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Hi farmers,
I'm trying to finish setting up an irrigation system and one of my lines doesn't seem to be working properly.
My setup is as follows:
60 gal rez connected to a DAB mini pump. From the pump, I have it split off into two lines. Line 1 re-circulates back into the rez (for mixing etc). Line 2 goes into my room and connects to Floraflex micro drip system. Line 1 works great and everything fine there. Line 2 is having issues and I can't figure it out.
Both lines are identical. From the split after the DAB pump, each line has a manual open/close valve followed by a solenoid valve, then a 30PSI regulator and then a check valve. From there Line 1 goes back into the pump, Line 2 goes into my room. The DAB is set to 30PSI which matches my regulators as well as Floraflex' recommendations for the micro drip system.
Currently I am manually opening/closing the valve & solenoid while i'm in testing. Line 2 will start up and water will initially get through the check valve (which is after the open/close valve and the solenoid) and then stutter and water will stop pushing through. The DAB sounds like its still trying to push water through but nothing is getting through the check valve at this point.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here? The only thing I could find online was maybe a faulty solenoid but I am manually opening it and water does get through it when i initially turn the pump on.
Thanks farmers
I'm trying to finish setting up an irrigation system and one of my lines doesn't seem to be working properly.
My setup is as follows:
60 gal rez connected to a DAB mini pump. From the pump, I have it split off into two lines. Line 1 re-circulates back into the rez (for mixing etc). Line 2 goes into my room and connects to Floraflex micro drip system. Line 1 works great and everything fine there. Line 2 is having issues and I can't figure it out.
Both lines are identical. From the split after the DAB pump, each line has a manual open/close valve followed by a solenoid valve, then a 30PSI regulator and then a check valve. From there Line 1 goes back into the pump, Line 2 goes into my room. The DAB is set to 30PSI which matches my regulators as well as Floraflex' recommendations for the micro drip system.
Currently I am manually opening/closing the valve & solenoid while i'm in testing. Line 2 will start up and water will initially get through the check valve (which is after the open/close valve and the solenoid) and then stutter and water will stop pushing through. The DAB sounds like its still trying to push water through but nothing is getting through the check valve at this point.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here? The only thing I could find online was maybe a faulty solenoid but I am manually opening it and water does get through it when i initially turn the pump on.
Thanks farmers
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