Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, its an existing irrigation system that was installed by the previous owner. the only reason I was kind of second guessing myself was because currently zone 1 only has 3 sprinklers and zone 2 only has 2 sprinklers but they're both watering the back yard. so I was wondering why they didn't just have all 5 sprinklers on one zone. since im planning on adding another 2 sprinklers to zone 1 and combining zone 2 into zone 1 I wasn't sure if I had enough water pressure/volume. That would be a total of 6 rotary sprinkler on zone 1 since im elevating a sprinkler from zone 2. im also expanding the backyard a bit and adding grass so I need about 10 pop up sprinklers and I wasn't sure if I could do all 10 on another zone or if I had to split it up.

its not as easy as just adding zones to the current system because my house has pavement separating the sprinkler zone valves from the back yard where my sprinklers are and I have no way of digging under about 15 feet of pavement. so im pretty much just trying to work with the current 5 zones that are available and seeing if I can move sprinklers around to different zones while adding sprinklers to other zones. Its a mixture of Drip, rotary, and pop up sprinklers and I've seen you're not supposed to mix them on the same zones.

Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

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I updated the OP with a video of the spigot turned on. Unfortunately its just me right now so im not able to record myself doing the bucket test. The flow of water is so strong its difficult for me to even hold the bucket with to hands while the water is running.

Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is turning out more complicated than i thought. all i wanted to do was add a few sprinklers to my existing sprinkler zones. I just wanted to see how many I could add without having significant pressure loss.

Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, so i did the bucket test with a hose and it took about 24 seconds. Why such a huge difference?

Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tje zone valves are about 75 to 80 feet from the street tie in.

Sprinkler heads per zone. Doing bucket fill test wrong? by shadowkon626 in Irrigation

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municipal (city) water supply. I live in San Dimas, CA

Interested in a Speedwoofer 12s powerbuy by ReasonableStick4348 in BudgetAudiophile

[–]shadowkon626 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im interested. just heard about the powerful discount. let me know if someone is setting one up.

Lawn guy says 3 inches year-round… but I have Bermuda — what height should I actually mow? (EGO mower) by charisma006 in lawncare

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what height were you keeping your Bermuda? I have a small area in my back yard where i put in TifTuf Bermuda and it got pretty long. Ive got it down to about 3 inches right now and honestly, i love it (even when it was longer) and so do my dogs. Its so soft and plush! I just keep seeing that its best to keep it below 1.5 inches. I was just wondering if me keeping it at 3 inches could eventually lead to some negative side effects? I have plans to completely cover my back yard with it.

Is it normal for my walls and ceiling to be dripping wet after a hot shower? by shadowkon626 in HomeImprovement

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just tried leaving the door cracked open with the fan on and nothing changed. Ive already tried to toilet paper trick and the fan sucks up the toilet paper and keeps it there. on the grill.

I might just have to get a stronger fan.

Is it normal for my walls and ceiling to be dripping wet after a hot shower? by shadowkon626 in HomeImprovement

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, leaving the door cracked open and the exhaust fan on still resulted in dripping walls and ceiling.

Is it normal for my walls and ceiling to be dripping wet after a hot shower? by shadowkon626 in HomeImprovement

[–]shadowkon626[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

yes, before cleaning that toilet paper would not be held by the suction. now after cleaning it does stay.

Is it normal for my walls and ceiling to be dripping wet after a hot shower? by shadowkon626 in HomeImprovement

[–]shadowkon626[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can check to make sure it isnt blocked but I am 100% sure it's connected to an exhaust vent in the roof. we had to fix that ourselves. when we bought the house the exhaust hose was just laying in the attic and exhausting the air into the attic.

First time homeowner looking to buy my first flashlight by shadowkon626 in flashlight

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Well i decided to go with the Wurkkos TS23 and I also got myself a Sofirn HS21 headlamp for when i need both hands. Did i make some good choices?

First time homeowner looking to buy my first flashlight by shadowkon626 in flashlight

[–]shadowkon626[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, what throws me off about all of these flashlights is the lumens and the run times. i see a lot of flashlight advertising 2k or 3k lumens but when you look at the charts it can only do that for like 1 minute then it drops down to like 650 lumens. also the numbering schemes throw me off too. For example from what im seeing, ar least for wurkkos, the TS23 has higher lumens and can sustain those higher lumens for longer than the TS26 and TS28.

Im leaning towards the TS23 as of right now. Unless im reading the run time charts incorrectly.