Choosing a pump for irrigating country beds from a barrel

To water the plantings from the container, you need to spend energy to move the water. A pump will be used for irrigation from a barrel, or water is carried in buckets - it doesn't matter for the plants. Eliminate heavy manual labor, every gardener can choose the right device. We will not consider ways to supply water from a well; watering plants with cold water is harmful. We will select devices for barrels and open reservoirs.

Irrigation water requirement

A rare summer resident connects the hose to the water supply and directly under pressure feeds it to the beds. Cold liquid will lead to root rot, plant diseases. Therefore, first, they pump it into the container, and after heating the water in the barrels, it is carried to the beds. And in order to heat up faster, the barrel is painted black.

You can take irrigation water from an artificial reservoir on the site. But then the pool is not cleaned with the addition of chemicals. A pump for irrigation from a barrel or pool is selected according to its characteristics. This takes into account the degree of contamination and the installation location of the device.

How to choose the right pump

Depending on the type of source, you will need to select a pump according to the parameters. There are pumps operating under water, they are installed under the bay and are called submersible. They can pump clean water; for pumping from an outdoor pool, it is better to take a drainage device. If the pump is installed in the open air and takes fluid with a hose, it is called a surface pump.

To choose the right water pumps for watering your garden, you need to calculate:

• performance;
• pressure.

We proceed from the time spent on watering the entire area of ​​the site. Typically, sprinkler irrigation is required at 5 liters per square meter. In one hour, you need to pump 0.5 m to the beds³ per hundred square meters. The pump capacity is marked with the letter Q and is available in the passport. For a household appliance, 1.5 - 2.0 cubic meters / hour is enough.

Performance and head indicators are interrelated. The pressure is added:

• height of water rise;
• the difference between the installation site of the pump and the highest point of the garden;
• distance to the farthest watering point;
• watering by drip, pressure, or free flow under the root.

The height of the rise of water from the tank is the ability to suck in water by the mechanism, the passport value does not exceed 6 meters. Every 10 meters of hose length corresponds to a loss of 1 meter of head. Therefore, the pump pressure is distributed to the rise of water by the difference in heights in the garden, the height, the raising of the free end of the hose and its length. Moreover, each turn of the water conduit brings additional pressure losses.

For a summer residence, it is enough to have a garden pump for irrigation with a pressure of 30 meters. In this case, the flow can be adjusted for drip or pressure irrigation.

Varieties of pumps for irrigation

Submersible pumps work only in water and are divided into centrifugal and vibration. Dealing with rainwater collected from gutters must be mechanisms capable of pumping turbid liquid. It is better to use centrifugal pumps, but it will also be useful for them to install a filter on the intake hole. The vibrating pump pumps only clean water without suspension, but the model costs less than a centrifugal unit.

To swing artificial ponds, it is better to use a drainage pump, which is not afraid of bottom sediments.But such an apparatus does not create a pressure and is suitable only for root irrigation of a lawn or trees.

The pumps for watering the garden from the barrel installed in the tank operate with low noise and do not overheat. When installing the device, you need to make sure that the connector is tight, good insulation of the electrical cable. Submersible pumps, used to raise water from the wells "Stream" and "Rodnichok" are also used for irrigation from open reservoirs. But the devices work when immersed at least 50 cm, they cannot be used in shallow water. They supply water from open reservoirs at a distance of up to 400 meters.

The pump "Karcher" for watering from a barrel is used more often than other devices. The German manufacturer has provided all the features of watering with heated water from a container. The float pump with bottom water intake is more suitable for irrigation systems. Barrel design submersible pump for well has a filter on the intake opening. The kit includes a half-inch hose, 20 m long. The device is equipped with a valve that allows you to adjust the pressure and a spray gun. The pump is carried by the handle and stored in a container. Machine power 400 W, productivity 3.8 m³/ hour at a head of 11 m.

During operation, Karcher does not make noise, and the float is connected with the blocking of "dry running", the device will turn off if the container is empty. The barrel irrigation pump can pump fertilizer solutions.

The Gardena 4000/2 Comfort pump is no less popular with farmers. Easy start-up and good functionality make the device popular for irrigation of large areas. The pump generates a head of 20 meters and a productivity of 4 meters³/ hour while consuming only 500 watts of energy. But in rural conditions, German equipment must work through voltage stabilizers.

Submersible pumps in a drum must be equipped with an additional filter. To do this, take the tulle and make a wrap for the pump, to protect it from suspension.

Surface irrigation pumps are always noisy. But only a surface centrifugal apparatus can work for a long time without overheating in a drip irrigation system. Such a pump can pump turbid rainwater, but the suspension will quickly render the impeller unusable.

For drip irrigation, it is necessary to calculate the productivity and head of the pump, based on the length of the irrigation bands, the number of capillaries. It is believed that a normal hole in the tape should let through 1 liter of water per hour. Knowing the number of holes per running meter of tape, it is easy to calculate the total consumption and choose a centrifugal barrel pump for watering a garden.

It is not difficult to choose a pump for irrigating plantings, knowing the types of devices and the features of the suburban area.

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