sherriberry
New Member
good info bro
here is what im going to do for now since you just scared the shit out of me from going to smaller sized microns for the time being...
i still have a bunch of ez clone sprayers left...
or if fatman says its okay, i might try his smaller micron sprayers... but heres the deal..
i drew it out on a piece of paper that if i have
2 cap timers
3 normally open solenoids
3 nomrally closed solenoids
i can construct pumbing that will feed
8 total fence posts, assuming the pump can only feed 2 posts at a time.
but, 4 total groups we will say.
O C O C -timer for all 4 of these 1.5 min
l l l l
---- ---
l l
O----C -timer for the 2 of these 3 min
l
l
Pump
okay, the little diagram above shows a T setup for the pipe after it comes out of the pump.
One one side of the T is a normally open.
On the other side is a normally closed
1 cap timer will be plugged into these,,, when its on, one is open, one is closed.
when its off, the other is open and the other is closed
this timer will be on for 3 min, off for 3 min
then, a second teir of T's will occur after each of these valves.
and again, there will be another normally open valve on one side, and normally closed valve on the other side of the second teir T
these solenoids will be plugged into a second cap timer, and will be on a 1.5 min on, 1.5 min off.
both sides of secondary T valves are on 1 timer! Thats 4 valves, 2 normally open, 2 normally closed, one of each on each side of the primary T
so, look at what happens.
The first T by the pump alternates one way, lets say to the right side, so thats where the flow goes for 3 min.
During that 3 min, the WHOLE left side goes dry.
now, during that 3 min, 1.5 min ALL THE SECONDARY VALVES ROTATE.
but the dry left side doenst matter, its dry, so the secondaries just open and close in the wind on the left side, per say.
Meanwhile on the right side of the primary T, one side is on for 1.5 min, and then the other side on for the other 1.5 min.
then it switches to the other side of the primary T, and you get 1.5 on one side, and 1.5 on the other side of the secondary T on the right side of the pump.
So, thats 4.5 min of off time for each "group" whether its 2 or 3 posts per group... who knows, that depends on pump size.
And the pump is always on.
and they all drain back to the same res.
Unless im missing the boat somewhere and there is a circut or relay that makes this whole thing a lot simpler and less expensive than buying 2 cap timers.
Also note...
i found the valves that spit either left or right.
They are called a ASCO Electric Solenoid Valve 3/8" NPT 3-Way valve
but... notice the 3/8" part...
so unless i get the okay from fatman and used a high pressure pump...
im stuck using normally ON and normally OFF standard 2 way valves.
here is what im going to do for now since you just scared the shit out of me from going to smaller sized microns for the time being...
i still have a bunch of ez clone sprayers left...
or if fatman says its okay, i might try his smaller micron sprayers... but heres the deal..
i drew it out on a piece of paper that if i have
2 cap timers
3 normally open solenoids
3 nomrally closed solenoids
i can construct pumbing that will feed
8 total fence posts, assuming the pump can only feed 2 posts at a time.
but, 4 total groups we will say.
O C O C -timer for all 4 of these 1.5 min
l l l l
---- ---
l l
O----C -timer for the 2 of these 3 min
l
l
Pump
okay, the little diagram above shows a T setup for the pipe after it comes out of the pump.
One one side of the T is a normally open.
On the other side is a normally closed
1 cap timer will be plugged into these,,, when its on, one is open, one is closed.
when its off, the other is open and the other is closed
this timer will be on for 3 min, off for 3 min
then, a second teir of T's will occur after each of these valves.
and again, there will be another normally open valve on one side, and normally closed valve on the other side of the second teir T
these solenoids will be plugged into a second cap timer, and will be on a 1.5 min on, 1.5 min off.
both sides of secondary T valves are on 1 timer! Thats 4 valves, 2 normally open, 2 normally closed, one of each on each side of the primary T
so, look at what happens.
The first T by the pump alternates one way, lets say to the right side, so thats where the flow goes for 3 min.
During that 3 min, the WHOLE left side goes dry.
now, during that 3 min, 1.5 min ALL THE SECONDARY VALVES ROTATE.
but the dry left side doenst matter, its dry, so the secondaries just open and close in the wind on the left side, per say.
Meanwhile on the right side of the primary T, one side is on for 1.5 min, and then the other side on for the other 1.5 min.
then it switches to the other side of the primary T, and you get 1.5 on one side, and 1.5 on the other side of the secondary T on the right side of the pump.
So, thats 4.5 min of off time for each "group" whether its 2 or 3 posts per group... who knows, that depends on pump size.
And the pump is always on.
and they all drain back to the same res.
Unless im missing the boat somewhere and there is a circut or relay that makes this whole thing a lot simpler and less expensive than buying 2 cap timers.
Also note...
i found the valves that spit either left or right.
They are called a ASCO Electric Solenoid Valve 3/8" NPT 3-Way valve
but... notice the 3/8" part...
so unless i get the okay from fatman and used a high pressure pump...
im stuck using normally ON and normally OFF standard 2 way valves.