I'm getting at the sinks etc in the house...this is water that already been through the softner. So....I figured that if I installed a check valve between the hydrant and the house, I'd get raw water at full flow and pressure from the pump. I was right, after installing the check valve, I get 15 GPM from the hydrant. But....when I open up the hydrant with the pump not running, it won't turn on the pump (I guess because of the check valve, the pressure switch doesn't activate...didn't think that one through). I got it to work by opening the hydrant, turning on another outside spigot until the pump came on, then turning off the outside spigot so that all the flow comes out the hydrant.
So, my question is, how can I get direct pressure and flow from the well pump to run my irrigation system?
Thanks,
Doug
I have a well pump supplying all the water to my house. I intend to install an irrigation system in my 1.2 acre lot but was only getting about 6 GPM from the hydrant located a couple feet from the well head. I noticed that there was no check valve in the system and figure that I'm getting the same water at the hydrant that I'm getting at the sinks etc in the house...this is water that already been through the softner. So....I figured that if I installed a check valve between the hydrant and the house, I'd get raw water at full flow and pressure from the pump. I was right, after installing the check valve, I get 15 GPM from the hydrant. But....when I open up the hydrant with the pump not running, it won't turn on the pump (I guess because of the check valve, the pressure switch doesn't activate...didn't think that one through). I got it to work by opening the hydrant, turning on another outside spigot until the pump came on, then turning off the outside spigot so that all the flow comes out the hydrant.
So, my question is, how can I get direct pressure and flow from the well pump to run my irrigation system?
Thanks,
Doug