Guest guest Posted December 22, 1999 Report Share Posted December 22, 1999 Can anyone out there tell me how to calculate water pressure? I am about to install a 4000 litre water tank on top of a pile of rocks, at about 10 feet higher than the highest point on our land. This will be fed by a windmill that pumps about 500 gallons a day. The tank will be connected to a 35mm plastic pipe about 290 feet long. At either end of this pipe and at its center I will connect 25mm pipes, which will flow down a slight gradient, and the pipes will be around 150' long each. These 3 pipes will be punctuated by click connectors every five feet or so, to which we will randomly connect 1/2" hoses as and when needed to service the beds. The hoses will have a maximum length of 120 feet (probably two 60 foot hoses with a joint, as we do not always need such long hoses for all places). At any one time, maybe four or five hoses may be going, at any place in the lines. Does this sound like a good arrangement? I need to know if I need pressure hose and pipes, and if so, what gauge? We would do the whole thing with Bamboo pipes, feeding troughs at the ends of the beds and then use watering cans, or even punctured bamboo (as drip irrigation, but I am not sure if that can be done), but this would take a lot more time, and we need to get a lot of things going asap, so we can survive. If no one has the time to work this out, please let me know how you calculate water pressure. Thanks Your Servant Samba das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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