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Golfdci681 (NC)
Would it be a good idea to install a pressure reducing valve on a booster pump to dial in what I want my system to run at? Also being on a well it would give me the ability to control the amount of water being drawn out of my well to protect it from being drawn down to far? My well has a 1HP sub motor in it and my irrigation guy installed a 1.5 hp booster pump. My fear is the booster pump could be pulling out water faster then my 5gpm well can supply which is why I thought to add a PRV to the outlet of my irrigation pump. Thoughts?
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packy (MA)
contact the pump manufacturer to make sure you are not voiding any warrantee by doing that.
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m & m (MD)
Your booster pump can ONLY work with the water supplied it by the submersible pump. It does not have the ability to independently extract water from your well. On the other hand, your submersible pump MAY have the ability to over-pump your well.
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Golfdci681 (NC)
I have a 5 zone system and I use to water this whole thing with with about 10 tripod sprinklers that I use to run in sequential order for 3 hours straight and I would never have a drop in pressure. Everyone told me that when I put in an irrigation system I would need to use a booster pump because my well only runs about 5gpm. I checked the static pressure at my hose bib and got 65 psi. Now I'm wondering if I even needed the booster pump to begin with. Also when I run my system, the next morning I get air in my main water supply line to my house. I never had this issue prior. My installer never installed and backflow/pressure valve on my irrigation line inbetween my irrigation pump and where they tied into the main supply line. So now I'm trying to figure out which type of backflow to install there because I'm assuming that is causing the air in the water lines since when I do not run my system I do not get air and when I do run it I get the air in the line.
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m & m (MD)
The air could be a result of the water level in the well dropping to the pump inlet for a few seconds at a time. Do you know that the well currently produces 5 gpm? Have you had it tested recently?
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Golfdci681 (NC)
No I have not. It has never seemed to drop in pressure since we have been in the house though and I do hand water a lot of things and have never noticed a drop.
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m & m (MD)
Understood, but household use of water and irrigation use of water are two different animals. It's not hard to do a gpm test of your well.
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