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Loking for an accurate flow meter at a reasonable price. Anyone have any advice? Thanks Dave

4/3/2005 5:45:09 PM

Eugene, OR

Hey David, what are you doing with it and what kind of accuracy are you looking for? I have a couple of fluid power supply catalogs that may be of help.

4/3/2005 8:50:48 PM

Oz

water meters from city water dept,,,

4/3/2005 11:32:23 PM

Northeast

I just want to to be able to figure out my flow rate so I can water each plant with the exact amount of water that I want per week. Thanks dave

4/4/2005 9:02:11 AM

Garden

Dripworks was having a sale on them last week. $8.00 or something. Accuracy was + - 10%

4/4/2005 11:59:19 AM

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What we maight end up doing here is taking the drip systems flow rate (in gallons per minute) & dividing the desired volume by it to establish a time. Example:

100 gallons per event divided by 2 gallons per minute = 50 minutes per irrigation event.

What I would rather see would be a digital device that could be programmed to count backards from 100 gallons with the element of time so a desired event could be set to ocurr at a specified time. Example:

Start delivering 100 gallons per zone starting at 10 AM every third day. Something like that.

I have yet to see such a device.

4/4/2005 11:27:44 PM

Eugene, OR

The flow meters I have access to are about 250 bucks but have an accuracy far greater than what you need. Obviously it's a waste to pay that kind of cash for what you would use it for so scratch that.

If he knew what his drip system's flow rate was, he wouldn't need a flow meter. What sort of drip system is this? Most drip emitters have a rated flow at a given pressure to help you get a rough idea of what you're delivering to your soil by simply adding up the number of emitters in your system. Another great option was already suggested by MCPUMPKIN. For about 40 bucks, you can get a new water meter that can measure flows as low as 1/10 of a gallon with an accuracy of about 1-2%. That's probably more than accurate enough for what you're doing. Here's the site: http://www.jerman.com/dljmeter.html Check out the DLJ50: 5/8" x 1/2" $39.95

Hope that helps,
Brian

4/5/2005 1:23:56 AM