From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/23/2022 10:28 AM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 4/22/2022 10:04 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>    There's no time like right now to make sure the garden does well   
   >> this year ... So I've installed a submersible pump in our well (was   
   >> here when we bought 20 years ago) and I'm in the process of designing   
   >> a drip irrigation system .   
   >>    The plan is to use a large "caged tank" , a plastic tank in a steel   
   >> cage (used to transport peroxide in this case) of around 275 gallons   
   >> capacity . The pump will fill the tank , which will supply water to a   
   >> system of piping with drip emitters . If I use that whole tank every   
   >> day , it will cost me about 2-3 bucks a month for electricity . That   
   >> much city water would cost me around a hundred bucks or more , with   
   >> the added benefit that my well water has no chemicals added .   
   >>    If ever there was a time when it was important to have a productive   
   >> garden , I think it's now . Too many signs point to a coming shortage   
   >> of food , and I don't like going hungry .   
   >   
   >    Bits and pieces are heading my way . I've ordered everything but the   
   > hardware to hook my pump outlet pipe to a faucet for a garden hose .   
   > That will be purchased locally . I've decided to try throttled flow from   
   > the pump instead of using a tank as a reservoir to feed the system . I   
   > can throttle main flow at the faucet interface , plus each run of pipe   
   > will have a valve from the main supply line and adjustable emitters .   
   >   
      
   Wouldn't that result in excess hours of pump run rime?   
      
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