H22lude
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I just had a FL22 pressure tank installed with a soda ash system pre pressure tank and two big blue filter housings post pressure tank (string and iron/manganese). From the pressure tank to the filters, the PEX is 1". From the big blue filters to the rest of the house the PEX is 3/4". And tee'd off the 3/4" PEX going to the house are the two spigots which are 1/2" PEX.
If I run one impact sprinkler off one spigot, the tank drains in 5 minutes 20 seconds (60 to 40). It takes 1 minutes 57 seconds to fill it back up (40 to 60), with the sprinkler on.
If I run two impact sprinklers, one at each spigot, it drains in 2 minutes and 40 seconds and fills up in 3 minutes and 24 seconds.
If I try to run two sprinklers from the same spigot, I get very low flow so it doesn't work. My guess is the 1/2" PEX is causing that problem. Luckily when the well company just installed the new FL22, they also installed a valve post pressure tank but pre big blue filters using 1" PEX that I can use to replumb the two spigots with bigger PEX. But that is another question for another day.
My question now is, which is better for the well pump? Taking longer to cycle on but short to cycle off, or somewhere in the middle where it cycles on a little quicker but cycles off a little longer.
If I run one impact sprinkler off one spigot, the tank drains in 5 minutes 20 seconds (60 to 40). It takes 1 minutes 57 seconds to fill it back up (40 to 60), with the sprinkler on.
If I run two impact sprinklers, one at each spigot, it drains in 2 minutes and 40 seconds and fills up in 3 minutes and 24 seconds.
If I try to run two sprinklers from the same spigot, I get very low flow so it doesn't work. My guess is the 1/2" PEX is causing that problem. Luckily when the well company just installed the new FL22, they also installed a valve post pressure tank but pre big blue filters using 1" PEX that I can use to replumb the two spigots with bigger PEX. But that is another question for another day.
My question now is, which is better for the well pump? Taking longer to cycle on but short to cycle off, or somewhere in the middle where it cycles on a little quicker but cycles off a little longer.