On Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8:47:07 AM UTC-4, Art Todesco wrote:
On 4/18/2019 7:50 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 4/16/19 5:39 PM, wrote:
Hi! This is a bit of a long shot as I know this thread is old, but I
was just wondering if you ever figured out a solution for your rain
barrel?

I'm in a similar situation... My rain barrel just drains so SLOWLY.
I'd like to hook up a proper hose and nozzle, or even a sprinkler...

Did a sump pump work?

I was thinking of cutting open the lid of mine to make it removable,
that way I could completely submerged the pump.

I'd love to hear from you! Thanks!

Â*Â*Â*Â* Just how big is this rain barrel?Â*Â* A barrel in my world is
usually 55 gallons.
It's about waist high and maybe a couple feet in diameter.Â*Â*Â*Â* The
definition gets
a little loose after that.Â*Â* The words tank and barrel are sometimes used
Â*interchangeably.

And to beat the dead horse even deader, Harbor Freight has a shallow
well pump for $160 at
https://www.harborfreight.com/1-hp-s...gph-63407.html.


Also, as to regular sump pumps, I have an on-top-of-the-basement-floor
sump tank that takes water from a sink in the basement. I used an old
sump pump to pump the water up about 9' and dump it outside. It goes
out through a 1" PVC pipe and comes out with considerable pressure. But
I really don't know any specifics of the pump, like the max head that it
can pump. If the pump's max head lift is 10', that would calculate down
to about 4 psi at the pump. Most are higher than 10'. If it were 20',
the pressure would be about 8 psi at the pump.

Which is an example of why I questioned looking at sump pumps. The OP
said watering including a sprinkler. Typical sprinkler is expecting
~50 PSI.




And 3rdly, an RV pump might work for this dead horse. There are several
pumps at http://goldmine-elec-products.com/ that could work.

Not likely to work for a sprinkler IMO.