Not really a machining project. But I thought some might be interested.
I have an underground sprinkler system for my lawn. And be as lazy as I am I wanted to be able to fertilize the lawn when I water.
I found a company in California EZ-Flo that sell a system that injects fertilizer into the lawn sprinkler stream. Exactly what I need. Problem being that it costs money and I'm cheap. I figured that I should be able to mimic their system. I recently removed a ozone purifier system from my mother in-laws home. I saved the holding tank.
I opened the tank removed the bladder, made a new cover from 316 SS, installed the water in line ,and the ejector line out. The water in line is on the left the solution line out to the sprinklers is on the right.\( semi transparent) I had to purchase from EZ-Flo the inline fitting, that's in white. I wasn't sure how the injector worked so I just bought one. After receiving it it's pretty simple, just a reduced orifice. The moment of truth, I filled the tank with water and red food coloring. Fired up the system, and to my surprise I got red colored water flowing out of the tank and into the sprinkler system. Now its just a matter of calculating my GPM for each zone and then adjust the needle valve to give me the appropriate dosage.
I have an underground sprinkler system for my lawn. And be as lazy as I am I wanted to be able to fertilize the lawn when I water.
I found a company in California EZ-Flo that sell a system that injects fertilizer into the lawn sprinkler stream. Exactly what I need. Problem being that it costs money and I'm cheap. I figured that I should be able to mimic their system. I recently removed a ozone purifier system from my mother in-laws home. I saved the holding tank.
I opened the tank removed the bladder, made a new cover from 316 SS, installed the water in line ,and the ejector line out. The water in line is on the left the solution line out to the sprinklers is on the right.\( semi transparent) I had to purchase from EZ-Flo the inline fitting, that's in white. I wasn't sure how the injector worked so I just bought one. After receiving it it's pretty simple, just a reduced orifice. The moment of truth, I filled the tank with water and red food coloring. Fired up the system, and to my surprise I got red colored water flowing out of the tank and into the sprinkler system. Now its just a matter of calculating my GPM for each zone and then adjust the needle valve to give me the appropriate dosage.