pump size for large areo setup?

[Damian Thorn]

hey guys...im in the works of building a farly large aero setup..its going to be modeled after the aero60 setups but the chambers are going to be 8 feet long instead of six and and im going to have 2 banks of 8 on each end so 16 feet long...


in total im going to have a 1 inch line spilt into 3/4 inch then the final sprayer lines are going to be 1/2 inch...with this in mine im going to have 16 8 foot long mister lines and thinking about 250 or soo sprayer nozzles.. about what size pump would be require to spray this...im know im goona need a big one..a 1/4hp or 1/2 and well im thingking at least 1800 to 2800 gmp...anythoughts..or should o go bigger..? how much pressure can pvc take? a 40 gallon rez will be supplying the water for this....
any thoughts?

 

[exAkT]

the pvc pipe will have the maximum psi printed on the outside. make sure its schedule 40. if that doesnt hang with your psi, then go to a specialty irrigation or plumbing stored and get schedule 80 pvc. it will withstand a higher psi. I dont have numbers for you but it will be printed on the pipe. a main line for a house, which is made in PVC, could be as high as 50-65 psi

 

[Damian Thorn]

what do you think about the size of the pump? good idea tho onthe kind of pipe i will look into that... i also had an idea...i was looking atthe aero 60 sprayer line..its just small holes every 6 inchs... u think i could drill that in stead of having misters...have really fine holes inthe 1/2 pvc line misting...

 

[exAkT]

i dont know much about the pump and the sizing and all that.

i doubt u could drill the pvc though. I'm assuming that the nozzles help to aerate and direct the water. someone here who knows more will chime in im sure

 

[Damian Thorn]

ahh thanks... i hope...i but after a week or soo growing the roots would have grown to the bottom of the post and by then it would act like a nft system..i think im going to experiment with this idea..