Water butt pump

[14-7]

I was just wondering having moved house a few months ago with a decent size garden and lawned areas whether or not it is possible to use water butts to feed sprinkler systems? There are currently 3 huge water butts (I'd estimate a good few hundred gallons per water butt) that I would like to use to feed a sprinkler so is it possible to use something like a dirty water pump to feed a sprinkler?

[Simpo Two]

A pond/fountain submersible pump perhaps?

[14-7]

I don't think a pond pump would supply enough pressure but maybe a dirty water pump that can do a few hundred litres a minute might was just wondering if anyone has done so before.

[Simpo Two]

Maybe calculate the electricity used to power this pump vs the cost of just using mains water

[Murph7355]

Coincidentally I'm after the same thing....only it could do with being solar powered too.

The best I'm seeing has a flow rate 25% down on a 240v mains powered one...

If anyone has direct experiences I'm all ears.

[barryrs]

How about an inline 12v booster such as those used in camper vans, this could boost a gravity pressure of 0.5 bar to something like 15 litres per minute.

[skilly1]

Yes you can. I have done exactly this, Fed three sprinklers 50m apart up a hill from a 1000ltr container. I actuality had two sets of these as the pump would not do 6 sprinklers,but the distance was very long. I ended up feeding the sprinklers in parreI as they lost too much pressure in series. I even found a timer that will turn the pump on every 10mins. It was for keeping dust down on a road whilst we had heavy lorry movements.
Got the pumps from machine mart, however you have to get the right one, don't get the one with a pressure vessel. I am away from work till Wednesday. Will have a look then.
I fed the pump to a 4 way hose lock splitter and ran a pipe to each sprinkler.

ETA - tried the hose lock pump and it was no good.

Edited by skilly1 on Monday 10th April 21:52

[V8RX7]

Simpo Two said:

Maybe calculate the electricity used to power this pump vs the cost of just using mains water

^^^This.

With water being so cheap it wasn't even worth buying water butts last time I checked.

[schmunk]

I haven't read the thread, but the word you're looking for is "Enema".

[moles]

Hozelock 3.5 bar pump works gives near enough mains pressure

[Murph7355]

barryrs said:

How about an inline 12v booster such as those used in camper vans, this could boost a gravity pressure of 0.5 bar to something like 15 litres per minute.

The Draper solar one allegedly gives 28l/min out of the box

[b14]

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[B'stard Child]

b14 said:

Thanks AI bot! So helpful to receive a generic response to something 9 years later.

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[b14]

B'stard Child said:

I guess the bot got bashed

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[B'stard Child]

b14 said:

B'stard Child said:

I guess the bot got bashed

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