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Old 01-07-2011, 03:22 PM posted to alt.building.construction,alt.home.repair,rec.gardens
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Default Rural Irrigation/Remote Faucets Methods ??

On Jun 30, 9:12*am, Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:22:08 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
80 cents a foot? That's more pricey than garden hose?


A 500 foot garden hose isn't going to pass much water.


Why not? *Hose length has no bearing on water volume, only diameter
matters.


Because friction in the pipe will reduce pressure by a bunch and
watering relies on flow, which needs pressure. Again we a discussing
this without the needed information. Rise? Drop? initial pressure?

Harry K