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	Name:	lakngulf -
	Subject:	need to put in sprinkler system
	Date:	7/26/2010 11:17:07 AM

What he ^ said. I know some folks who have all the pipe buried enough and far enough in the lake to pump year round, but there is always the risk of freeze. I do exactly what Mack has described, pump well into the fall and then drain. Trouble is I normally wait until that freeze is right on us before I drain the pipes, and it is COLD.

Also, my intake pipe is so long that it takes a while to prime the pump in the spring---very difficult to get the air out of the pipe. One solution I had thought of was to put a valve off a T near the intake valve. I could open it up to drain the pipe, have it open when I am putting water in during the spring. Once water is flowing through all the pipe, I shut it off and the pipe is full of water without the air. One major issue I see is that the valve off the T could get damaged easily. Any thoughts on this?

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need to put in sprinkler system - laureleg - 7/26/2010 12:59:12 AM

need to put in sprinkler system - Mack - 7/26/2010 10:44:54 AM

need to put in sprinkler system - lakngulf - 7/26/2010 11:17:07 AM

need to put in sprinkler system - Ulysses E. McGill - 7/26/2010 11:25:57 AM

need to put in sprinkler system - Mack - 7/26/2010 2:19:39 PM

need to put in sprinkler system - lakngulf - 7/26/2010 2:26:47 PM

Another consideration - Lifer - 7/26/2010 1:11:48 PM

Also, I forgot. - Lifer - 7/26/2010 4:22:27 PM

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