Ha! Exactly.... “catavision” : )

Yes it is still going strong all spring. It runs three times a week for 3 to 4 hrs.

You should be ok. The pump is designed for two sprinklers. I still need to split my line too. I’m going to run 3/4 inch pvc and then reduce 1/2 inch at the point where I split into two lines. That will help the pump maintain high pressure.

It seems like towards the end of the season the pump was starting to drop off in pressure after 20 min of use. Is that what you experienced?

@@CashJohnston I just installed #3, #1 lasted about 4 months, #2 quit 2 days before the 90 day warranty expired, No both quit pumping. Motors still hummed along but neither would pump water no matter what I did. I took #1 apart today, the plastic impeller had warn against the housing enough to cause the pump not to pump.

Daniel Hanson Great question Daniel. I don’t think the pump is designed to do that. It would need a pressure switch and relay to do right I think. But am not a real expert and I can’t say if any damage would occur if you did cut the flow. But I’d say don’t make a regular habit of it to be safe.

You would be deadheading the pump. Probably wont break it right away but definitely not recommended. If you piped up some kind of recirculating line to where the discharge feeds back to the suction you could get away with that.

Yes you would damage the pump. You need a bladder pressure tank between the pump and your outlet to the garden hose. Plus a pressure switch that would control the pump. I'd recommend a professional for that job but you'd love the result.

In my case it is an irrigation ditch that is fed from nearby mountains all season. I it set up to flow through some pipes and troughs when I open a main gate. But water could be fed from a pond too. Just be sure to put a filter on the intake so the pump doesn’t get clogged.

The pump is made by Ebara. It is a submersible.

No. It holds a prime pretty good once done. Use a good foot valve that allows water to flow one way. If it sits for too many days without running it may need to be reprimed.

I did not run into any issues. For sure be sure you have a filter to keep debris from getting into the pump or clogging any screens leading to sprinklers. I used a funnel and a watering can. After I dumped a lot of water in, I put the cap on the priming hole and turned it on. Just like you see in that video, that’s all it took for me.

Also, it’s not like the water will overflow out the primer hole because it will start to drain out the intake when the water level in the pump gets about half full. The first time primed it, I put a gallon of water in before I realized where the water was going. Really should only a quart or so.

@@CashJohnston OK, thanks. I am going to tape my intake threads (for no air leaks) and put a sprinkler head on the end of the output hose. May have been losing prime in those areas. I'm pumping from a 250 gal tote to a garden.

I haven’t tried that so I don’t know for sure. However, I’ve read in the comments below, under replies to Sean Williams that it works.

I haven’t tried that so I don’t know for sure. However I’ve read in the comments below, in the replies to Sean Winters, that it does work.

Yes my setup is simple and it is working well. For the inlet, which is one inch diameter, I used a male threaded 1 inch PVC fitting to screw into the pump, no tape was needed. Out of that PVC fitting I glued a couple inches of 1 inch PVC pipe that connects to a 90 degree fitting followed by more 1 inch pipe that is long enough to submerge a few inches into my water source. At the bottom of the pipe that submerges I have another glued fitting with threading on the end. I attached a 1 inch diameter Everbuilt Brass Foot Valve on the submerged threaded end and used thread tape there to keep the brass foot valve from tearing up the PVC threads. This whole inlet component looks like an upside down “L” and is about 18 inches. Yours might be longer.

Shawn winters I haven’t tried that. You’d have to regulate the size of the output with the right sized diameter or a valve so the output does not exceed the water input flow. Plus, keep your receipt on this pump and put it through it’s paces after you get it.

Yes I've done this and it works..............

Garden hose for me didnt work on the inlet side, the pump sucked the garden hose close , not allowing much water to come into the inlet. Thinking of trying some plumbers piping

The theory works but you need to use non-collapsible hose or hard pipe that can withstand the negative pressure. Total output pressure will be inlet PSI + pump PSI. If you use too large of a pump with too small of a hose, it will starve itself of water. Use an appropriately sized pump.

mi2tn I hope it’s not too much for the plants. There has been a lot here, but, not so much that the ground is too saturated.

@@CashJohnston So far it's not to much but the tomatoes will be the first to let me know.

Benjamin Hillyard I’ll try to do an update video on it. But I basically have 1 inch foot valve in the water on the intake, a screen filter on the outlet leading to the sprinkler, and the sprinkler itself is currently a rain bird maxipaw which does not have a built-in filter. The sprinkler needs to be big enough that any debris that passes to it will just get shot out the nozzle. We may share some of the same water. I’m on the Little Cottonwood Ditch water.

@@CashJohnston thanks for the info. A video update would be awesome. I'm on the upper canal which is partially fed by cottonwood. I'm interested in filtering any seeds of weeds before applying to my lawn.

Is it being caused by heat from the sun? If so, maybe try shading the pump. My pump housing gets warm from the pump’s operation, but nothing to the level that would melt the pvc especially when water is running through it. Try putting something up to shade the pump. Only thing that really comes to mind.

@@CashJohnston It might also be possible to use brass fittings.

No, I don’t think so. It’s a very simple design.

Johnas Bernal I’ve had that sprinkler for 5 years. I believe I picked it up at a local IFA store. But if you google tripod sprinkler, you will see many varieties. Mine looks a lot like the Orbit brand with a brass head. It might be the Orbit brand.

Oh i see, thnk you so much!

I’m still running my same pump. I’m running it 5 hrs a day going through 8 zones. Just can’t run too many heads in any given zone.

Sure. It’s advertised as 1075 GPH. You can expect more or less depending on the height from where the water is drawn and how long the water hose/sprinkler pipe is.

I still have mine. I take good care of it. I used it every day throughout the summer for at least 4 hrs every day. One season it seemed to seize up, but, I opened it and found it was just stuck. After cleaning it, it worked like new. I drain it and store it every winter.

I would think there are better pumps to transfer water. A high flow, low pressure pump. But if want to irrigate from the pond, using this pump hooked up to 1 or two sprinklers, then that’s ideal. This pump is high flow and high pressure.

@@CashJohnston I have already purchased the pump however I have been unsuccessful in trying to use it to drain out the water in my pond. What would be the best way to go about doing that? Thank you

If you mean the large o-ring seal for the housing, I think you can them on Amazon by measuring the diameter and width. The little mechanical seal on the shaft, I can’t say for sure. But there are a lot of rebuild kits for similar pumps if you search for 1 hp sprinkler pump rebuild kit and nose around.

@@CashJohnston looking for 1/2 shaft seal

There is a phone number in the manual for parts: 1-888-866-5797 The mechanical seal looks like part #20. I’ll put a link to the manual where you can see parts. You might need some other parts around the seal too so check out the parts list.

manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/63000-63999/63320.pdf

See page 11 of the manual for the parts list.

I don’t think it was designed to be hooked up to an outside faucet.

Property was cheap in Salt Lake years ago when I bought this. I couldn’t afford it today.

@@CashJohnston that's funny we just went to Yellowstone for the first time the summer that just passed we had to go through Salt Lake City never been there before it is a lot better than I thought it is clean and nice up there besides my girlfriend likes Donny and Marie I am also the lead singer guitar player in Rocky and the Hurricanes LOL we do Punk rockabilly LOL out of Vegas and punk out Marie Osmond song Making Believe!!!! Rocky Esterline

Legit everywhere else in the country . Come to Maine .