If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

Constantin

(to the tune of "you are my sunshine")

<li>You are my panel, my favorite panel,
<li>You baffle air that I need to breathe,
<li>You make me happy when you stay up there,
<li>While I am, stuck in traffic, quivering with fear...

<li>As I gaze up, and I wonder
<li>did the 'poxy do it's trick?
<li>Or will Modern Continental claim another
<li>fatality, oh well, it had to be.

Constantin

... then this may amuse you...

... todays project involved a lot of 1" PVC, six filters (2x30 mesh, 2x 140 mesh, 2x 200 mesh), a reverse-return manifold, some drainage, etc. The aim of the project is to keep the irrigation system happy and debris-free.

The box that the manifold is mounted in is to keep the light off the filters, otherwise they tend to start growing things. It's black on the outside, white on the inside (which makes it easier to see if the filters need a cleaning). The filters are are staged 30, 140, and 200 mesh and the reverse-return manifold hopefully keeps them evenly loaded.

The unions are there so that the whole shebang can be carried indoors for winter storage. The black paint is for UV protection. The water meter to the right keeps track of how much water goes into the garden... some day it will be attached to the WEL.

By then, I also hope to get the drain line plumbed to an area where the drain won't do any damage and the rats nest of a wiring bundle (for the garden zone valves) sorted to a point where it'll stay dry and and look less like a rats nest... ah, summer projects.

What's impressive is to see the manifold, tubes, etc. expand as the Grundfos spools up. 70psi later and all water demands in the garden have plenty of pressure and water to do their thing. It's an impressive pump!

Christian Egli_2

Udder thoughts

Oh... it first looked to me like this was a new and improved machine for extracting milk out of a cow. It is even more impressive, it is for watering the grass the cow will eat...

What sort of watering nozzles have you got that call for such high pressure (my city satisfies me with ~40 PSI) and such low tolerance for dirt? You filter the stuff better than a home water purifier. Dare I ask if your wife has one of those sacred cows? Oh, I dared. No offense.

You seem to have solved your problem, good for you.

Do you pour bleach into your tank? A tiny bit, like in the pool, takes care of protecting us, our pets and our plants from the evil bugs that make us itch.

Of course, bleach does nothing to stop a raging bull, but you could try.

Happy gardening.

Unknown

milking cows & irrigation

LOL

Looks like you could have used some help yesterday. Sorry we didn't hook up. You going to be around tomorrow? Looking at a WarmBoard job on Walden St. Call me.

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Constantin

Sacred cows....

... none of them around here unless you're referring to some of the ladies on the meter detail of the Boston PD... Just kidding! :-P

I go by what our dear sprinkler installer called for, which is 10GPM @ 50 psi. The grundfos is a submersible pump and I hope to keep it in the cistern all winter long, though it's likely that we'll have to remove it every year just to be on the safe side... The fact that it's reaching more than 50 psi indicates to me that our sprinkler god overestimated the GPM, but that's another story.

Perhaps, some day, I will feel motivated enough to install the CM-301 controller for the Grundfos. It's really neat in that it comminucates with the pump via the electrical connection and thus does not require any additional wiring. That controller (in conjunction with a pressure sensor that would have to be installed) then allows you to set and forget any pressure you want. That would cut down on wear and tear and take advantage of the VFD in the pump. Pretty nifty.

No bleach yet in the tank either, though the thought has crossed my mind. Ultimately, I want to see how well this setup fares cleanliness-wise before I resort to chemical methods. On saturday I uncovered the trunk of our Hemlock (accidentally covered by the gardener) and found something like 15 earthworms in what really is a small area/volume of space. I hope to keep it that way.

Ron Schroeder

Constantin

I thought the Sacred Cow in your area was called a Tunnel and with that rigging we can see where all that leaking water is coming from;-)