No Irrigation Today - The Canoe Trip Was Fun- July 26, 2008 Nothing to do with irrigation or lawn sprinklers today. The whole company went on a canoe trip down Blackwater River. It was a nice 11 mile stretch. It was a nice workout and great to get out in the wilderness. I had a great time and hope everyone else on the team did as well.Back to irrigation work tomorrow. Good night.Scotthttp:www.autolawnsprinklers.comhttp://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/no-irrigation-today-canoe-trip-was-fun Residnetial Sprinkler Lawn Irrigation Sprinikler System- July 23, 2008 The e-book and other information in my website offers covers the best design, plan, and application for residential landscape lawn irrigation systems. Commercial systems can be slightly different depending on the actual size and application of the project.But, for your average yard my e-book does a great job at simplifying the process 0f designing, planning, and building your automatic irrigation systems. I can show you the basics, while condensing the information so that you still thoroughly..http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/residnetial-sprinkler-lawn-irrigation Another Pressure Tank Irrigation Problem- July 21, 2008 Pressure tanks are great for the proper applications, but too often I run into a system that should have utilized a pump-start relay instead of a pressure tank. But pressure tanks are great for house water or for any on-demand water system.Pressure tanks eventually go bad. The diaphragms or bladders inside them go bad and they no longer continue to hold air pressure. The tanks naturally loose air due to attrition (natural air loss) over time and may just need a re-boost or re-fill to the proper.http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/another-pressure-tank-irrigation Why Won't This Pump Work- July 13, 2008 There are a number of reasons why your irrigation pump "won't work". First of all let's establish what someone means by saying "not working". Does the motor run, but no water comes out Or does the pump motor not come on at allIf the pump motor runs, but no water is coming out then most likely it lost prime. You may just need to fill up the pump housing or volute with water and turn on and wait a few minutes to regain prime. But, the check valve or foot valve is probably bad and needs to be...http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/why-wont-this-pump-work Manifold valves vs. Centralized System- July 10, 2008 When learning how to design irrigation systems you are taught to centralize the vales in the middle or also close to the middle of the zone as possible. This is so you don't have too much pressure loss down line at the further heads, and this is very important in bigger and commercial systems.Manifold is where you have all the main valves close together so that you have very little main line and wire depending the location of the timer and power source.But, I've learned that with smaller to...http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/manifold-valves-vs-centralized-system Replacing Irrigation Timer Controller Wiring- July 5, 2008 When replacing your lawn sprinkler timer, a.k.a. controller, it can be a simple process or can quickly turn into a complicated, frustrated ordeal that cannot figure how to get working. I can give you some tips to help you with this because I've already experienced it myself and with training numerous employees.Replacing your timer will very depending on model and type but there are two main types, Digital, and Mechanical. Digital have the LCD screens with the time, a dial to select different...http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com/2008/07/replacing-irrigation-timer-controller |