[SEL] O.T. O.T. Need Help On Water Flow Problem

[paulmaples at sbcglobal.net]

Alan, right now I have put it on a temporary hold. My wife developed some 
problems and I took her to the doctor and we will know tomorrow when the lab 
tests come back if she has cancer or not. This was a shock to us and has 
taken my spirit away for now.

I have been manually watering the two beds for now. Also, my grandson who 
lives with me has a truck that has no lights which is stressing me out as we 
cannot insure him to drive our vehicles and I need to get this fixed so I do 
not have to haul him around. Right now my plate is full but I am hoping for 
the best and maybe things will turn out OK and I can get back to some of my 
projects.

Thanks for checking on this with me.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan" <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. O.T. Need Help On Water Flow Problem


Hi Paul,
How are you doing on this?

Alan

--- On Mon, 6/8/09, S. Work <swork at endacomm.com> wrote:


From: S. Work <swork at endacomm.com>
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. O.T. Need Help On Water Flow Problem
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 1:34 AM


Inquiry : If you want equal water distribution, at each of the 16 locations 
, Why are you feeding it from the end ? Your feed points should be about 
center of the long runs, And 1 cross tube in the center, instead of on both 
ends.

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X - Connect hose here . Add a Union on the cross feed tube for easy removal 
and storage :-)

If ya really want it to Trickle, Put a coarse acquarium airstone at each 
drill point. The Ingot shaped 2 Inch long, and 3/4 inch wide should do 
nicely.

P.S. Glad you're back on your feet !


----- Original Message ----- From: <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:41 PM
Subject: [SEL] O.T. O.T. Need Help On Water Flow Problem


> Folks I need to apply equal amounts of water at 16 locations around a 
> rectangular square made if 1/2" pvc pipe. (8 locations down each side and 
> none on ends)
>
> The length of each side of the rectangle is 111" and the ends are 27".
>
> http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g36/wheelterrapin/?action=view¤t=diagram.jpg
>
> One man told me to drill 1/4" holes at each of the 16 locations but I 
> argued with him that the first few 1/4" holes located closest to the input 
> of the water would get more water than the rest and he said it would 
> not.....well they did. The first 4 holes on each side of the PVC closest 
> to the inlet of the water shot out streams of water about 4" long and the 
> last holes, the ones furthest away from the inlet of the water just 
> dribbled water.
>
> I am only drilling holes down the length of the rectangle and none on the 
> ends. The PVC pipe size is 1/2" and as stated above the length of each 
> side is 111" long.
>
> I use a 5/8" water hose (it only has a 1/2" bore size) to bring water to 
> the inlet of the rectangle. The bore size of the 1/2" pvc pipe is .485", 
> almost 1/2".
>
> The water flow rate is 5 gpm per minute coming out of the end of the 5/8 
> hose.
>
> Can someone tell me how to plumb the rectangle in order to achieve an 
> equal flow of water at each of the 16 drilled hole outlets. I would assume 
> I will have to start out with small holes closest to the inlet and 
> gradually get bigger towards the end opposite the inlet of the water. I 
> just want the water to dribble out and not shoot out in streams and I 
> need, as close as I can get it, equal amounts coming out at each of the 16 
> drilled locations.
>
> At each of these 16 locations there is a tomato plant. I am trying to 
> calculate how long to leave the water on in order to be able to supply 1" 
> of water to each plant as the tomato plants require 1" of water weekly and 
> more during the hot months.
>
> I will appreciate any and all help on this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
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