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Re: Rain barrels

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Bill

It's prox 0.42 PSI / Ft of head.


Regards,
DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill DeWitt <thedewitts@earthlink.net>
To: Sqft@Listbot. Com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: Rain barrels


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>I ran both soaker hoses and 1/4 in drip tubes from a rain barrel
>arrangement, but I had the barrel up higher. I don't have any pictures(this
>was 3 years ago)but I simply put one barrel up on another. It worked better
>when full so I imagine that 6 to 10 ft would be enough for most cases.
>
>There is a formula for figuring out water height/pressure, but I can't find
>it in my book right now.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Scut [s*@teleport.com]
>> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 5:25 PM
>> To: sqft
>> Subject: Re: Rain barrels
>>
>>
>> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
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>> I can attest that rainbarrels don't have enough pressuure to use a soaker
>> hose. Mine are only up on one cinder block though. I just fill my
watering
>> can from them or hook up a regular hose for low pressure area watering. I
>> bought them with the pvc fittings already installed. They are attached by
>> angled sections of downspout, I don't have the greatest pictures
>> of them but
>> you can get an idea on my web page, especially in these pictures:
>> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/back2_04.htm and
>> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/6_5_98_7.jpg
>> Tom
>> Portland OR,  Zone 8
>> http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dore Tyler <dee_tee@email.msn.com>
>> To: Sqft@listbot.com <Sqft@listbot.com>
>> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 12:10 PM
>> Subject: Rain barrels
>>
>>
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>> >
>> >See my post on T-Tape.
>> >
>> >I don't think that soaker hose will work. They are designed for
>> reasonable
>> >water pressure and unless you have a lot of head from the barrels to the
>> >beds you won't have enough.
>> >
>> >The T-Tape works at 10 psi, max, the people at DripWorks can
>> tell you what
>> >is the min pressure reqm't.
>> >
>> >Finding a way to utilize natural siphon out of the rain barrels
>> should be a
>> >fascinating exercise, pleas keep me informed, should you choose
>> to proceed.
>> >Regards,
>> >DT (aka Dore Tyler)  dee_tee@msn.com
>> >Doing his own thing in the privacy of his own garden.
>> >USDA Zone 8b, Tacoma, WA
>> >
>> >
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