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Subject: How big does the Sandpoint need to be for sprinkler

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Jeannie S (HELP)
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I need help, I'm getting conflicting stories from Fleet Farm. I just put in a sandpoint 18 feet deep, I have 5 feet of water in the pipe. I used a 1 1/4" stainless sandpoint that Fleet Farm sells per instructions by one of the Fleet guys. Now I went to get a pump and another Fleet guy tells me I can't use that sandpoint to pump a sprinkler system of 40 heads and 8 zones. He said it is too small and I won't get enough water through that. It only pumps 7 1/2 gallons per minute and I can't use anything bigger than a 1/2 hp pump for that size pipe because it will suck it dry. Does anyone know, do I need to get a bigger pipe? The Fleet guy says they don't sell what I need and I need to go to an irrigation company and get a bigger Sandpoint pipe.

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>I need help, I'm getting conflicting stories from >Fleet Farm. I just put in a sandpoint 18 feet deep, I >have 5 feet of water in the pipe. I used a 1 1/4" >stainless sandpoint that Fleet Farm sells per >instructions by one of the Fleet guys. Now I went to >get a pump and another Fleet guy tells me I can't use >that sandpoint to pump a sprinkler system of 40 heads >and 8 zones. He said it is too small and I won't get >enough water through that. It only pumps 7 1/2 >gallons per minute and I can't use anything bigger >than a 1/2 hp pump for that size pipe because it will >suck it dry. Does anyone know, do I need to get a >bigger pipe? The Fleet guy says they don't sell what I >need and I need to go to an irrigation company and get >a bigger Sandpoint pipe.

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