SOLAR
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS
- - Well-Type Pump
These kits are intended for irrigation
from a drilled
or dug well. The pump included in a well-type kit is sized to
lift
water from up to 300 feet below the surface. It will also pump
water
uphill, as well as supplying water pressure for operating the
drippers. |
Typical application - - pumping water
from a deep well
into a drip system with timed
start/stop.
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How to Size a Drip System.
To determine the solar pumping power required, we need to know the
gallons per day or gallons per week of irrigation water:
Small Vegetable Garden.
- If one producing plant
requires 0.1 gal/day, 500plants will require 50 gal/day. This would be
applied once per day or only once a week depending on the species and
soil. So in this example, the model PP/IR-SD3/1, which pumps up to 180
gal/day, will be quite adequate.
Large Nursery Garden. -
If one young plant requires
0.05 gal/day, 5000 plants will require 250
gal/day. This would be applied once or twice a day depending on
the species and soil. So in this example, the model PP/IR-SD3/4, which
pumps up to 720 gal/day, will be quite adequate.
SAVE WATER! Compare the above numbers with old-style trench irrigation
using thousands of gallons per watering. Only 1 percent of trenched
water might be absorbed by the roots of the row crop! Up to 99% is
evaporated or leached. And you get accumulation of salts which may
destroy the soil.
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Typical Drip Irrigation Kits
These are available at garden centers and
hardware stores. Typical:
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Drip
Kit
Size
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Mini
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Description |
Small Patio Watering Kit |
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Drip Kit: This kit is made up of
1/4"
microtube and drippers.
It will water up to 10 individual potted plants and comes with 60' of
1/4"
microtube, stakes, "C" clamps, 1/4" fittings, 1/4" ball valves and a
hose
connection. |
Medium-Sized
Drip and
Microsprinkler Kit |
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This kit will water
approximately 400 square
feet. More tubing, emitters, or microsprinklers may be added.
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Farm-Sized
Drip Kit |
See ag supplier
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For plantings over one acre, get design help from
an agricultural supply house. See state ag advisers. CI Solar can
choose the correct farm-sized solar pumping unit when we know the
gallons-per-week requirement.
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BULKHEAD FITTING. Each kit includes an
adapter fitting that allows the
pump's suction line to be connected through a 1-inch dia hole drilled
in
the base of a plastic tank or steel barrel, up to 1-inch thick.
Each
kit includes a suction strainer that excludes large debris. Small
particles
are removed by the second filter, at the drip line.