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Page 1: Drip Irrigation Manual

Drip I

rriga

tion

Instal

lation

Guide

Wat

er w

ise ir

rigat

ion

for

beau

tiful

land

scap

esw

ith D

IG’s

drip

and

mic

ro s

prin

kler

pro

duct

s

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over

25

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en p

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hom

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ners

, lan

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an

d gr

ower

s w

ith in

nova

tive,

hig

h qu

ality

, lo

w v

olum

e irr

igat

ion

prod

ucts

.

At D

IG, o

ur p

rimar

y fo

cus

is pr

ovid

ing

you

the

high

est q

ualit

y irr

igat

ion

prod

ucts

al

ong

with

unm

atch

ed c

usto

mer

ser

vice

. W

e th

ank

you

very

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h fo

r yo

ur

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ess

and

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com

e an

y qu

estio

ns o

r co

mm

ents

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ques

tions

reg

ardi

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Intr

oduc

tion

A Br

ief H

isto

ry: I

n re

gion

s of

the

wor

ld w

ith h

arsh

clim

ates

an

d lim

ited

wat

er s

uppl

ies

drip

irrig

atio

n is

root

ed

in a

gric

ultu

re, u

sed

for t

he ir

rigat

ion

of c

rops

, tre

es a

nd

vege

tabl

es. I

ts d

evel

opm

ent d

epen

ded

on a

dvan

cem

ents

in

poly

ethy

lene

tubi

ng, a

nd it

s gr

owth

was

mos

t rap

id in

arid

an

d dr

ough

t-pl

ague

d re

gion

s. B

egin

ning

in th

e la

te 1

960’

s fa

rmer

s di

scov

ered

that

by

usin

g dr

ip ir

rigat

ion

they

cou

ld

incr

ease

yie

lds

whi

le lo

wer

ing

wat

er u

se. T

he 8

0’s

saw

drip

irr

igat

ion

mak

ing

the

trans

ition

into

com

mer

cial

land

scap

es

and

hom

e ga

rden

s w

ith m

ixed

suc

cess

. In

toda

y’s

mar

ket,

drip

irrig

atio

n is

wel

l tru

sted

and

use

d ex

tens

ivel

y in

ag

ricul

ture

, com

mer

cial

land

scap

es a

nd re

side

ntia

l gar

dens

.

Drip

irrig

atio

n’s

popu

larit

y is

due

to it

s ef

fi cie

nt u

se o

f wat

er

and

its v

alue

in c

onse

rvat

ion.

An

effe

ctiv

e ye

t eco

nom

ical

m

etho

d of

app

lyin

g w

ater

, drip

irrig

atio

n (s

omet

imes

refe

rred

to a

s m

icro

irrig

atio

n, lo

w fl

ow

irrig

atio

n, o

r tric

kle

irrig

atio

n) is

the

slow

and

pre

cise

del

iver

y of

wat

er d

irect

ly to

the

plan

t roo

ts

whe

re it

mai

ntai

ns o

ptim

um s

oil m

oist

ure,

resu

lting

in le

ss w

ater

lost

to e

vapo

ratio

n, ru

noff

and

win

d. T

he ro

ots

are

cons

iste

ntly

mai

ntai

ned

at a

n id

eal m

oist

ure

leve

l, co

mbi

ning

the

prop

er b

alan

ce

of w

ater

and

air

for b

ette

r pla

nt g

row

th, w

hile

min

imiz

ing

wee

d gr

owth

.

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d m

icro

spr

ayer

s ha

ve m

any

of th

e sa

me

bene

fi ts

as d

rip s

yste

ms,

suc

h as

low

fl o

w a

nd a

low

wat

er a

pplic

atio

n ra

te. U

nlik

e dr

ip ir

rigat

ion,

how

ever

, mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d m

icro

sp

raye

rs d

istri

bute

the

wat

er o

ver a

wid

er a

rea

whe

re lo

w v

olum

e ov

erhe

ad ir

rigat

ion

is d

esire

d.

They

are

ava

ilabl

e in

a v

arie

ty o

f fl o

w ra

tes

and

diam

eter

s. M

icro

spr

inkl

ers

and

mic

ro s

pray

ers

are

used

in a

reas

whe

re d

rip ir

rigat

ion

wou

ld n

ot b

e pr

actic

al s

uch

as in

larg

e ar

eas

of g

roun

dcov

er,

fl ow

erbe

ds o

r odd

ly s

hape

d ar

eas.

Lik

e al

l low

vol

ume

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s, d

rip, m

icro

spr

inkl

er a

nd

mic

ro s

pray

er s

yste

ms

each

requ

ire a

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor a

nd fi

lter.

Adva

ntag

es a

nd B

enefi

tsW

ATER

EFF

ICIE

NCY:

Drip

irrig

atio

n ap

plie

s w

ater

onl

y w

hen

and

whe

re it

is n

eede

d, le

adin

g to

less

w

ater

runo

ff an

d le

ss e

vapo

ratio

n fro

m le

aves

and

soi

l. Dr

ip ir

rigat

ion

syst

ems,

whe

n in

stal

led

and

used

cor

rect

ly, c

onse

rve

wat

er w

hen

com

pare

d to

con

vent

iona

l spr

inkl

er s

yste

ms.

EASE

OF

INST

ALLA

TION

: Ins

talla

tion

is a

ver

y si

mpl

e pr

oces

s. N

o sp

ecia

l too

ls o

r glu

e ar

e ne

eded

.RE

DUCE

D PE

ST P

ROBL

EMS

AND

WEE

D GR

OWTH

: Drip

irrig

atio

n w

ater

s on

ly th

e pl

ant r

oot a

reas

, re

duci

ng th

e bu

rden

of w

ater

-bor

ne p

ests

and

fung

al d

isea

ses

that

are

spr

ead

by w

ater

mov

emen

t, an

d in

hibi

ting

germ

inat

ion

of w

eeds

in th

e ar

eas

betw

een

plan

ts.

VERS

ATIL

ITY:

Low

vol

ume

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s ar

e de

sign

ed fo

r pla

cem

ent i

n bo

th n

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

land

scap

es. T

hey

are

also

idea

l for

inst

alla

tion

on d

iffi c

ult t

erra

in s

uch

as s

lope

s, o

ddly

sha

ped

area

s, a

nd s

ites

with

hig

h w

inds

.RO

OT Z

ONE:

One

of t

he m

ost i

mpo

rtant

asp

ects

of i

nsta

lling

a d

rip ir

rigat

ion

syst

em is

the

mai

nten

ance

of a

con

stan

t soi

l moi

stur

e le

vel,

whi

ch c

reat

es a

tota

lly n

ew a

nd m

ore

favo

rabl

e ro

ot

zone

env

ironm

ent.

This

lead

s to

stre

ss-f

ree

plan

ts th

at a

ctiv

ely

grow

and

resi

st d

isea

se.

ECON

OMY:

Inve

stin

g in

a lo

w v

olum

e irr

igat

ion

syst

em c

an s

ave

you

mon

ey b

y si

gnifi

cant

ly lo

wer

ing

your

gar

den

wat

er u

se, a

nd th

eref

ore

redu

cing

you

r wat

er u

tility

bill

.LO

NG L

IFE:

All

DIG

prod

ucts

are

des

igne

d to

with

stan

d th

e ha

rshe

st c

ondi

tions

in b

oth

hom

e an

d co

mm

erci

al in

stal

latio

ns. T

hey

are

man

ufac

ture

d fro

m h

igh

qual

ity, d

urab

le p

last

ics

and

cont

ain

adde

d qu

antit

ies

of th

e co

mpo

und

Carb

on B

lack

, mak

ing

them

resi

stan

t to

the

dam

agin

g ef

fect

s of

ul

travi

olet

rays

.

From

pro

duct

info

rmat

ion

to p

lann

ing,

inst

alla

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

, DIG

pro

vide

s al

l you

nee

d to

kno

w a

bout

drip

irrig

atio

n. F

ollo

w o

ur e

asy,

ste

p-by

-ste

p in

stru

ctio

ns to

des

ign

an e

ffi ci

ent,

wat

er-s

avin

g dr

ip ir

rigat

ion

syst

em.

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ng s

tarte

d …

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ater

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irem

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ater

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sche

dule

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rip a

nd m

icro

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inkl

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Spac

ing

char

ts: d

rippe

rs a

nd m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

(cha

rts A

thro

ugh

A1)

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10Pr

oduc

t des

crip

tions

: GPH

, PSI

, wet

ting

diam

eter

, pat

tern

s (c

hart

B) …

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…11

Drip

spa

cing

, dis

tanc

e an

d he

ad lo

ss (c

harts

C th

ru E

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12M

axim

um le

ngth

and

spa

cing

for m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

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rt F)

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the

prod

ucts

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r kits

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ro s

prin

kler

s an

d dr

ip ta

pe

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t, 6-

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drip

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and

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fi t d

rip k

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nts

of a

drip

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ng a

nd m

icro

tubi

ng

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spr

inkl

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spr

ayer

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trofi t

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ro s

pray

ers

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ro s

prin

kler

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ms:

pot

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l cau

ses

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tions

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Abou

t the

Soi

l

Soi

l is

like

a st

orag

e ro

om fo

r pla

nt n

utrie

nts.

It is

the

med

ium

thro

ugh

whi

ch w

ater

and

nut

rient

s m

ove.

It

anch

ors

plan

ts a

nd is

a re

serv

oir o

f wat

er fo

r pla

nt g

row

th.

Ther

e ar

e va

rious

type

s of

soi

l with

diff

eren

t cha

ract

eris

tics,

w

hich

det

erm

ine

the

type

s of

drip

per o

r mic

ro s

prin

kler

to

use.

In s

andy

soi

l, w

ater

per

cola

tes

stra

ight

dow

n, s

o us

e 2

GPH

drip

pers

(in

a 10

” to

12”

spa

cing

), or

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s or

mic

ro s

pray

ers

in a

wid

er s

paci

ng. I

n lo

amy

soil,

wat

er m

oves

slo

wly

and

spr

eads

eve

nly,

so

use

1 GP

H dr

ippe

rs (1

6” to

18”

spa

cing

). In

cla

y so

il, w

ater

is a

bsor

bed

very

slo

wly

, so

use

.5 G

PH o

r 1

GPH

drip

pers

at a

wid

er s

paci

ng (1

8” to

24”

spa

cing

) or u

se m

icro

spr

inkl

ers/

mic

ro s

pray

ers

with

w

ider

spa

cing

.

Dete

rmin

e So

il Ty

pes

With

drip

irrig

atio

n, w

ater

is a

pplie

d sl

owly

to th

e ro

ot z

one

at a

sin

gle

poin

t. Th

e w

ater

is a

cted

up

on b

y th

e fo

rces

of g

ravi

ty (d

ownw

ards

) and

cap

illar

y ac

tion

(out

war

ds),

prod

ucin

g a

wet

ting

patte

rn c

hara

cter

istic

of t

he s

oil t

ype

and

the

wat

er a

pplic

atio

n ra

te. T

o de

term

ine

the

type

of s

oil i

n a

give

n ar

ea, t

ake

a ha

ndfu

l of d

ry s

oil,

grip

tigh

tly a

nd re

leas

e. S

andy

(coa

rse)

soi

l will

cru

mbl

e an

d fa

ll ap

art.

Loam

(med

ium

) soi

l will

hol

d to

geth

er b

ut th

en e

asily

bre

ak a

part.

Cla

y (h

eavy

) soi

l will

m

old

with

out b

reak

ing.

For

mor

e pr

ecis

e in

form

atio

n, c

onsi

der h

avin

g a

soil

test

con

duct

ed. M

any

univ

ersi

ties

offe

r thi

s se

rvic

e th

roug

h th

eir e

xten

sion

offi

ces

and

mas

ter g

arde

ner p

rogr

ams.

Getti

ng S

tart

ed

Com

pare

d to

con

vent

iona

l spr

inkl

er s

yste

ms,

drip

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

s ar

e si

mpl

e to

des

ign,

in

expe

nsiv

e, a

nd e

asy

to in

stal

l. In

add

ition

, drip

irrig

atio

n ca

n re

duce

dis

ease

pro

blem

s as

soci

ated

with

moi

stur

e on

the

leav

es o

f pla

nts.

Tra

ditio

nal h

igh

volu

me,

hig

h-pr

essu

re s

prin

kler

sy

stem

s re

quire

car

eful

pla

nnin

g, e

xten

sive

tren

chin

g, a

nd s

peci

al to

ols

and

glue

s. D

rip ir

rigat

ion

syst

ems

can

be e

asily

inst

alle

d ab

ove

or b

elow

gro

und,

with

out s

peci

al to

ols,

glu

e or

ext

ensi

ve

tech

nica

l kno

wle

dge.

The

se e

ffi ci

ent s

yste

ms

deliv

er w

ater

mea

sure

d in

gal

lons

per

hou

r (GP

H),

and

appl

y w

ater

onl

y w

here

it is

nee

ded.

Thi

s ca

n im

prov

e pl

ant h

ealth

, con

serv

e w

ater

, and

re

duce

the

grow

th o

f wee

ds a

ll at

the

sam

e tim

e.

Desi

gn L

ayou

t Exa

mpl

e

S

andy

Loam

y

C

lay

Plan

ning

and

Des

igni

ng Y

our S

yste

m

Whe

n de

sign

ing

an ir

rigat

ion

syst

em, fi

rst c

onsi

der t

he v

ario

us a

reas

and

pla

nts

to b

e w

ater

ed. W

e re

com

men

d us

ing

drip

irrig

atio

n on

tree

s, s

hrub

s, v

ines

, ros

es, v

eget

able

s,

fl ow

erbe

ds, c

onta

iner

s, p

ots,

box

es, i

ndiv

idua

l pla

nts,

nar

row

pla

ntin

g ar

eas

and

near

hou

se

foun

datio

ns. M

icro

spr

inkl

ers

and

spra

yers

are

bes

t use

d on

gro

und

cove

r, fl o

wer

beds

, gro

ups

of

plan

ts, a

nd h

illsi

des.

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d sp

raye

rs a

re a

lso

reco

mm

ende

d fo

r use

on

very

san

dy

soil.

Whe

n us

ing

drip

irrig

atio

n on

san

dy s

oil,

wat

er w

ill p

erco

late

dow

nwar

d be

fore

it c

an s

prea

d fa

r eno

ugh

horiz

onta

lly. M

icro

spr

inkl

ers

and

mic

ro s

pray

ers

solv

e th

is p

robl

em w

ith lo

w a

pplic

a-tio

n ra

te, s

mal

l dro

plet

siz

e an

d w

ide

spra

y di

amet

ers.

Avo

id u

sing

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d m

icro

sp

raye

rs in

a w

indy

are

a.

CREA

TE A

PLA

NT L

IST

(See

pla

n gr

aph

on p

age

3)Co

nsid

er th

e va

rious

pla

nt ty

pes

and

mak

e a

sket

ch w

ith a

list

and

the

loca

tions

of t

he s

mal

l and

la

rge

trees

, shr

ubs,

gro

undc

over

, fl o

wer

beds

, con

tain

ers

and

vege

tabl

e ga

rden

s. T

hen

divi

de th

e pl

ants

into

gro

ups

of s

imila

r siz

e an

d w

ater

ing

need

s. It

is a

lso

advi

sabl

e to

div

ide

the

plan

ts in

to

grou

ps th

at a

re e

ither

all

in fu

ll su

n or

all

in a

sha

ded

area

. Nex

t, ta

ke in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

the

con-

cent

ratio

n of

pla

nts

and

the

soil

type

. Use

this

info

rmat

ion

to s

elec

t the

drip

em

itter

s an

d/or

mic

ro

sprin

kler

s an

d to

est

imat

e th

e to

tal fl

ow

rate

nee

ded

(see

des

ign

layo

ut e

xam

ple

on p

age

2).

A AB

CD

EF

B

CC

D

F

E

B

Adju

stab

le dr

ippe

rs

or m

icro

sprin

klers

Pres

sure

Co

mpe

nsat

ing

(PC)

dr

ippe

rs to

shru

bs

Drip

pers

or m

istin

g sp

raye

rs fo

r ha

ngin

g pl

ants

4 or

6-o

utlet

drip

hea

ds

or 1

2-ou

tlet M

aver

ick™

to re

trofi t

1/2

” rise

r

Micr

o sp

raye

rs fo

r fl o

wer

beds

Earth

line

Brow

n PC

Drip

line

or D

rip so

aker

tape

fo

r a ve

geta

ble

gard

en

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Sket

ch th

e Pr

oper

ty o

r Are

a

Sta

rt by

mak

ing

an a

ccur

ate

top

view

ske

tch

of th

e ar

eas

that

nee

d to

be

wat

ered

(see

Des

ign

Layo

ut E

xam

ple

on p

age

2). B

e su

re to

add

det

ails

suc

h as

the

outli

ne o

f the

hom

e, a

ny re

tain

ing

wal

ls, s

idew

alks

, pav

ed a

reas

, all

the

plan

ts, a

nd th

e w

ater

sou

rce

loca

tions

acc

urat

ely

and

to s

cale

.

T

his

will

requ

ire m

easu

ring

the

area

. We

reco

mm

end

usin

g gr

aph

pape

r with

sm

all s

quar

es. T

his

will

mak

e dr

awin

g to

sca

le e

asie

r. Ea

ch s

mal

l squ

are

on th

e gr

aph

pape

r cou

ld re

pres

ent o

ne fo

ot

of th

e pr

oper

ty; t

his

scal

e is

usu

ally

app

ropr

iate

for r

esid

entia

l lan

dsca

pes.

Mod

ifi ca

tions

can

be

mad

e as

nee

ded,

suc

h as

1”

grap

h =

10’

.

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Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

r

with

3/4”

Ant

i-Sip

hon

Valv

e

3/4”

12”

MNP

T Ri

ser

y–

3/4”

155

Mes

h Fi

lter*

t –

3/4

” FN

PT 2

5 PS

I Pr

essu

re R

egul

ator

PVC

3/4”

x 3

/4”

x 3/

4” T

eePV

C 3/

4” E

lbow

PVC

3/4”

PVC

Pip

e

MET

HOD

2: S

tarti

ng fr

om a

n an

ti-si

phon

val

ve a

nd u

sing

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

as

the

mai

n la

tera

l fo

r abo

ve g

roun

d la

yout

or u

sing

a 3

/4”

PVC

pipe

as

the

mai

n la

tera

l for

bel

ow g

rade

layo

ut. T

he

batte

ry-o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

r mou

nted

on

the

anti-

siph

on v

alve

mus

t be

inst

alle

d at

leas

t 6”

abov

e th

e hi

ghes

t poi

ntin

g th

e ga

rden

.

3/4”

Rise

r

3/4”

Slip

Tee

3/4”

Rise

r

3/4”

Slip

Tee

How

to S

tart

a S

yste

mNO

TE:T

hrou

ghou

t thi

s gu

ide,

par

t loc

ator

num

bers

(e.g

. q) a

re p

lace

d w

ithin

bot

h te

xt a

nd

illus

trat

ions

for e

asy

refe

renc

e to

the

part

s an

d ac

cess

orie

s lis

t on

page

s 26

-30.

Dec

idin

g ho

w to

sta

rt a

mic

ro ir

rigat

ion

syst

em a

nd w

hat p

rodu

cts

to s

elec

t are

impo

rtant

de

cisi

ons

that

sho

uld

be m

ade

care

fully

. The

cho

ices

will

dep

end

on th

e si

ze o

f gar

den,

the

avai

labi

lity

of w

ater

out

lets

, the

gar

den

desi

gn/la

yout

, and

the

type

s of

pla

nts

to b

e irr

igat

ed. O

f the

fo

llow

ing

fi ve

met

hods

, cho

ose

the

optio

n or

opt

ions

mos

t app

ropr

iate

for y

our p

artic

ular

use

:1.

Sta

rting

from

a fa

ucet

for a

bove

gro

und

inst

alla

tion

usin

g 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng

2. S

tarti

ng fr

om a

n an

ti-si

phon

val

ve fo

r abo

ve o

r bel

ow g

rade

inst

alla

tion

3. S

tarti

ng w

ith a

n AC

or D

C in

-line

val

ve fo

r bel

ow g

rade

inst

alla

tion

4. R

etro

fi ttin

g an

exi

stin

g sp

rinkl

er ri

ser i

nto

a m

ulti-

outle

t drip

man

ifold

hea

d5.

Sta

rting

from

an

exis

ting

riser

usi

ng a

con

vers

ion

elbo

w

The

typi

cal h

ome

gard

en m

ay re

quire

mor

e th

an o

ne w

ater

ing

zone

. For

eac

h si

tuat

ion,

DIG

pro

vide

s a

conv

enie

nt a

nd e

ffi ci

ent i

rriga

tion

solu

tion.

MET

HOD

1: S

tarti

ng fr

om a

fauc

et u

sing

the

1/2”

bla

ck p

oly

tubi

ng a

s th

e m

ain

late

ral f

or a

bove

gr

ound

layo

ut. T

his

is th

e si

mpl

est w

ay to

inst

all a

drip

sys

tem

, whi

ch c

an b

e ea

sily

aut

omat

ed b

y ad

ding

one

of o

ur b

atte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

rs, m

odel

s 70

01 o

r 900

1D.

___ \

Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

r

with

3/4”

Ant

i-Sip

hon

Valv

e

y–

3/4”

155

Mes

h Fi

lter*

t –

3/4

” FN

PT 2

5 PS

IPr

essu

re R

egul

ator

1^ –

3/4

” FN

PT S

wiv

el A

dapt

er

1( –

1/2

” El

bow

1/2”

Pol

y Tu

bing

MET

HOD

3: S

tarti

ng w

ith a

n in

-line

val

ve o

r in-

line

batte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

r usi

ng a

1/2

” po

ly

tubi

ng a

s th

e m

ain

late

ral f

or a

bove

gro

und

layo

ut o

r a 3

/4”

PVC

pipe

as

the

mai

n la

tera

l for

bel

ow

grad

e la

yout

.

Prod

uct C

lass

ifi ca

tions

and

Wat

erin

g M

etho

dsM

ost r

esid

entia

l lan

dsca

pes

are

dive

rse

and

may

con

sist

of u

p to

four

bas

ic p

lant

gro

ups:

1. In

divi

dual

rose

s, tr

ees

and

shru

bs

2. D

ense

ly p

lant

ed fl

ower

beds

, per

enni

al b

eds

and/

or g

roun

dcov

er a

reas

3. C

onta

iner

pla

nts,

han

ging

bas

kets

, win

dow

box

es

4. V

eget

able

gar

dens

and

row

cro

ps

12-O

utle

t4-

Outle

t6-

Outle

t Ad

just

able

6-Ou

tlet

Sing

le O

utle

tAd

just

able

8&8^

8(8%

Mav

eric

k™

MET

HOD

4: R

etro

fi t a

1/2

” sp

rinkl

er ri

ser i

nto

a m

ulti-

outle

t drip

man

ifold

hea

d by

rem

ovin

g th

e sp

rinkl

er h

eads

from

the

riser

and

atta

chin

g a

sing

le o

r a 4

, 6, o

r 12-

outle

t drip

man

ifold

hea

d. F

rom

th

e dr

ip m

anifo

ld h

ead,

ext

end

the

mic

ro tu

bing

to th

e pl

ants

and

sec

ure

with

a 5&

or 6&

stak

e, if

ne

eded

.

MET

HOD

5: R

etro

fi t a

1/2

” ris

er u

sing

con

vers

ion

elbo

w, p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r and

sw

ivel

ada

pter

. Use

th

e po

ly tu

bing

abo

ve o

r bel

ow th

e gr

ound

as

the

mai

nlin

e.

1) B

ackfl

ow

Dev

ice

1# F

HT F

ilter

rFH

T Pr

essu

re

Reg

ulat

or 1* F

HT

Sw

ivel

Ada

pter

9001

D Ti

mer

1) B

ackfl

ow

Dev

ice

1# F

HT F

ilter

rFH

T Pr

essu

re

Reg

ulat

or

1* F

HT

Sw

ivel

Ada

pter

3/4”

PVC

Pip

e

6#1*

1/2”

rise

r

18”

Valv

e Bo

x

D

M07

5 Va

lve

Asse

mbl

y

3

/4”

PVC

Pipe

Abov

e Gr

ound

18”

Val

ve B

ox (o

ptio

nal)

y t

y t

3/4”

Fem

ale

Adap

ter

3/4”

Fem

ale

Adap

ter

7001

Bat

tery

Op.

Con

trol

ler

3/4”

PVC

Pip

e

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CATE

GORY

3 –

Con

tain

er P

lant

s, H

angi

ng B

aske

ts, a

nd W

indo

w B

oxes

: For

con

tain

ers,

pot

ted

plan

ts, a

nd h

angi

ng b

aske

ts, u

se 4^

Pot a

nd B

aske

t Mist

ers

for a

wid

e ra

nge

of p

ot s

izes

or 3&

.5 G

PH

Butto

n Dr

ippe

r for

up

to 1

gal

lon

pots

. The

4^

Mist

er is

mos

t app

ropr

iate

for h

angi

ng p

lant

s an

d pl

ants

th

at b

enefi

t fro

m m

oist

folia

ge. P

ottin

g so

ils a

re v

ery

poro

us a

nd m

ister

s pr

even

t dra

inag

e pr

oble

ms

by

disp

ersin

g th

e w

ater

ove

r a la

rger

are

a of

the

pot s

oil s

urfa

ce. T

he 4^

Pot a

nd B

aske

t Mist

er is

an

idea

l ch

oice

for a

ll siz

es a

nd s

hape

s of

con

tain

ers.

Lar

ger c

onta

iner

s m

ay re

quire

mor

e th

an o

ne m

ister

. (Se

e ch

art A

, A1,

B, C

, and

C1

on p

ages

10

and

12 fo

r rec

omm

ende

d sp

acin

g, fl

ow ra

tes,

wet

ting

diam

eter

an

d pa

ttern

.) M

odel

MD5

0 or

FM

01AS

are

exc

elle

nt s

tarte

r kits

for t

his

type

of i

nsta

llatio

n.

DIG

prov

ides

diff

eren

t em

issi

on d

evic

es s

peci

fi cal

ly d

esig

ned

to e

ffect

ivel

y an

d ef

fi cie

ntly

irrig

ate

each

pla

nt g

roup

. To

choo

se th

e co

rrect

em

issi

on d

evic

e, p

leas

e re

fer t

o th

e fo

llow

ing

guid

elin

es:

CATE

GORY

1 –

Ros

es, T

rees

and

Shr

ubs:

Pre

ssur

e co

mpe

nsat

ing

(PC)

, but

ton,

adj

usta

ble

and

fl ag

drip

pers

are

sui

ted

for v

irtua

lly a

ny la

yout

with

pla

nts

such

as

shru

bs, t

rees

, vin

es a

nd ro

ses.

The

se a

re

mos

t effi

cien

t whe

n pl

ants

are

spa

ced

a fe

w fe

et a

part.

(Se

e ch

art A

1, B

, and

F o

n pa

ges

10-1

3 fo

r re

com

men

ded

num

ber o

f drip

pers

, drip

per s

paci

ng p

er p

lant

or a

rea

and

max

imum

leng

th to

run

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

and

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng.)

Mod

el G

77AS

is a

n ex

celle

nt s

tarte

r kit

for t

his

type

ofi

nsta

llatio

n.

14’D

IA.

24 G

PH26

’DIA.

21 G

PH28

’DIA.

40 G

PH

16’D

IA.

14 G

PH

42’D

IAM

ETER

32 G

PH

13’D

IA.

10 G

PH2

GPH

9&

9%

4)

4%

4*

9@

4(

4!

4^

3&

2%6%

4^

CATE

GORY

2 –

Flo

wer

beds

and

Gro

undc

over

: Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d m

icro

spr

ayer

s ar

e be

st

suite

d fo

r den

sely

pla

nted

fl ow

erbe

ds, a

nnua

ls, g

roun

dcov

ers,

gro

ups

or c

lust

ers

of p

lant

s, s

mal

l sl

opes

, and

site

s w

ith s

andy

soi

l. In

san

dy s

oil w

ater

will

per

cola

te d

ownw

ard

befo

re s

prea

ding

far

enou

gh h

oriz

onta

lly (s

ee c

harts

A1,

B a

nd F

, on

page

s 10

-13

for r

ecom

men

ded

spac

ing,

fl ow

rate

s,

diam

eter

, pat

tern

, and

max

imum

leng

th to

run

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

). Av

oid

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s in

are

as

whe

re it

is w

indy

. Mod

els

EF55

AS, R

750

and

GE20

0 ar

e ex

celle

nt k

its fo

r thi

s ty

pe o

f ins

talla

tion.

CATE

GORY

4 –

Veg

etab

le G

arde

ns a

nd R

ow C

rops

: Ear

thlin

e Br

own

PC™

drip

line

, drip

soa

ker t

ape,

an

d 1/

4” d

rip li

ne a

re id

eal f

or v

eget

able

gar

dens

, row

cro

ps, s

eed

beds

, pla

nter

s, a

nd n

arro

w p

lant

ing

area

s (s

ee c

hart

D on

pag

e 12

for m

axim

um le

ngth

to ru

n). T

hese

pro

duct

s w

ill sa

tura

te th

e so

il un

der

the

entir

e le

ngth

of t

he d

rip li

ne o

r drip

tape

. An

exce

llent

sta

rter k

it is

the

ST10

0 Dr

ip T

ape

Kit w

ith .4

GP

H dr

ippe

rs e

very

12”

, or E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

rip L

ine

with

a 1

GPH

drip

per e

very

18”

.

Calc

ulat

e W

ater

Flo

w R

equi

rem

ents

To de

term

ine

the

tota

l fl o

w w

ithin

a d

rip s

yste

m s

ectio

n or

zon

e, a

dd u

p th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

drip

pers

and

thei

r fl o

w ra

tes.

The

sam

e m

etho

d sh

ould

be

used

for m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

and

mic

ro

spra

yers

.

Exam

ple:

You

hav

e de

sign

ed a

sys

tem

usi

ng 4

0 dr

ippe

rs, c

onsi

stin

g of

20

– 1

GPH

and

20 –

2 G

PH

drip

pers

, plu

s 2

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s at

14

GPH

each

.Ca

lcul

ate

tota

l fl o

w ra

tes:

20 –

1 G

PH d

rippe

rs =

20

gallo

ns p

er h

our

20 –

2 G

PH d

rippe

rs =

40

gallo

ns p

er h

our

2 –

14 G

PH m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

= 2

8 ga

llons

per

hou

rTo

tal fl

ow

rate

= 8

8 Ga

llons

Per

Hou

r (GP

H), o

r (di

vidi

ng b

y 60

) = 1

.46

Gallo

ns P

er M

inut

e (G

PM)

TIP:

The

max

imum

reco

mm

ende

d fl o

w ra

te fo

r a s

ingl

e lin

e of

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

is 2

20 G

PH (3

.6 G

PM).

If yo

u ex

ceed

the

reco

mm

ende

d fl o

w ra

te, a

dd a

noth

er li

ne o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

to y

our z

one

or s

ectio

n.If

the

fl ow

rate

from

a s

ingl

e va

lve

or a

zon

e us

ing

a 3/

4” p

ipe

exce

eds

9 GP

M (5

40 G

PH),

anot

her

valv

e or

zon

e sh

ould

be

adde

d. T

his

can

be d

one

by d

ivid

ing

the

area

to b

e irr

igat

ed in

hal

f, an

d co

nstru

cted

a v

alve

man

ifold

for e

ach

new

zon

e. A

noth

er o

ptio

n is

to c

onsi

der u

sing

a v

alve

or a

zon

e fo

r eac

h ty

pe o

f app

licat

ion.

For

exa

mpl

e, o

ne v

alve

can

be

used

with

a d

rip la

yout

and

one

val

ve w

ith

a m

icro

sprin

kler

layo

ut.

TIP:

The

reco

mm

ende

d fl o

w ra

te fo

r any

sec

tion

or a

zon

e us

ing

3/4”

val

ve is

540

GPH

or 9

GPM

. If

usin

g w

ith a

Mod

el 9

001

cont

rolle

r the

max

imum

fl ow

rate

is 3

12 G

PH o

r 5.2

GPM

.

7’RA

DIUS

14 G

PH

up to

20’

DIAM

ETER

0-30

GPH

.8”

DIA.

1/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

3! 3@ 3&

3) 3$ 3*

3(

6)

4^

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uest

ions

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CHAR

T A

AND

CHAR

T A1

: Det

erm

ine

the

num

ber o

f drip

pers

, or m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

need

ed a

nd th

e ap

prop

riate

fl ow

rate

s fo

r pla

nt n

eeds

.

Char

t A: S

paci

ng C

hart

Drip

pers

RECO

MM

ENDE

D NU

MBE

R OF

DRI

PPER

S PE

R PL

ANT

Typ

e of

pla

nts

N

umbe

r of d

rippe

rs a

nd s

paci

ng

Flow

ers

One

drip

per (

.5 G

PH) i

n cl

ay s

oil,

spac

ed e

very

18-

24”.

One

drip

per

(1 G

PH) i

n lo

amy

& sa

ndy

soil

spac

ed e

very

12-

18”.

Vege

tabl

es

On

e dr

ippe

r (.5

GPH

) in

clay

soi

l, sp

aced

eve

ry 1

8”. O

ne d

rippe

r (1

GPH

) in

loam

y &

sand

y so

il sp

aced

eve

ry 1

2-18

”, E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ d

riplin

e or

soa

ker t

ape.

Smal

l shr

ubs

and

rose

s

One

drip

per (

1 GP

H) p

er p

lant

in c

lay

soil.

One

to tw

o (1

GPH

) (u

p to

2’ h

igh)

drip

pers

in lo

amy

& sa

ndy

soil,

spa

ced

ever

y 12

-18”

.

Med

ium

shr

ubs

and

smal

l tre

es

Two

drip

pers

(1 G

PH) p

er p

lant

in c

lay

soil

spac

ed 1

0” fr

om c

ente

r. (2

-4’ h

igh)

Tw

o dr

ippe

rs (2

GPH

) spa

ced

9-12

” fro

m c

ente

r or 3

(1 G

PH)

drip

pers

in lo

amy

& sa

ndy

soil,

spa

ced

12-1

8” a

part.

Med

ium

shr

ubs

and

smal

l tre

es

Six

drip

pers

(.5

GPH)

in c

lay

soil

spac

ed 1

8-24

” ap

art i

n a

loop

. (4

-6’ h

igh)

Tw

o to

thre

e dr

ippe

rs (2

GPH

) in

loam

y so

il sp

aced

16-

18”

apar

t in

a lo

op o

r 4 (1

GPH

) drip

pers

in s

andy

soi

l, sp

aced

12-

18”

apar

t in

a lo

op a

roun

d th

e tre

e.

Char

t A1:

Spa

cing

Cha

rt M

icro

Spr

inkl

ers

RECO

MM

ENDE

D NU

MBE

R OF

DRI

PPER

S OR

MIC

RO S

PRIN

KLER

S PE

R PL

ANT

Num

ber o

f drip

pers

, mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d sp

acin

g

Larg

e tre

es (6

’ and

up

) Fi

ve d

rippe

rs (2

GPH

) pe

r pla

nt in

cla

y so

il sp

aced

18-

24”

apar

t ar

ound

the

tree.

Fiv

e dr

ippe

rs (2

GPH

) in

loam

y &

sand

y so

il,

spac

ed 1

2-18

” ap

art a

roun

d th

e tre

e or

one

min

i spr

inkl

er m

odel

88

09-1

B9$

nea

r the

bas

e.

Grou

ndco

ver

Se

lect

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s or

mic

ro s

pray

ers

depe

ndin

g on

the

area

yo

u w

ish

to c

over

(see

cha

rt B

and

E on

pag

es 1

1 an

d 12

for

diam

eter

and

dis

tanc

e). F

or n

arro

w a

reas

up

to 2

’ wid

e, s

pace

dr

ippe

rs (1

GPH

) in

clay

soi

l 18-

24”

apar

t or u

se E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ d

riplin

e. In

loam

y &

sand

y so

il, s

pace

drip

pers

(2 G

PH)

12-2

4” a

part.

Gree

nhou

ses

Use

min

i spr

inkl

er 9%

spac

ed e

very

5-6

’, m

icro

spr

inkl

er 4)

(ger

min

atio

n &

prop

agat

ion)

ev

ery

10-1

2’ o

r 4)

ever

y 3-

5’. A

lso,

mis

ter 4#

can

be u

sed

ever

y 3’

, and

pla

ced

8” a

bove

the

plan

ts in

a re

ctan

gula

r pat

tern

.

Gree

nhou

ses

and

nurs

erie

s

Use

mis

ter 4#,

or f

ogge

r 9*

or 9(

spac

ed 3

-5’ a

part,

(c

oolin

g)

6-8’

feet

abo

ve th

e gr

ound

.

Hang

ing

bask

ets

and

boxe

s

One

drip

per (

.5 G

PH) f

or u

p to

7 g

allo

n pl

ants

. One

spr

ayer

4^

(1-2

5 ga

llons

)

inst

alle

d up

side

dow

n or

mou

nted

on

a sp

ike

for 5

-25

gallo

n si

zed

plan

ts.

NOTE

: We

reco

mm

end

spac

ing

drip

pers

at a

min

imum

of 1

2” a

part.

If in

dou

bt a

bout

the

capa

city

of t

he w

ater

sou

rce,

mea

sure

the

outp

ut. F

irst,

mak

e su

re th

at n

o w

ater

is b

eing

use

d in

the

hous

e. T

hen

time

how

long

it ta

kes

to fi

ll a

mea

sure

d bu

cket

from

one

of

the

outs

ide

fauc

ets

whe

n fu

lly o

pen.

If it

take

s 20

sec

onds

to fi

ll a

3 ga

llon

buck

et, t

hen

the

max

imum

fl ow

rate

ava

ilabl

e pe

r hou

r is

3 ga

llons

x 3

tim

es a

min

ute

= 9

Gal

lons

Per

1 M

inut

e (G

PM) o

r mul

tiply

by

60 m

inut

es =

540

Gal

lons

Per

Hou

r (GP

H). I

f the

sys

tem

requ

ires

high

er fl

ow

rate

s, d

ivid

e th

e sy

stem

in tw

o by

add

ing

anot

her v

alve

.

PLAN

NING

FOR

THE

FUT

URE:

In a

ny d

esig

n, m

ake

sure

to p

lan

for t

he fu

ture

. Whe

n pl

ants

mat

ure,

th

ey m

ay re

quire

mor

e w

ater

. Wat

erin

g tim

es c

an b

e le

ngth

ened

to m

eet t

hose

nee

ds, b

ut g

ener

ally

, m

ore

drip

pers

sho

uld

be a

dded

to s

uppl

y th

e m

atur

ing

plan

t. Al

so, n

ew p

lant

s m

ay b

e ad

ded

to th

e la

ndsc

ape,

so

leav

e so

me

room

in th

e ov

eral

l des

ign

by h

avin

g ab

out 2

0-30

% m

ore

wat

er c

apac

ity

avai

labl

e. 3

/4”

fauc

ets

and

3/4”

ant

i-sip

hon

valv

es w

ill a

lmos

t alw

ays

prov

ide

mor

e th

an e

noug

h w

ater

for m

ost h

ome

land

scap

es a

nd g

arde

n si

tes.

DR

IPP

ER

WA

TE

RIN

G S

CH

ED

UL

E

WAT

ERIN

G FR

EQUE

NCY

TYPE

OF

PLAN

T LE

NGTH

OF

WAT

ERIN

G HO

T W

ARM

CO

OLFl

ower

s, v

eget

able

s 30

min

– 1

hr

1-2

days

3

days

3-

4 da

ysSm

all t

rees

, shr

ubs

1-2

hour

s 1-

2 da

ys

2-3

days

3-

4 da

ysVi

nes

3-6

hour

s 1-

2 da

ys

2-3

days

3-

4 da

ysM

ediu

m tr

ees,

shr

ubs

5-7

hour

s 2-

3 da

ys

2-3

days

4-

5 da

ysLa

rge

trees

, shr

ubs

6-8

hour

s 1-

2 da

ys

2-3

days

5-

6 da

ysPo

ts to

15”

3-

5 m

inut

es

1-2

days

2-

3 da

ys

4-5

days

Pots

ove

r 15”

5-

10 m

inut

es

1-2

days

2-

3 da

ys

4-5

days

MIC

RO

SP

RIN

KL

ER

WA

TE

RIN

G S

CH

ED

UL

E

Flow

erbe

ds, g

roun

dcov

er

30 m

in –

1 h

r 1-

2 da

ys

3 da

ys

4-6

days

Smal

l tre

es

1-2

hour

s 2-

3 da

ys

4-5

days

5-

6 da

ysM

ediu

m tr

ees

2-3

hour

s 2-

3 da

ys

4-5

days

6-

7 da

ysLa

rge

Tree

s 2-

5 ho

urs

2-3

days

4-

5 da

ys

5-7

days

Gree

nhou

ses,

hot

hous

es

5-10

min

utes

2-

4 tim

es/d

ay

2 tim

es/2

day

s 1

time/

2 da

ys

If thi

s is

the

fi rst

tim

e yo

u ar

e in

stal

ling

a dr

ip o

r mic

ro s

prin

kler

sys

tem

, we

reco

mm

end

tryin

g a

star

ter k

it. E

ach

kit c

onta

ins

ever

ythi

ng n

eede

d to

inst

all a

bas

ic s

yste

m, w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of a

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor w

hich

will

be

requ

ired

if w

ater

pre

ssur

e is

ove

r 25

PSI.

Hom

e sy

stem

s us

ually

run

betw

een

40-6

0 PS

I. Al

l of t

he p

arts

are

ava

ilabl

e se

para

tely

to a

dd o

n la

ter.

M

inim

um w

orki

ng p

ress

ure

(PSI

) for

a d

rip o

r mic

ro s

prin

kler

sys

tem

is 1

5 PS

I, m

axim

um

wor

king

pre

ssur

e is

25

PSI.

If yo

ur s

yste

m’s

pre

ssur

e is

hig

her t

han

this

, ins

tall

a pr

essu

re

regu

lato

r (r

, t, i

) afte

r the

fi lte

r.

If

usin

g pr

essu

re c

ompe

nsat

ing

drip

pers

, run

s lo

nger

than

400

’ can

be

achi

eved

. Ple

ase

refe

r to

char

t C o

n pa

ge 1

2 fo

r mor

e in

form

atio

n ab

out m

axim

um ru

n le

ngth

.

Do

not

exc

eed

220

GPH

on a

sin

gle

1/2”

line

, 25

GPH

on a

sin

gle

line

of 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

, or

5 G

PH o

n a

sing

le li

ne o

f 1/8

” m

icro

tubi

ng.

Allo

win

g th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng to

sit

in th

e su

n w

ill w

arm

and

sof

ten

the

plas

tic, m

akin

g it

easi

er to

wor

k w

ith.

If ha

ving

diffi

cul

ty in

serti

ng th

e 1/

4” b

arbs

into

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng, w

arm

tubi

ng b

y la

ying

it

in th

e su

n or

dip

the

mic

ro tu

bing

into

hot

wat

er. T

his

will

mak

e it

mor

e pl

iabl

e.

Wat

er in

the

early

mor

ning

hou

rs fo

r the

bes

t res

ults

.

Hel

pfu

l Tip

s

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uest

ions

– C

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One

of t

he a

dvan

tage

s of

usi

ng a

drip

sys

tem

and

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s is

the

area

that

can

be

cove

red.

Bec

ause

thes

e de

vice

s re

quire

low

wat

er fl

ow, t

hey

can

cove

r a la

rge

area

usi

ng a

si

ngle

leng

th o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

. CHA

RTS

C, C

1, D

, E A

ND F

will

ass

ist i

n de

term

inin

g ho

w fa

r to

run

poly

tubi

ng, a

nd h

ow m

any

drip

pers

or m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

can

be u

sed

depe

ndin

g on

the

spac

ing

and

fl ow

rate

s.

CHAR

T C:

MAX

IMUM

RUN

OF

1/4”

MIC

RO T

UBIN

G OR

1/2

” PO

LY T

UBIN

G W

ITH

PC D

RIPP

ERS

Drip

per F

low

Rat

e

Drip

per s

paci

ng in

feet

Dr

ippe

r spa

cing

in fe

et

on

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng

o

n 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng

Drip

per

Loca

tor #

Fl

ow

1’

2’

3’

4’

5’

1’

2’

3’

4’

5’

PC

3)

1 G

PH

35

50

72

88

105

320

5

30

670

82

0 97

0

PC

3*

2 G

PH

25

36

45

56

65

190

3

10

420

5

10

610

PC

3$

4 G

PH

14

22

30

36

40

120

200

250

3

20

450

CHAR

T C1

: M

AXIM

UM L

ENGT

H RU

N OF

1/4

” M

ICRO

TUB

ING

AND

1/2”

POL

Y TU

BING

WIT

H BU

TTON

AND

FLA

G DR

IPPE

RS D

rippe

r Flo

w R

ate

D

rippe

r spa

cing

in fe

et

Drip

per s

paci

ng in

feet

on 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

on

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

Drip

per

Loca

tor #

Fl

ow

1’

2’

3’

4’

5’

1’

2’

3’

4’

5’

But

ton

3!

1 G

PH

17

26

36

24

45

140

2

30

310

35

0 40

0

But

ton

3&

.5 G

PH

26

40

50

64

70

195

3

20

430

5

25

610

But

ton

3@

2 G

PH

10

16

21

24

30

80

145

175

2

30

270

Fla

g3%

1

GPH

1

7 2

6 36

40

4

5 1

25

220

300

330

3

70

Adj

usta

ble 3(

1

-10

GPH

De

pend

s on

fl ow

rate

s

CHAR

T D:

DIS

TANC

E YO

U CA

N RU

N 1/

2” D

RIP

SOAK

ER T

APE,

1/4

” DR

IPLI

NE A

ND E

ARTH

LINE

BR

OWN

PC™

DRI

PLIN

E M

odel

#

Desc

riptio

n Fl

ow ra

tes

(GPH

) S

paci

ng

25

PSI

45 P

SI

ST1

00/5

00

Drip

soa

ker t

ape

.6

12

” 28

0’

N/R

SH5

0 1/

4” D

riplin

e .5

12

” 30

’ N/

R

B18

100

1/2”

Ear

thlin

e Br

own

PC™

drip

line

1 18

” 33

0’

CHAR

T B:

Pro

duct

Des

crip

tions

: GPH

, PSI

, Wet

ting

Diam

eter

, Pat

tern

s

Shou

ld y

ou c

hoos

e to

use

fogg

ers,

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s or

mis

ters

, CHA

RT B

illu

stra

tes

the

vario

us

cove

rage

s an

d fl o

w ra

tes

avai

labl

e fo

r eac

h m

odel

.

Loc

ator

Flo

w

Wor

king

De

scrip

tion

Diam

. Pa

ttern

/

# Ra

tes

Pres

sure

(ft.)

degr

ees

(GPH

) (P

SI)

4)

16-2

1

25

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

with

hea

ds fo

r diff

eren

t pat

tern

s,

26

360/

180

on s

pike

ass

embl

y

/90/

strip

4!

7-10

25

Je

t spr

ayer

on

10/3

2 th

read

ed b

arb

5

90/1

80/

360

4!

7-10

25

Je

t spr

ayer

pre

asse

mbl

ed o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 13

36

0

4@

12-

14

25

Jet s

pray

er w

ith m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd b

arb

18

strip

4#

6-7

25

Fo

gger

/mis

ter o

n 10

/32

thre

aded

bar

b

5 36

0

4$

11-1

4 25

M

icro

spr

inkl

er p

reas

sem

bled

on

spik

e as

sem

bly

25

36

0

or

10/

32 th

read

4%

39-4

0 25

M

ini-c

ompa

ct m

icro

spr

inkl

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y

28

360

4^

1.2

- 2

25

Mis

ter o

n ba

rb w

ith m

ini s

take

.8

36

0

4&

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er w

ith 1

0/32

thre

ad o

r on

spik

e as

sem

bly

12

36

0

4*

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er w

ith 1

0/32

thre

ad o

r on

spik

e as

sem

bly

8

180

4(

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er w

ith 1

0/32

thre

ad o

r on

spik

e as

sem

bly

7

9

0

4&

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er o

n 12

” po

p-up

12

36

0

4*

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er o

n 12

” po

p-up

8

180

4(

12-1

4

25

Jet s

pray

er o

n 12

” po

p-up

7

9

0

9!

0-30

25

Ad

just

able

fl ow

jet s

pray

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 25

36

0

9@

0-30

25

Ad

just

able

fl ow

jet s

pray

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 10

18

0

9#

0-30

25

Ad

just

able

fl ow

jet s

pray

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 9

90

9$

8-10

25

M

ini s

prin

kler

pre

asse

mbl

ed o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 10

36

0

9%

22-2

4 25

M

ini s

prin

kler

pre

asse

mbl

ed o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 14

36

0

9^

29-3

2

35

Adju

stab

le o

ne je

t stre

am m

icro

spr

inkl

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y

42

30-3

30

9&

29-3

2

25-3

5 On

e je

t stre

am m

icro

spr

inkl

er p

reas

sem

bled

on

spik

e as

sem

bly

40

36

0

9*

.8

40-8

0

Fine

dro

plet

fogg

er fo

r coo

ling

on 1

0/32

thre

ad

1-2

36

0

9(

.8

40-8

0

Fine

dro

plet

fogg

er fo

r coo

ling

on 1

/4”

barb

1

-2

360

7 25

Fl

ow re

gula

ted

mic

ro s

prin

kler

ass

embl

y 15

36

0

0-20

25

Ad

just

able

spr

ayer

on

a sp

ike

1-12

36

0

CHAR

T E:

HEA

D LO

SS F

OR 1

/2”

AND

1/4”

POL

Y TU

BING sh

aded

are

a is

not

reco

mm

ende

d

Pol

y (P

E) tu

bing

hea

d lo

ss

M

icro

tubi

ng h

ead

loss

1/2

” (.6

00 ID

x .7

00 O

D)

1/8

” Vi

nyl

1/4

” Vi

nyl

Vel.

P.S.

I.

Ve

l. P.

S.I.

Vel.

P.S.

I.GP

M

F.P.

S.

Loss

GP

M

GPH

F.P.

S.

Loss

F.

P.S.

Lo

ss 0.

25

0.28

0.

04

0.05

3.

0 1.

3 4.

77

0.8

1.62

0.50

0.

57

0.16

0.

10

6.0

2.6

17.2

0 1.

6 5.

86 0.

75

0.85

0.

34

0.15

9.

0 3.

9 36

.45

2.5

12.4

0 1.

00

1.13

0.

58

0.20

12

.0

5.2

62.0

6 3.

3 21

.12

1.25

1.

42

0.88

0.

25

15.0

6.

5 93

.77

4.1

31.9

1 1.

50

1.70

1.

23

1.75

1.

98

1.64

2.

00

2.27

2.

10

2.25

2.

55

2.61

2.

50

2.83

3.

17

2.75

3.

22

3.78

3.

00

3.40

4.

44 3.

25

3.68

5.

15

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Q

uest

ions

– C

all 1

-800

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-228

1

Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

rs: H

ose

End

and

In-li

ne

Our

hos

e en

d ba

ttery

ope

rate

d co

ntro

llers

are

ava

ilabl

e w

ith e

ither

hos

e or

pip

e th

read

, low

fl ow

or

hig

h fl o

w, w

ith L

CD d

ispl

ay o

r with

out,

and

are

cove

red

by a

3-y

ear l

imite

d w

arra

nty.

IN-L

INE

CONT

ROLL

ER•

MOD

EL 7

001:

Hig

h fl o

w w

ith u

p to

28

GPM

or 1

680

GPH,

has

bot

h ho

se a

nd p

ipe

thre

ads

plus

LCD

disp

lay.

HOSE

END

TIM

ER•

MOD

EL 9

001

OR 9

001D

B: L

ow fl

ow w

ith u

p to

5.2

GPM

or 3

12 G

PH, h

as h

ose

thre

ad o

nly,

and

LC

D di

spla

y fo

r pro

gram

min

g. (I

f ins

talli

ng a

sys

tem

usi

ng th

is c

ontro

ller,

mak

e su

re n

ot to

exc

eed

the

reco

mm

ende

d fl o

w ra

te).

• M

ODEL

900

1EZ:

Low

fl ow

with

up

to 5

.2 G

PM o

r 312

GPH

, has

hos

e th

read

onl

y an

d us

es tw

o di

als

and

one

butto

n fo

r pro

gram

min

g. (I

f ins

talli

ng a

sys

tem

usi

ng th

is c

ontro

ller,

mak

e su

re n

ot to

ex

ceed

the

reco

mm

ende

d fl o

w ra

te).

CHAR

T F:

MAX

IMUM

LEN

GTH

AND

SPAC

ING

WIT

H M

ICRO

SPR

INKL

ERS,

SPR

AYER

S OR

FO

GGER

S ON

1/2

” PO

LY T

UBIN

G

Flow

Dev

iatio

n 7%

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

, spr

ayer

and

mis

ter s

paci

ng in

feet

Pro

duct

Lo

cato

r N

omin

al

3’

6’

9’

12’

1

5’

18’

2

0’

# Fl

ow R

ates

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

4)

21

GPH

N/R

N

/R

N/R

1

04

131

1

45

161

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

4)

21

GPH

N/R

N

/R

N/R

1

04

131

1

45

161

Ray

jet s

pray

er

4!

10

GPH

N/R

17

7 20

7 2

60

320

3

67

402

Jet

spr

ayer

4@

14

GPH

N/R

N

R 11

4 14

1 16

2 19

1 20

2

Mis

ter

4#

7 G

PH

N/R

13

5 1

75

201

2

37

249

2

63

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

4$

1

4 GP

H N

/R

N/R

1

14

141

1

62

191

2

02

Inse

ct p

roof

mic

ro s

prin

kler

4%

4

0 GP

H N

/R

N/R

N/R

N

/R

73

103

11

3

Pot

and

bas

ket m

iste

r 4^

2

GPH

1

67

230

304

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

Spr

ay je

t 4&

/ 4*/4(

1

4 GP

H N

/R

87

114

14

1 1

62

191

2

02

Spr

ay je

t on

spik

e 4&

/ 4*/4(

1

4 GP

H N

/R

87

114

14

1 1

62

191

2

02

Spr

ay je

t 12”

pop

-up

4&/ 4*/4(

1

4 GP

H N

/R

87

114

14

1 1

62

191

2

02

Min

i spr

inkl

er

9$

10 G

PH

N/R

1

36

207

2

52

315

3

60

399

Min

i spr

inkl

er

9%

24

GPH

N/R

N

/R

86

113

1

38

168

1

90

Com

pact

mic

ro s

prin

kler

9^/9&

32

GPH

N

/R

N/R

N

/R

N/R

N

/R

128

1

38

Flo

w re

gula

ted

mic

ro s

prin

kler

7 GP

H N/

R

NR:

Not

Rec

omm

ende

d

Revi

ew th

e Pr

oduc

ts

DIG

prov

ides

an

exte

nsiv

e lin

e of

mic

ro ir

rigat

ion

prod

ucts

and

acc

esso

ries

incl

udin

g co

ntro

llers

, sta

rter k

its, d

rip e

mitt

ers,

drip

line,

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s, fo

gger

s, tu

bing

, fi tt

ings

, an

d ac

cess

orie

s to

com

plet

e ne

w a

nd e

xist

ing

syst

ems.

Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

rs: A

nti-s

ipho

nA

nti-s

ipho

n va

lves

pre

vent

irrig

atio

n w

ater

from

fl ow

ing

back

to th

e m

ain

wat

er s

ourc

e. D

IG a

nti-

siph

on b

atte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

rs a

re u

sed

for a

bove

gro

und

inst

alla

tion

and

are

avai

labl

e w

ith

eith

er a

3/4

” an

ti-si

phon

val

ve o

r with

a re

trofi t

act

uato

r to

conv

ert m

ost 3

/4”

or 1

” m

anua

l ant

i-si

phon

val

ves

on th

e m

arke

t to

auto

mat

ic o

pera

tion.

MOD

EL 2

008I

:3/4

” an

ti-si

phon

val

ve a

nd

cont

rolle

r with

LCD

dis

play

. Max

imum

fl ow

rate

: 10

GPM

.

MOD

EL 2

006I

:Con

verts

man

ual a

nti-s

ipho

n va

lves

to a

utom

atic

ope

ratio

n; in

clud

es

cont

rolle

r with

LCD

dis

play

, act

uato

r and

all

the

parts

nee

ded

to c

onne

ct to

an

exis

ting

3/4”

or

1” m

anua

l ant

i-sip

hon

valv

e.

Star

ter K

its

DIG

prov

ides

a v

arie

ty o

f sta

rter k

its to

hel

p st

art a

drip

, mic

ro s

prin

kler

, or r

etro

fi t s

yste

m.

DIG

kits

are

the

fast

and

eas

y w

ay to

inst

all a

drip

sys

tem

. All

the

parts

nee

ded

are

incl

uded

mak

ing

star

t-up

fast

and

sim

ple.

All

kits

can

be

expa

nded

usi

ng D

IG p

arts

.

Mic

ro S

prin

kler

, Mic

ro S

pray

er, D

rip a

ndDr

ip S

oake

r Tap

e Ki

tsM

ODEL

EF5

5AS

(WIT

H BA

CKFL

OW D

EVIC

E) M

ICRO

SPR

INKL

ER W

ATER

ING

KITS

: The

mic

ro

sprin

kler

kit

can

be u

sed

for w

ater

ing

grou

ndco

ver a

nd fl

ower

beds

. Thi

s ki

t can

wat

er u

p to

250

sq.

ft.

with

the

optio

n to

exp

and.

It c

onta

ins

fi ve

larg

e-di

amet

er 4)

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s on

spi

kes

(21

GPH)

. Ea

ch w

ater

s a

full

circ

le u

p to

26’

in d

iam

eter

. It a

lso

incl

udes

inse

rts fo

r wat

erin

g up

to a

AC C

ontr

olle

rs

A co

ntro

ller s

houl

d be

sel

ecte

d w

ith c

are.

Thi

s is

esp

ecia

lly

true

if th

e irr

igat

ion

syst

em is

wat

erin

g a

com

bine

d dr

ip

and

sprin

kler

sys

tem

with

diff

eren

t set

tings

for e

ach

valv

e or

zon

e. D

IG 8

006

(six

sta

tion)

con

trolle

rs a

re v

ery

sim

ple

to

prog

ram

. The

800

6 al

low

s fo

r eac

h va

lve

in th

e sy

stem

to b

e pr

ogra

mm

ed in

depe

nden

tly, f

rom

1 m

inut

e to

12

hour

s in

on

e m

inut

e in

crem

ents

as

wel

l as

havi

ng fo

ur s

tart

times

for

each

val

ve, a

llow

ing

for m

ixed

irrig

atio

n ap

plic

atio

ns fo

r drip

and

sp

rinkl

er s

yste

ms.

Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

rs

Bat

tery

ope

rate

d co

ntro

llers

and

tim

ers

are

idea

l for

any

wat

erin

g sy

stem

that

nee

ds to

be

auto

mat

ed w

ithou

t con

nect

ing

wire

to a

n AC

sou

rce.

The

se c

ontro

llers

hav

e a

wid

e ra

nge

of

feat

ures

and

use

onl

y on

e 9-

volt

batte

ry, w

ith a

bat

tery

life

of u

p to

two

year

s.

8006

7001

D90

01D

9001

DB90

01EZ

2006

I20

08I

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MOD

EL S

T100

AS (W

ITH

BACK

FLOW

DEV

ICE)

DRI

P &

SOAK

ER

VEGE

TABL

E W

ATER

ING

KIT:

Thi

s ki

t is

the

perfe

ct w

ay to

wat

er a

ve

geta

ble

gard

en! T

his

kit c

an c

over

up

to fi

ve b

eds,

eac

h 20

’ lon

g,

usin

g ou

r drip

soa

ker t

ape.

The

kit

cont

ains

100

’ of d

rip s

oake

r tap

e w

ith d

rippe

rs (.

8 GP

H) s

onic

ally

wel

ded

insi

de th

e ta

pe e

very

12”

. Th

e ki

t als

o co

ntai

ns 5

’ of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng, s

wiv

el a

dapt

ers,

drip

ta

pe c

oupl

ings

, drip

tape

end

s, d

rip ta

pe re

duce

rs, h

ose

ends

, drip

ta

pe to

drip

hos

e co

nnec

tors

, pun

ch, p

lugs

, ins

talla

tion

inst

ruct

ions

an

d a

book

let o

n ho

w to

pla

n an

d pr

epar

e a

vege

tabl

e ga

rden

. (If

pre

ssur

e in

the

syst

em e

xcee

ds 3

0 PS

I, ad

d a r

, pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor.)

MOD

EL R

750

ADJU

STAB

LE M

ICRO

SPR

AYER

KIT

: Thi

s ad

just

able

mic

ro s

pray

er k

it is

a c

ompl

ete

syst

em th

at c

an

be u

sed

for w

ater

ing

unde

r the

can

opy

of g

roun

dcov

er,

fl ow

erbe

ds a

nd s

hrub

s. It

can

wat

er u

p to

160

sq.

ft. o

r it

can

wat

er a

nar

row

bor

der,

with

the

optio

n to

exp

and

up to

32

0 sq

. ft.

This

kit

cont

ains

6 m

icro

spr

ayer

s on

adj

usta

ble

spik

e as

sem

blie

s. T

wo 4(

c w

ith 9

0° s

pray

pat

tern

(14

GPH)

an

d fo

ur 4*c

with

180

° sp

ray

patte

rn (1

4 GP

H). T

here

are

al

so tw

o 10

1, 3

60°

adju

stab

le s

pray

ers.

The

kit

cont

ains

50’

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng, s

even

2’ p

iece

s of

1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng w

ith 1

/4”

barb

, bac

kfl o

w d

evic

e, p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r, sw

ivel

ada

pter

s, 1

/2”

tee,

pu

nch,

1/4

” ba

rbs,

two

3-1/

2” h

olde

r sta

kes,

hos

e en

d an

d pl

ugs.

4-Ou

tlet,

6-Ou

tlet,

and

Mav

eric

kTM

12-O

utle

t Ret

rofi t

Drip

Kits

MOD

EL A

450

RETR

OFIT

4-O

UTLE

T DR

IP S

YSTE

M A

ND

ACCE

SSOR

IES

KIT:

The

4-o

utle

t drip

hea

d is

des

igne

d to

retro

fi t

an e

xist

ing

1/2”

spr

inkl

er ri

ser t

o a

low

fl ow

, wat

er e

ffi ci

ent d

rip

syst

em w

ithou

t dis

turb

ing

the

rest

of t

he s

prin

kler

sys

tem

. The

4-

outle

t drip

hea

d ha

s fo

ur P

C ou

tlets

whi

ch c

an e

ach

be

conn

ecte

d to

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng, a

nd c

over

s up

to fo

ur p

lant

s. T

he

kit a

lso

cont

ains

50’

of 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

and

four

1/4

” st

akes

.

MOD

EL A

650

RETR

OFIT

6-O

UTLE

T DR

IP S

YSTE

M A

ND A

CCES

SORI

ES K

IT: T

he d

rip h

ead

is

desi

gned

to re

trofi t

an

exis

ting

1/2”

spr

inkl

er ri

ser t

o a

low

fl ow

, wat

er e

ffi ci

ent d

rip s

yste

m. T

he

6-ou

tlet d

rip h

ead

has

six

indi

vidu

al P

C ou

tlets

whi

ch c

an b

e co

nnec

ted

to 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

, an

d co

vers

up

to s

ix p

lant

s. It

als

o ca

n be

use

d w

ith 1

/4”

drip

line,

or w

ith in

divi

dual

drip

pers

. Ad

ditio

nally

the

kit h

as 5

0’ o

f 1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd 1

/4”

stak

es.

MOD

EL P

C121

00 M

AVER

ICK™

12-

OUTL

ET D

RIP

KIT:

Th

e M

aver

ick™

12-

outle

t drip

hea

d is

des

igne

d to

retro

fi t a

ny

1/2”

spr

inkl

er ri

ser a

bove

or b

elow

the

grou

nd to

a lo

w fl

ow,

wat

er e

ffi ci

ent d

rip s

yste

m. E

ach

outle

t em

its w

ater

at 2

GPH

at

an

oper

atin

g pr

essu

re fr

om 8

-80

PSI.

Unus

ed o

utle

ts m

ay b

e pl

ugge

d so

that

a m

inim

um o

f fou

r of t

he o

utle

ts, t

o a

max

imum

of

twel

ve, a

re in

use

at o

nce.

The

drip

hea

d ha

s tw

elve

pre

ssur

e co

mpe

nsat

ing

(PC)

out

lets

that

can

eac

h be

con

nect

ed to

1/8

” m

icro

tubi

ng (i

nclu

ded)

or 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

usi

ng th

e in

clud

ed

conv

erte

r bar

bs. A

dditi

onal

ly th

e ki

t inc

lude

s 10

0’ o

f 1/8

” m

icro

tu

bing

, 12

conv

erte

r bar

bs, 1

2 st

akes

, 8 c

aps

and

8 bu

g pl

ugs

to c

lose

th

e en

d of

the

1/8”

mic

ro tu

bing

pre

vent

ing

bugs

from

ent

erin

g th

e sy

stem

.

up to

a 6

’ dia

met

er in

par

tial c

ircle

s of

90°

and

180

°, a

nd in

a

strip

pat

tern

of u

p to

12’

. In

addi

tion,

it h

as tw

o 4!

sm

all-

diam

eter

spr

ayer

s (1

0 GP

H) e

ach

on 1

0/32

thre

ad. T

hese

sp

raye

rs a

lso

wat

er a

full

360°

and

incl

ude

tips

for 9

0° a

nd

180°

whi

ch c

an b

e in

serte

d di

rect

ly in

to th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng.

The

kit i

nclu

des

50’ o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

, sw

ivel

ada

pter

s, a

te

e, a

cou

plin

g, a

pun

ch, h

ose

ends

and

plu

gs.

MOD

EL F

M01

AS (W

ITH

BACK

FLOW

DEV

ICE)

PAT

IO

WAT

ERIN

G KI

T: T

his

min

i drip

kit

is d

esig

ned

for w

ater

ing

cont

aine

r pla

nts,

pot

s, a

nd p

lant

er b

oxes

, ind

oors

or

outd

oors

. The

kit

can

cove

r up

to 1

0 pl

ants

and

has

the

optio

n to

exp

and

up to

35

plan

ts u

sing

1 G

PH d

rippe

rs. I

t co

ntai

ns te

n 3)

PC

drip

pers

(1 G

PH).

The

kit a

lso

incl

udes

60

’ of 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

, ada

pter

s, te

es, b

arbs

, sta

kes,

m

ount

ing

clip

s, a

nd 1

/4”

valv

es.

MOD

EL G

77AS

(WIT

H BA

CKFL

OW D

EVIC

E) D

RIP

WAT

ERIN

G KI

T: T

his

drip

kit

is d

esig

ned

to w

ater

land

scap

e ar

eas

with

shr

ubs,

tree

s, v

ines

, and

fl ow

erbe

ds. I

t can

cov

er

up to

150

sq.

ft. u

sing

1 a

nd 4

GPH

PC

drip

pers

with

the

optio

n to

exp

and.

It c

onta

ins

twen

ty 3)

(1 G

PH) a

nd tw

o 3$

(4 G

PH) P

C dr

ippe

rs. T

he k

it al

so c

onta

ins

50’ o

f 1/2

” po

ly

tubi

ng, 5

0’ o

f 1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng, s

wiv

el a

dapt

ers,

1/2

” an

d 1/

4” te

es, c

oupl

ing,

bar

bs, 1

/2”

and

1/4”

sta

kes,

hos

e en

ds,

punc

h, 1

/4”

shut

off v

alve

, and

plu

gs.

MOD

EL G

E200

DRI

P AN

D M

ICRO

SPR

AYER

KIT

: Thi

s dr

ip

and

mic

ro s

pray

er k

it is

a c

ompl

ete

syst

em th

at c

an b

e us

ed

for w

ater

ing

grou

ndco

vers

, fl o

wer

beds

, tre

es, v

ines

, and

sh

rubs

. Thi

s ki

t can

wat

er u

p to

700

sq.

ft. w

ith th

e op

tion

to e

xpan

d. It

con

tain

s fo

ur 4(

mic

ro s

pray

ers

with

90°

spr

ay

patte

rn (1

4 GP

H), f

our 4*

mic

ro s

pray

ers

with

180

° sp

ray

patte

rn (1

4 GP

H), t

hree

4&

mic

ro s

pray

ers

with

360

° sp

ray

patte

rn (1

4 GP

H), a

nd tw

enty

3)

PC d

rippe

rs (1

GPH

).

MOD

EL M

D50

MIS

T AN

D DR

IP R

ETRO

FIT

WAT

ERIN

G KI

TS: T

his

drip

and

mis

t kit

is d

esig

ned

to re

trofi t

a 1

/2”

sprin

kler

rise

r to

wat

er la

rge

plan

ters

, con

tain

ers,

and

box

es.

The

kit c

an c

over

up

to s

ix p

lant

ers

or b

oxes

. It c

onta

ins

four3(

adj

usta

ble

drip

pers

on

spik

es (0

-20

GPH)

and

two

4^ fo

gger

s (2

GPH

). Th

e ki

t als

o co

ntai

ns 5

0’ o

f 1/4

” m

icro

tu

bing

, 1/2

” ad

apte

r with

1/4

” ba

rb o

utle

t, 1/

4” te

es, s

take

s, a

nd p

lugs

.

VACA

TION

DRI

P W

ATER

ING

KIT:

The

FS5

0 ca

n au

tom

atic

ally

wat

er u

p to

22

plan

ts in

door

or o

utdo

ors

whe

n on

vac

atio

n. P

ut in

door

pla

nts

in th

e tu

b an

d co

nnec

t th

e sy

stem

to th

e sh

ower

head

. The

kit

incl

udes

1 b

atte

ry

oper

ated

con

trolle

r, 14

drip

pers

(.5

GPH)

, 6 d

rippe

rs (1

GPH)

, 2

fogg

ers,

60’

mic

ro tu

bing

, 22

tees

, bac

kfl o

w d

evic

e,

pres

sure

regu

lato

r, 20

sta

kes,

4 b

all v

alve

s, 1

0 “C

” cl

amps

, an

d 1

show

er a

rm a

dapt

er to

wat

er in

door

pla

nts.

EF55

ASST

100A

S

R750

A450

FM01

AS

G77A

S

GE20

0

MD5

0

FS50

2 GP

H/zo

nePC

1210

0

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17

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w.d

igc

orp

.co

m18

Q

uest

ions

– C

all 1

-800

-344

-228

1

PRES

SURE

REG

ULAT

ORS:

( r p

rese

t 25

PSI h

ose

thre

ad, t

pre

set 2

5 PS

I pi

pe th

read

and

i a

djus

tabl

e w

ith p

ipe

thre

ad.)

The i

adj

usta

ble

pres

sure

re

gula

tor c

an b

e ad

just

ed b

y re

mov

ing

red

cap

and

dial

ing

up “

+”

and

dow

n “–

” to

a m

axim

um o

f 60

PSI f

or s

prin

kler

s an

d m

inim

um o

f 28

PSI f

or d

rip.

Pres

sure

regu

lato

rs c

ontro

l and

redu

ce th

e pr

essu

re e

nter

ing

a sy

stem

to

the

reco

mm

ende

d op

erat

ing

pres

sure

of t

he d

rip o

r mic

ro s

prin

kler

sys

tem

. Pr

essu

re c

an b

e re

ad o

nly

whe

n w

ater

is d

isch

arge

d fro

m th

e sy

stem

.

DIG

pres

sure

regu

lato

rs a

re o

nly

desi

gned

for u

se w

ith ir

rigat

ion

syst

ems

and

shou

ld b

e in

stal

led

afte

r the

fi lte

r. Ch

oose

the

corre

ct th

read

(hos

e or

pi

pe).

DIG

pres

sure

regu

lato

rs s

houl

d ne

ver b

e in

stal

led

on a

mai

nlin

e w

here

th

ey a

re u

nder

con

stan

t pre

ssur

e. In

this

situ

atio

n, th

ey n

eed

to b

e in

stal

led

afte

r the

val

ve.

CONV

ERSI

ON E

LBOW

: (6#

, 1/2

” FN

PT x

3/4

” M

HT) U

se th

is p

rodu

ct to

sta

rt a

drip

sys

tem

from

a 1

/2”

unde

rgro

und

sprin

kler

rise

r. Ad

d a r

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor a

nd e

ither

a 1*

swiv

el a

dapt

er fo

r 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

or a

2!

adap

ter

for 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

.

NOTE

: Whe

n co

nnec

ting

com

pone

nts,

ple

ase

mak

e su

re to

use

the

corre

ct th

read

. Do

not m

ix

hose

and

pip

e th

read

s, a

s th

ey w

ill le

ak.

Poly

Tub

ing

and

Mic

ro T

ubin

g

There

are

thre

e si

zes

of d

rip tu

bing

: 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

, 1/4

” an

d 1/

8” m

icro

tubi

ng. T

he 1

/2”

poly

tu

bing

is m

ost o

ften

used

as

the

mai

n la

tera

l or m

ainl

ine

into

whi

ch d

rippe

rs, m

icro

spr

inkl

ers,

or

1/4

” ba

rbs

to c

onne

ct th

e 1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng a

re in

serte

d. T

he 1

/4”

serv

es a

s th

e di

strib

utio

n lin

e in

to w

hich

drip

pers

or m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

are

inse

rted.

The

1/8

” is

use

d on

ly w

ith th

e M

aver

ick™

. DI

G po

ly tu

bing

and

mic

ro tu

bing

is o

ne m

ade

of th

e hi

ghes

t qua

lity

poly

ethy

lene

or v

inyl

resi

n, w

ith

5%+

Car

bon

Blac

k ad

ded

for e

xtra

resi

stan

ce to

the

dam

agin

g ef

fect

s of

the

sun’

s ul

travi

olet

rays

. Bo

th th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng a

nd th

e 1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng m

ay b

e in

stal

led

abov

e or

bel

ow g

roun

d. T

hey

are

desi

gned

to m

eet t

he a

ll th

e ne

eds

of b

oth

com

mer

cial

and

resi

dent

ial l

ow v

olum

e irr

igat

ion

user

s.

1/2”

POL

Y TU

BING

: Mad

e of

pol

yeth

ylen

e an

d us

ed fo

r mai

nlin

es a

nd

late

rals

. Unl

ike

PVC

pipe

, it c

omes

in c

oils

for e

asy

hand

ling

and

stor

age,

an

d w

eigh

s ab

out 4

pou

nds

per 1

00’.

Max

imum

wor

king

pre

ssur

e fo

r the

po

ly tu

bing

is 6

0 PS

I. Th

e m

axim

um fl

ow ra

te is

220

GPH

(3.6

GPH

). Th

e po

ly tu

bing

coi

ls a

re a

vaila

ble

in le

ngth

s of

50’

, 100

’, 20

0’, 5

00’,

and

1000

’.

Note

: The

act

ual i

nsid

e an

d ou

tsid

e di

amet

er o

f DIG

pre

miu

m 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng is

.600

” ID

* x

.700

” OD

** w

hich

is u

nive

rsal

ly a

ccep

ted

as

the

stan

dard

siz

e. T

his

dim

ensi

on v

arie

s w

ith o

ther

man

ufac

ture

rs –

so

me

larg

er, s

ome

smal

ler.

To e

nsur

e pr

oble

m-f

ree

inst

alla

tion

and

use,

we

reco

mm

end

usin

g on

ly D

IG p

rem

ium

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

. In

the

even

t tha

t you

hav

e an

odd

siz

e of

tubi

ng, D

IG o

ffers

var

ious

ada

pter

s an

d un

iver

sal fi

ttin

gs to

com

plet

e th

e pr

ojec

t.*

ID =

Insi

de D

iam

eter

*

* OD

= O

utsi

de D

iam

eter

1/4”

FLE

XIBL

E M

ICRO

TUB

ING:

Mad

e of

vin

yl o

r pol

yeth

ylen

e, it

is th

e pr

imar

y fe

eder

line

from

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

to th

e pl

ants

. It m

ay a

lso

be

used

as

the

basi

s fo

r a c

ompl

ete

syst

em fo

r con

tain

ers

and

patio

gar

dens

. M

axim

um w

orki

ng p

ress

ure

for t

he m

icro

tubi

ng is

60

PSI,

and

max

imum

fl o

w ra

te is

35

GPH.

The

vin

yl m

icro

tubi

ng c

oils

are

ava

ilabl

e in

leng

ths

of

50’ i

n bl

ack,

100

’ in

brow

n or

bla

ck, a

nd 5

00’ i

n bl

ack.

The

pol

yeth

ylen

e

i 6#

MOD

EL P

C141

00 M

AVER

ICK™

12-

OUTL

ET H

IGH

FLOW

DRI

P KI

T: T

he M

aver

ick™

hig

h fl o

w 1

2-ou

tlet d

rip h

ead

is d

esig

ned

to re

trofi t

any

1/2

” sp

rinkl

er ri

ser a

bove

or b

elow

the

grou

nd to

a

low

fl ow

, wat

er e

ffi ci

ent d

rip s

yste

m. E

ach

outle

t em

its w

ater

at

4 G

PH a

t an

oper

atin

g pr

essu

re fr

om 8

-80

PSI.

Unus

ed o

utle

ts

may

be

plug

ged,

so

that

a m

inim

um o

f fou

r of t

he o

utle

ts to

a

max

imum

of t

wel

ve a

re in

use

at o

nce.

The

drip

hea

d ha

s tw

elve

in

divi

dual

pre

ssur

e co

mpe

nsat

ing

(PC)

out

lets

that

can

eac

h be

con

nect

ed to

1/8

” m

icro

tubi

ng (i

nclu

ded)

, or 1

/4”

mic

ro

tube

usi

ng th

e in

clud

ed c

onve

rter b

arb.

Add

ition

ally

, the

kit

incl

udes

100

’ of 1

/8”

mic

ro tu

bing

, 12

con

verte

r bar

bs, 1

2 st

akes

, 8 c

aps

and

8 bu

g pl

ugs

to c

lose

the

end

of th

e 1/

8” m

icro

tubi

ng

prev

entin

g bu

gs fr

om e

nter

ing

the

syst

em.

Head

Ass

embl

y: C

ompo

nent

s fo

r a D

rip Z

one

Whe

n in

stal

ling

a lo

w v

olum

e irr

igat

ion

syst

em, u

sing

a fi

lter a

nd a

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor w

ill

ensu

re th

at th

e sy

stem

rem

ains

trou

ble

free

for y

ears

to c

ome.

Ple

ase

rem

embe

r: dr

ip

syst

ems

and

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s re

quire

cle

an w

ater

and

ope

rate

at l

ower

pre

ssur

es th

an c

onve

ntio

nal

sprin

kler

sys

tem

s.

DRIP

ZON

E HE

AD A

SSEM

BLY:

Eve

ryth

ing

need

ed to

sta

rt a

drip

sys

tem

in

one

pac

kage

. Thi

s ki

t con

sist

s of

a 3

/4”

elec

tric

valv

e, 1

55 m

esh

scre

en fi

lter,

pres

et 2

5 PS

I pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor a

nd a

3/4

” sw

ivel

ada

pter

. Co

mpl

etel

y as

sem

bled

, the

DM

075

elec

tric

valv

e as

sem

bly

is re

ady

to

inst

all w

ith a

ny d

rip ir

rigat

ion

syst

em. I

t can

be

conn

ecte

d to

a D

IG 8

006,

80

04 o

r any

oth

er 2

4-vo

lt AC

con

trolle

r via

16-

18 g

auge

ele

ctric

wire

. DM

075

can

be in

stal

led

belo

w g

rade

in a

12”

irrig

atio

n bo

x or

abo

ve g

rade

. Th

e re

com

men

ded

fl ow

rate

is 8

-9 G

PM o

r 480

-540

GPH

.

BACK

FLOW

PRE

VENT

ER: (1)

requ

ired

by c

ity c

ode

in m

any

area

s) A

ba

ckfl o

w p

reve

nter

kee

ps c

onta

min

ated

wat

er fr

om re

-ent

erin

g ho

useh

old

wat

er s

yste

ms,

and

sho

uld

alw

ays

be u

sed

whe

n au

tom

atic

ally

app

lyin

g fe

rtiliz

er th

roug

h a

fi lte

r. A

back

fl ow

pre

vent

er, w

hen

used

, is

the

fi rst

item

in

the

line

afte

r the

fauc

et o

r hos

e bi

b (h

ose

thre

ad).

If us

ed w

ith a

bat

tery

op

erat

ed c

ontro

ller,

inst

all t

he b

ackfl

ow

pre

vent

er a

fter t

he c

ontro

ller t

o pr

even

t stre

ss o

n th

e ba

ckfl o

w d

evic

e. F

or fa

ucet

inst

alla

tion

only

. Do

not i

nsta

ll on

mai

nlin

e. T

o pr

even

t bac

kfl o

w o

n a

mai

nlin

e, u

se a

nti-s

ipho

n va

lves

(pg.

14)

.

FILT

ERS:

( y–

3/4”

MNP

T, e

– 1”

MNP

T an

d 1#

– 3/

4” F

HT X

MHT

) Al

l drip

sys

tem

s re

quire

a fi

lter a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f the

sys

tem

to

prev

ent t

he s

mal

l orifi

ces

of t

he d

rippe

rs a

nd m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

from

cl

oggi

ng. C

hoos

e th

e co

rrect

thre

ad (h

ose

or p

ipe

thre

ad) a

nd s

ize

for y

our s

yste

m, a

nd re

mem

ber t

o pe

riodi

cally

rem

ove

and

rinse

the

scre

en to

kee

p th

e fi l

ter c

lean

. All

DIG

fi lte

rs c

ome

with

a 1

55-m

esh

scre

en a

nd a

re c

apab

le o

f dis

tribu

ting

wat

er s

olua

ble

ferti

lizer

thro

ugh

your

drip

sys

tem

.

FILT

ER/F

ERTI

LIZE

R AP

PLIC

ATOR

: (1@

) App

ly fe

rtiliz

er d

irect

ly th

roug

h th

e dr

ip

syst

em u

sing

the

DIG

fi lte

r/fer

tiliz

er a

pplic

ator

. It m

ay b

e us

ed w

ith e

ither

hos

e or

pi

pe th

read

and

mus

t be

used

with

the

back

fl ow

dev

ice

incl

uded

in th

e pa

ckag

e.

It w

ill a

ccom

mod

ate

up to

four

spo

onfu

ls o

f any

wat

er-s

olub

le fe

rtiliz

er a

t one

tim

e (s

ee in

stru

ctio

ns o

n fe

rtiliz

er p

acka

ge fo

r the

am

ount

of f

ertil

izer

to a

pply

). Th

e on

ly m

aint

enan

ce re

quire

d is

to re

mov

e an

d rin

se th

e sc

reen

with

fres

h w

ater

afte

r eac

h us

e to

kee

p th

e fi l

ter/f

ertil

izer

app

licat

or c

lean

.

DIG

fi lte

rs s

houl

d ne

ver b

e in

stal

led

on a

mai

nlin

e w

here

they

are

und

er c

onst

ant p

ress

ure.

Whe

n in

stal

ling

on th

e m

ainl

ine,

pla

ce th

e fi l

ter a

fter t

he v

alve

, elim

inat

ing

pres

sure

whe

n th

e sy

stem

is o

ff.

1)

y

1@

rort

4 GP

H/zo

nePC

1410

0

DM07

5

1#

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COM

PENS

ATIN

G (P

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RIPP

ERS:3)

-1 G

PH, 3*-

2 GP

H an

d 3$

- 4 G

PH a

re D

IG’s

mos

t adv

ance

d dr

ippe

rs b

ecau

se th

ey e

nabl

e lo

nger

ru

ns w

ith e

qual

fl ow

from

eac

h dr

ippe

r at a

ny p

ress

ure

betw

een

10-5

0 PS

I. Th

ese

drip

pers

hav

e an

inte

rnal

sili

cone

dia

phra

gm th

at p

ress

es a

gain

st

the

wat

er p

assa

ge a

s pr

essu

re a

nd fl

ow fl

uctu

ate,

whi

ch g

uara

ntee

s w

ater

em

issi

on a

t the

pre

set fl

ow

rate

s. P

C dr

ippe

rs a

re a

lso

self-

clea

ning

. Whe

n w

ater

pre

ssur

e is

bel

ow 1

0 PS

I the

dia

phra

gm is

com

plet

ely

open

allo

win

g pa

rticl

es to

be

was

hed

thro

ugh.

PC

drip

pers

are

ver

y du

rabl

e an

d ca

n w

ithst

and

hars

h co

nditi

ons.

The

drip

pers

hav

e a

1/4”

bar

b in

let a

nd a

re

avai

labl

e in

pac

ks o

f 10.

BUTT

ON D

RIPP

ERS:3!

-1 G

PH, 3@-

2 GP

H, 3&-

.5 G

PH a

re b

utto

n d

rippe

rs

that

will

pro

vide

the

sugg

este

d fl o

w ra

te a

t the

reco

mm

ende

d pr

essu

re o

f 25

PSI

. As

the

pres

sure

incr

ease

s so

will

the

fl ow

. The

drip

pers

hav

e a

1/4”

ba

rb in

let a

nd a

re a

vaila

ble

in p

acks

of 5

, 10,

25,

50,

and

100

.

FLAG

DRI

PPER

S:3%

- 1 G

PH, 3^-

2 G

PH, 3#-

4 G

PH a

re lo

w fl

ow d

rippe

rs

whi

ch a

llow

wat

er to

fl ow

sm

ooth

ly, w

ithou

t tur

bule

nce,

as

the

wat

er s

low

s in

vel

ocity

. The

drip

pers

may

be

twis

ted

open

for c

lean

ing.

The

drip

pers

pr

ovid

e th

e su

gges

ted

fl ow

rate

at t

he re

com

men

ded

pres

sure

of 2

5 PS

I. Th

e dr

ippe

rs h

ave

a 1/

4” b

arb

inle

t and

out

let.

Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 5, 2

5,

and

100.

ADJU

STAB

LE D

RIPP

ERS:3(

, with

adj

usta

ble

fl ow

from

0-1

0 GP

H. W

hen

the

cap

is ro

tate

d th

e fl o

w fr

om th

is d

rippe

r cha

nges

as

wel

l as

the

radi

us o

f th

e w

ette

d ar

ea. I

t can

be

adju

sted

from

a g

entle

stre

am p

atte

rn, t

o dr

ip, t

o of

f. Th

is a

llow

s th

e fl o

w to

be

adju

sted

to e

ach

indi

vidu

al p

lant

. Thi

s fe

atur

e is

mos

t hel

pful

as

the

plan

t gro

ws

and

mat

ures

. Av

aila

ble

with

1/4

” ba

rb in

pa

cks

of 2

, 5, 1

0, a

nd 2

5, o

r (3(

a) w

ith 5

” sp

ike

and

1/4”

sid

e in

let i

n pa

cks

of 3

and

10.

Eart

hlin

e Br

own

PCTM

Drip

line

Earth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

riplin

e is

a d

rip h

ose

that

con

tain

s pr

essu

re

com

pens

atin

g (P

C) e

mitt

ers

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

inte

rior w

all o

f the

tu

bing

at 1

8” in

terv

als.

The

em

itter

s ar

e pr

essu

re c

ompe

nsat

ing

and

self-

clea

ning

. Thi

s al

low

s lo

ng ru

ns a

nd a

n ex

tend

ed li

fe in

the

land

scap

e.

Both

the

tubi

ng a

nd th

e dr

ippe

rs a

re m

anuf

actu

red

from

qua

lity

resi

ns u

sing

hi

-tec

h eq

uipm

ent t

o fo

rm a

pro

duct

that

with

stan

ds th

e va

rious

che

mic

als

and

ferti

lizer

s us

ed in

agr

icul

ture

and

land

scap

ing.

The

wor

king

pre

ssur

e ra

nge

for t

he E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

riplin

e is

from

10

-50

PSI b

ut to

mai

ntai

n op

timum

per

form

ance

it s

houl

d al

way

s be

use

d w

ith a

25

PSI p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r.

Earth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

riplin

e ha

s a

fl ow

rate

of 1

GPH

and

com

es in

100

’ rol

ls. I

t can

be

used

with

DI

G co

mpr

essi

on fi

tting

s. E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

riplin

e ca

n be

use

d be

low

or a

bove

the

grou

nd o

r m

ulch

and

is s

uita

ble

for m

ost t

ypes

of p

lant

s.

mic

ro tu

bing

coi

ls a

re a

vaila

ble

in 5

0’, 1

00’,

and

500’

in b

lack

onl

y. D

IG 1

/4”

viny

l mic

ro tu

bing

is

.156

ID a

nd .2

45 O

D, a

nd th

e 1/

4” p

olye

thyl

ene

mic

ro tu

bing

is .1

70 ID

and

.250

OD.

1/8”

FLE

XIBL

E M

ICRO

TUB

ING:

Mad

e of

vin

yl a

nd d

esig

ned

to b

e us

ed

excl

usiv

ely

with

the

DIG

Mav

eric

k™ 1

2-ou

tlet D

rip H

ead

as a

feed

er li

ne fr

om

the

Mav

eric

k™ to

the

plan

t. Th

e 1/

8” v

inyl

mic

ro tu

bing

is .1

18 ID

and

.187

OD.

1/2”

and

1/4

” Fi

tting

s Pr

oduc

t Rev

iew

Drip

fi tti

ngs

are

divi

ded

into

thre

e ca

tego

ries:

com

pres

sion

, bar

b, a

nd U

nive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k™.

The

com

pres

sion

fi tti

ngs

are

avai

labl

e in

var

ious

con

fi gur

atio

ns a

nd c

onne

ct to

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

. By

usi

ng a

sim

ple

wris

t act

ion,

the

tubi

ng is

“w

alke

d” in

to th

e fi t

tings

for a

ver

y tig

ht fi

t. No

tool

s,

glue

, or c

lam

ps a

re re

quire

d. D

IG’s

com

pres

sion

fi tti

ngs

with

bla

ck in

serts

are

use

d w

ith 1

/2”

poly

tu

bing

that

is .7

00 O

D.

Fitti

ngs

are

avai

labl

e to

atta

ch 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

in s

traig

ht b

arbs

, elb

ows,

and

tees

. The

mic

ro

tubi

ng is

pus

hed

over

1/4

” fi t

ting,

or b

arb,

to e

nsur

e a

leak

pro

of fi

t. Th

e op

posi

te e

nd c

an b

e in

serte

d in

to 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng, o

r use

d to

atta

ch a

noth

er p

iece

of m

icro

tubi

ng.

DIG

also

has

spe

cial

ty fi

tting

s, s

uch

as th

e 1/

2” P

VC to

pol

yeth

ylen

e co

nnec

tors

, and

a c

ompl

ete

line

of 1

/2”

com

pres

sion

fi tti

ngs

with

blu

e in

serts

that

can

be

used

with

TOR

O Bl

ue S

tripe

™ d

rip h

ose

that

is .7

10 O

D.

DIG

prov

ides

redu

cing

cou

plin

gs to

con

vert

from

our

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

to th

e fo

llow

ing

bran

ds: T

o co

nnec

t DIG

pol

y tu

bing

to B

lue

Strip

e™ (.

710

OD) u

se 1$

with

blu

e in

sert.

To

conv

ert R

aind

rip®

drip

hose

(.62

0 OD

) to

DIG

poly

tubi

ng, u

se 1%,

with

gre

en in

sert.

7#7$

1&

2$

1*

2%2^

2)

1(

1/4”

Bar

b1/

4” T

ee1/

4” M

icro

Tub

ing

1/2”

Elb

ow

1/2”

Tee

1/2”

PVC

Cou

plin

g

Swiv

el A

dapt

er 1/2”

Cou

plin

g

1/2”

UNI

VERS

AL N

UT L

OCK™

FIT

TING

S:Un

iver

sal N

ut L

ock

fi ttin

gs u

se a

com

bina

tion

of

barb

and

com

pres

sion

to c

onne

ct d

iffer

ent s

izes

of

pol

y tu

bing

. DIG

uni

vers

al fi

tting

s ar

e de

sign

ed

to c

onne

ct a

ny s

ize

of tu

bing

from

.620

OD

to .7

10

OD; r

egar

dles

s of

the

bran

d th

ese

will

mak

e th

e co

nnec

tion

fi t. D

IG U

nive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k fi t

tings

are

av

aila

ble

in th

ree

confi

gur

atio

ns: 7#

coup

ling,

7$

tee,

and

7%

elbo

w. T

hese

fi tti

ngs

prov

ide

an

addi

tiona

l way

to c

onne

ct p

oly

tubi

ng a

nd c

an b

e ea

sily

dis

conn

ecte

d an

d re

-use

d if

nece

ssar

y.

Pres

sure

Com

pens

atin

g (P

C), B

utto

ns, F

lags

and

Ad

just

able

Drip

Em

itter

s

Drip

pers

are

the

hear

t of a

ny d

rip ir

rigat

ion

syst

em. D

IG d

rippe

rs d

eliv

er a

pre

cise

am

ount

of

wat

er d

irect

ly to

the

plan

t’s ro

ot z

one.

The

y ar

e re

liabl

e, a

ccur

ate,

inex

pens

ive,

and

eas

y to

in

stal

l. Th

ey m

ay b

e in

serte

d di

rect

ly in

to 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng o

r ext

ende

d to

the

plan

ts u

sing

a 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

. DIG

drip

pers

inco

rpor

ate

four

diff

eren

t cha

ract

eris

tics:

PC,

turb

ulen

t fl o

w, l

amin

ar fl

ow,

and

adju

stab

le d

rippe

rs.

2#

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1

2&2*

2(7^

7&

Coup

ler

End

Redu

cer

Adap

ter

Conn

ecto

r

DRIP

LINE

: Thi

s is

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng w

ith e

mitt

ers

inse

rted

into

the

inte

rior

wal

l of t

he tu

bing

eve

ry 1

2”.

The

drip

line

is d

esig

ned

for s

hort

runs

up

to a

m

axim

um le

ngth

of 3

0’.

The

drip

line

has

a fl o

w ra

te o

f .5

GPH

per f

oot.

It m

ay b

e ex

tend

ed fr

om 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng, 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

, or m

ulti-

outle

t dr

ip h

eads

. Do

not b

ury

1/4”

drip

line

or c

onne

ct it

in a

loop

.

Mic

ro S

prin

kler

s, M

icro

Spr

ayer

s &

Fogg

ers

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s, s

pray

ers,

and

fogg

ers

are

avai

labl

e in

a v

arie

ty o

f sty

les

and

confi

gur

atio

ns.

Like

drip

em

itter

s, m

icro

spr

inkl

ers,

spr

ayer

s, a

nd fo

gger

s op

erat

e at

low

-pre

ssur

e. M

icro

sp

rinkl

ers,

spr

ayer

s, a

nd fo

gger

s ar

e de

sign

ed fo

r are

as w

here

drip

pers

may

not

be

as p

ract

ical

, su

ch a

s fo

r gro

undc

over

, fl o

wer

beds

, lar

ge b

oxes

, and

odd

ly s

hape

d ar

eas.

Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d sp

raye

rs a

re ra

ted

by fl

ow ra

te, w

ettin

g di

amet

er o

r rad

ius,

and

the

spra

y m

etho

d (m

ovin

g pa

rts

vers

us n

on m

ovin

g pa

rts).

Like

spr

inkl

ers,

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s an

d sp

raye

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

in 3

60°

full

circ

le p

atte

rn, 3

60°

jet p

atte

rn, 1

80°

half

circ

le p

atte

rn, 9

0° q

uarte

r circ

le p

atte

rn, a

nd s

trip

patte

rns

that

aim

left

and

right

like

a b

ow ti

e. D

IG’s

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s, s

pray

ers,

and

fogg

ers

are

avai

labl

e in

a

varie

ty o

f fl o

w ra

tes

and

diam

eter

s fro

m 2

-42

GPH,

with

dia

met

er fr

om 1

-42’

. Mic

ro s

prin

kler

s,

spra

yers

, and

fogg

ers

have

sm

all s

ized

dro

plet

s an

d pr

ovid

e a

low

pre

cipi

tatio

n ra

te, a

llow

ing

long

er

wat

erin

g tim

e w

ith le

ss ru

noff.

MIC

RO S

PRIN

KLER

ON

SPIK

E:4)

spi

nner

type

mic

ro s

prin

kler

with

gr

een

nozz

le p

rovi

des

med

ium

siz

e dr

ople

ts. I

t com

es a

ssem

bled

w

ith s

pike

and

mic

ro tu

bing

. The

fl ow

rate

is 2

1 GP

H an

d co

vera

ge is

up

to a

26’

dia

met

er.

Use 4)

mic

ro s

prin

kler

to ir

rigat

e fl o

wer

beds

, gr

ound

cove

r, an

d la

rge

trees

. Pre

pack

aged

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s co

me

with

hea

ds fo

r 360

° as

sem

bled

. Al

so e

nclo

sed

in th

e pa

ckag

e ar

e in

terc

hang

eabl

e he

ads:

180

° w

ith u

p to

a 1

2’ d

iam

eter

, a 9

0° w

ith u

p to

a 6

’ rad

ius

and

a st

rip th

at w

ill s

pray

up

to 1

2’ le

ft an

d rig

ht. I

deal

sp

acin

g fo

r the

full

circ

le p

atte

rn is

12-

16’ b

etw

een

the

sprin

kler

s, a

nd

14-1

6’ b

etw

een

the

late

rals

. Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1 a

nd 5

.JE

T SP

RAYE

R ON

THR

EADE

D BA

RB O

R SP

IKE

ASSE

MBL

Y:4!

spr

ay

jet g

ives

a fl

ow ra

te o

f 10

GPH

and

cove

rage

of u

p to

a 5

’ dia

met

er

whe

n in

stal

led

dire

ctly

into

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

, or u

p to

13’

dia

met

er w

hen

inst

alle

d on

a s

pike

ass

embl

y (s

pike

is 8

-10”

abo

ve th

e gr

ound

). Us

e fo

r fl o

wer

beds

, gro

undc

over

, and

sm

all t

rees

. Pre

pack

aged

jet s

pray

ers

com

e w

ith a

dditi

onal

hea

ds fo

r 90°

and

180

° w

ith u

p to

a 4

’ rad

ius.

The

ad

ditio

nal h

eads

can

be

snap

ped

to th

e to

p of

the

jet.

Idea

l spa

cing

for

the

spra

yers

is 3

-5’ a

part.

Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1 o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y an

d pa

cks

of 3

with

thre

ad.

FOGG

ER/M

ISTE

R:4#

is a

fi ne

spr

ay m

iste

r with

a fl

ow ra

te o

f 7 G

PH

and

cove

rage

of u

p to

a 5

’ dia

met

er w

hen

inst

alle

d di

rect

ly in

to 1

/2”

poly

tu

bing

, or u

p to

a 7

’ dia

met

er w

hen

inst

alle

d on

a s

pike

ass

embl

y w

ith

mic

ro tu

bing

(spi

ke is

8-1

0” a

bove

the

grou

nd).

Idea

l use

of t

he m

iste

r is

in a

sm

all fl

ow

erbe

ds. A

vaila

ble

in p

acks

of 5

.M

ICRO

SPR

INKL

ER O

N SP

IKE:4$

spi

nner

type

mic

ro s

prin

kler

with

bl

ue n

ozzl

e ha

s m

ediu

m s

ize

drop

lets

, and

is a

ssem

bled

with

spi

ke a

nd

mic

ro tu

bing

. Mic

ro s

prin

kler

fl ow

rate

is u

p to

14

GPH

and

cove

rage

is

up

to a

25’

dia

met

er.

Use 4)

mic

ro s

prin

kler

to ir

rigat

e fl o

wer

beds

, gr

ound

cove

r, tre

es, a

nd h

illsi

des.

Idea

l spa

cing

for t

his

mod

el is

8-1

2’

betw

een

the

sprin

kler

s, a

nd 1

0-15

’ bet

wee

n th

e la

tera

ls. A

vaila

ble

in

pack

s of

1.

INSE

CT P

ROOF

MIC

RO S

PRIN

KLER

ON

SPIK

E:4%

spi

nner

type

m

icro

spr

inkl

er w

ith b

row

n no

zzle

has

med

ium

siz

e dr

ople

ts a

nd is

as

sem

bled

with

spi

ke a

nd m

icro

tubi

ng. M

icro

spr

inkl

er fl

ow ra

te is

40

GPH

and

cov

erag

e is

up

to a

28’

dia

met

er. U

se 4%

mic

ro s

prin

kler

fo

r gro

undc

over

, fl o

wer

beds

, and

larg

e tre

es. T

he a

nti-i

nsec

t spi

nner

w

ill c

lose

whe

n th

e irr

igat

ion

cycl

e is

com

plet

e. Id

eal s

paci

ng fo

r thi

s m

odel

: 15-

19’ b

etw

een

the

sprin

kler

s, a

nd 1

5-20

’ bet

wee

n th

e la

tera

ls.

Avai

labl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1.

POT

AND

BASK

ET M

ISTE

R ON

SPI

KE O

R BA

RBED

ELB

OW: 4^

mis

ter

has

a ve

ry fi

ne s

pray

with

a fl

ow ra

te o

f 2 G

PH a

nd c

over

age

of u

p to

8”

full

circ

le w

hen

used

with

the

stab

ilize

r sta

ke a

nd b

arbe

d el

bow

. Id

eal u

se o

f the

mis

ter i

s on

8-2

4” d

iam

eter

pot

s, a

nd b

aske

ts w

ith th

e m

iste

r hun

g up

side

dow

n 4-

5” a

bove

the

plan

t usi

ng th

e 6”

sta

biliz

er.

For l

arge

r bas

kets

han

g th

e m

iste

r fro

m 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

8-1

2” a

bove

th

eba

sket

for a

spr

ay p

atte

rn u

p to

2’ i

n di

amet

er. A

vaila

ble

in p

acks

of 2

an

d 5.

SPRA

Y JE

T ON

THR

EADE

D BA

RB, S

PIKE

OR

ADJU

STAB

LE S

PIKE

:4@

spr

ays

a st

rip p

atte

rn (b

ow ti

e) w

ith c

over

age

of u

p to

18’

. 4&

spra

ys

12 je

ts in

a 3

60°

patte

rn w

ith c

over

age

of u

p to

a 1

2’ d

iam

eter

. 4*

spra

ys 1

80°

with

cov

erag

e of

up

to a

n 8’

radi

us. 4(

spra

ys 9

0° w

ith

cove

rage

of u

p to

a 7

’ rad

ius.

Eac

h ha

s a

fl ow

rate

of u

p to

14

GPH.

Idea

l us

e fo

r the

se m

odel

s is

on

grou

ndco

ver,

fl ow

erbe

ds, a

nd s

hrub

s.

Drip

line,

Drip

Soa

ker T

ape

& Ac

cess

orie

s

Drip

soa

ker t

ape

and

1/4”

drip

line

are

othe

r met

hods

of p

rovi

ding

drip

irrig

atio

n to

veg

etab

le

gard

ens,

win

dow

box

es, o

r whe

re to

tal s

atur

atio

n is

des

ired

alon

g a

stra

ight

, nar

row

pat

h.

The

drip

soa

ker t

ape

is a

fl at

drip

tape

with

drip

pers

pre

-inse

rted

ever

y 12

”. D

riplin

e is

1/4

” m

icro

tu

bing

with

hol

es e

very

12”

. The

drip

soa

ker t

ape

can

be u

sed

abov

e or

bel

ow th

e gr

ound

and

th

e dr

iplin

e ab

ove

grou

nd o

nly.

Max

imum

wor

king

pre

ssur

e is

25

PSI.

We

high

ly re

com

men

d in

stal

ling

a 25

PSI

pre

set p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r and

a fi

lter a

t the

beg

inni

ng o

f the

line

s.

DRIP

SOA

KER

TAPE

:Thi

s is

a fl

at d

rip ta

pe w

ith .8

GPH

drip

pers

wel

ded

to th

e in

side

dia

met

er o

f the

tape

eve

ry 1

2”. W

hen

fi lle

d w

ith w

ater

the

tape

exp

ands

and

dis

pers

es th

e w

ater

thro

ugh

the

pre-

inse

rted

drip

pers

. Dr

ip s

oake

r tap

e ca

n be

run

to a

max

imum

of 2

80’.

The

best

layo

ut fo

r th

is p

rodu

ct is

to u

se 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ngas

the

mai

n la

tera

l and

a 2(,

redu

cer t

o br

anch

off

to th

e dr

ip s

oake

r tap

e. A

vaila

ble

in a

com

plet

e ki

t: M

odel

ST1

00AS

with

100

’ drip

soa

ker t

ape

or in

rolls

: ST1

00R

– 10

0’,

ST50

0 –

500’

.

NOTE

: Ins

tall

drip

soa

ker t

ape

in s

traig

ht li

nes

ONLY

.

DRIP

SOA

KER

TAPE

FIT

TING

S:Th

e dr

ip s

oake

r tap

e re

quire

s sp

ecia

l drip

soa

ker t

ape

fi ttin

gs ( 2&,

2*, 2(,7^

, 7&)

that

are

diff

eren

t in

desi

gn fr

om th

ose

used

with

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

, in

that

they

wor

k w

ith a

twis

ting

lock

dev

ice

rath

er th

an w

ith c

ompr

essi

on.

2*2&

2(

Avai

labl

e in

var

ious

con

fi gur

atio

ns

to c

onne

ct d

rip s

oake

r tap

e to

the

fauc

et, t

o co

uple

two

piec

es o

f drip

so

aker

tape

, to

conn

ect d

rip s

oake

r ta

pe to

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

,and

to c

lose

th

e en

d of

the

drip

soa

ker t

ape.

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1

20-6

0 PS

I or i

n an

are

a w

ith d

iffi c

ult t

opog

raph

y. A

vaila

ble

in p

acks

of 1

w

ith s

pike

ass

embl

y.

ADJU

STAB

LE S

PRAY

ER O

N A

SPIK

E: 1

01 w

ith a

djus

tabl

e fl o

w fr

om

0-20

GPH

. Whe

n th

e ca

p is

rota

ted,

the

fl ow

from

this

spr

ayer

and

the

diam

eter

of t

he w

ette

d ar

ea c

an b

e ad

just

ed fr

om a

sm

all d

iam

eter

up

to

12’,

incl

udin

g th

e ab

ility

to b

e tu

rned

off.

Thi

s al

low

s ad

just

men

t of fl

ow

to

eac

h in

divi

dual

pla

nt. T

wis

ting

the

dial

on

the

drip

per t

owar

ds th

e “+

” or

the

“–”

sign

s w

ill a

llow

you

to in

crea

se o

r dec

reas

e th

e fl o

w.

Avai

labl

e w

ith 5

” sp

ike

and

1/4”

si

de in

let i

n pa

cks

of 2

and

10.

Retr

ofi t

Drip

Hea

ds a

nd A

cces

sorie

s

DIG

’s re

trofi t

hea

ds a

re d

esig

ned

to a

dapt

any

1/2

” ris

er a

bove

the

grou

nd. T

hey

may

be

inco

rpor

ated

into

a n

ew s

yste

m, o

r use

d to

con

vert

an e

xist

ing

sprin

kler

to a

4, 6

, or

12-o

utle

t drip

sys

tem

with

out d

istu

rbin

g th

e fl o

w o

f the

oth

er s

prin

kler

s on

the

line.

Retro

fi ttin

g co

nven

tiona

l spr

inkl

er s

yste

ms

to lo

w fl

ow w

ater

sav

ing

drip

sys

tem

s re

quire

s a

few

si

mpl

e st

eps:

1) E

valu

ate

the

area

s to

be

wat

ered

. Whi

le la

rge

area

s su

ch a

s la

wns

are

bes

t wat

ered

by

sprin

kler

s, o

ther

are

as, s

uch

as s

hrub

s, tr

ees,

rose

s, o

r ind

ivid

ual p

lant

s, c

an b

e irr

igat

ed m

ore

effi c

ient

ly b

y us

ing

the

retro

fi t d

rip h

eads

.

2) R

emov

e th

e sp

rinkl

er h

ead

from

the

riser

, fl u

sh th

e lin

e an

d sc

rew

the

Mav

eric

k™ 1

2-ou

tlet,

6-ou

tlet,

or 4

-out

let d

rip h

eads

ont

o th

e ris

er.

3) E

xten

d th

e m

icro

tubi

ngfro

m th

e dr

ip h

ead

to th

e pl

ants

and

sec

ure

mic

ro tu

bing

with

a 1

/4”

stak

e6&

.

DIG

also

pro

vide

s se

vera

l ite

ms

to h

elp

conv

ert o

r div

ert a

rise

r to

a dr

ip s

yste

m. S

ee b

elow

for

mor

e de

taile

d in

form

atio

n.

MAV

ERIC

K™: T

he M

aver

ick

utili

zes

extre

mel

y ac

cura

te p

ress

ure

com

pens

atin

g (P

C) n

ozzl

es e

nsur

ing

equa

l fl o

w fr

om e

ach

outle

t ove

r a

wid

e ra

nge

of w

ater

pre

ssur

es. T

he M

aver

ick

may

be

used

with

a

min

imum

of f

our t

o a

max

imum

of t

wel

ve o

utle

ts, a

nd it

can

be

used

w

ith 1

/8”

or 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

.

Mav

eric

k™ 1

2-ou

tlet d

rip h

eads

with

1/2

” FN

PT a

vaila

ble

mod

els:

M

odel

PC1

201

– 1

GPH

per o

utle

t; M

odel

PC1

202

– 2

GPH

per o

utle

t; M

odel

PC1

204

– 4

GPH

per o

utle

t.

Tip:

Whe

n in

stal

ling

a M

aver

ick™

as

part

of a

n ex

istin

g sp

rinkl

er

syst

em, w

e re

com

men

d us

ing

the

4 GP

H M

aver

ick.

Whe

n co

nver

ting

an e

ntire

spr

inkl

er s

yste

m, u

se th

e 1

GPH

or 2

GPH

M

aver

ick.

1/2”

MNP

T AD

APTE

R W

ITH

8” L

ONG

PE R

ISER

: 8$

adap

ter e

nabl

es

the

exte

nsio

n of

mic

ro s

pray

ers

or je

ts a

bove

the

plan

ts. T

hrea

d th

e sp

raye

r or j

et (w

ith 1

0/32

thre

ad) d

irect

ly in

to th

e to

p of

the

PE ri

ser.

Then

thre

ad th

e ba

se in

to a

ny 1

/2”

FNPT

fi tti

ng.

ADJU

STAB

LE D

RIPP

ER O

N 1/

2” F

NPT:8%

has

adj

usta

ble

fl ow

from

0-

10 G

PH. W

hen

the

cap

is ro

tate

d th

e fl o

w a

nd th

e di

amet

er o

f the

w

ettin

g ar

ea is

adj

uste

d fro

m a

gen

tle s

tream

pat

tern

, to

drip

, to

off.

This

ena

bles

the

fl ow

to b

e ad

just

ed a

s th

e pl

ant m

atur

es. T

wis

ting

the

dial

on

the

drip

per t

owar

d th

e “+

” or

the

“–”

sign

s w

ill in

crea

se o

r de

crea

se th

e fl o

w in

a 3

60°

patte

rn.

The

10/3

2 th

read

mod

els

can

be in

stal

led

on th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng u

sing

5*

sem

i-rig

id ri

ser w

ith

barb

, or r

aise

d ab

ove

the

grou

nd w

ith a

6*

spik

e as

sem

bly.

4*–

180

° an

d 4(

– 90

° ar

e sp

ikes

with

ad

just

able

fl ow

rate

s fro

m 0

-14

GPH.

Idea

l spa

cing

for t

he fo

ur m

odel

s is

4-6

’ bet

wee

n th

e sp

raye

rs.

Avai

labl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1 o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y, p

acks

of 1

on

adju

stab

le s

pike

, and

pac

ks o

f 10

with

th

read

.

12”

POP-

UP S

PRAY

JET

WIT

H M

ICRO

TUB

ING

ASSE

MBL

Y:4&

spr

ays

12 je

ts in

a 3

60°

patte

rn w

ith c

over

age

of u

p to

a 1

2’ d

iam

eter

. 4*

spra

ys 1

80°

with

cov

erag

e of

up

to a

n 8’

dia

met

er. 4(

spra

ys 9

0° w

ith

cove

rage

of u

p to

a 7

’ rad

ius.

Eac

h ha

s a

fl ow

rate

of u

p to

14

GPH.

Id

eal u

se fo

r the

se m

odel

s is

hig

h gr

ound

cove

r, fl o

wer

beds

, and

shr

ubs.

Th

e po

p-up

can

be

inst

alle

d on

to 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng b

y co

nnec

ting

the

barb

. Ins

tall

belo

w g

rade

with

hea

d ra

ised

4-8

” ab

ove

the

grou

nd. I

deal

sp

acin

g fo

r the

four

mod

els

is 4

-6’.

Avai

labl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1.

ADJU

STAB

LE S

PRAY

JET

S ON

THR

EAD

OR S

PIKE

: 9!

spra

ys 3

60°

with

cov

erag

e of

up

to 2

5’ d

iam

eter

. 9@

spra

ys 1

80°

with

cov

erag

e of

up

to a

n 10

’ rad

ius.

9#

spra

ys 9

0° w

ith c

over

age

of u

p to

a 9

’ rad

ius.

Th

e 10

/32

thre

ad m

odel

s ca

n be

inst

alle

d on

to 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng u

sing

5*

sem

i-rig

id ri

ser w

ith b

arb,

or r

aise

d ab

ove

the

grou

nd w

ith a

6*

spik

e as

sem

bly.

All

mod

els

have

adj

usta

ble

fl ow

rate

s fro

m 0

-30

GPH.

The

id

eal s

paci

ng is

5-8

’ bet

wee

n th

e sp

ray

jets

. Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1 o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y an

d in

pac

ks o

f 2 o

n 10

/32

thre

ad.

MIN

I SPR

INKL

ER O

N SP

IKE:9$

pro

vide

s co

vera

ge o

f up

to 1

0’ d

iam

eter

an

d9%

will

cov

er u

p to

a 1

4’ fu

ll ci

rcle

. The

se a

re s

pinn

er ty

pe m

ini

sprin

kler

s w

ith b

lue

nozz

le u

sing

up

to 1

0 GP

H, o

r gre

en n

ozzl

e us

ing

up to

24

GPH.

9$

and 9%

, min

i spr

inkl

ers

have

sm

all d

ropl

ets,

with

low

pr

ecip

itatio

n ra

tes

for u

se o

n an

y so

il ty

pe. U

se to

irrig

ate

seed

ling

beds

, fl o

wer

beds

, and

gro

undc

over

with

idea

l spa

cing

of 5

-8’ b

etw

een

the

sprin

kler

s, a

nd 5

-10’

bet

wee

n th

e la

tera

ls. A

vaila

ble

in p

acks

of 1

on

spik

e as

sem

bly.

LARG

E DI

AMET

ER M

ICRO

SPR

INKL

ER O

N SP

IKE:

9^ w

ill c

over

up

to a

n 18

’ dia

met

er a

nd 9&

will

cov

er

up to

a 4

2’ d

iam

eter

. 9^

and 9&

hav

e a

red

nozz

le

with

fl ow

rate

s of

up

to 3

2 GP

H. T

hey

both

irrig

ate

usin

g a

turb

ine

mec

hani

sm fo

r a s

ingl

e st

ream

of

wat

er. 9^

mic

ro s

prin

kler

may

be

adju

sted

to c

over

be

twee

n 30

-330

°. A

max

imum

of s

even

larg

e di

amet

er m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

(spa

ced

20’ a

part)

may

be

inst

alle

d on

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

. Ide

al s

paci

ng is

16

-20’

bet

wee

n th

e sp

rinkl

ers.

Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 1 o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y.

MIS

TING

NOZ

ZLES

ON

10/3

2 TH

READ

OR

BARB

: 9*

on 1

0/32

thre

ad

and9(

on

a ba

rb a

re fu

ll ci

rcle

fogg

ers

that

can

ope

rate

in a

wid

e pr

essu

re ra

nge

of 4

0-80

PSI

with

fl ow

rate

s of

.7-.8

GPH

. The

fogg

ers

can

crea

te a

coo

ling

effe

ct; o

ften

up to

a 2

0° d

rop

in te

mpe

ratu

re c

an

be a

chie

ved

with

this

sys

tem

, dep

endi

ng o

n th

e su

rroun

ding

hum

idity

. Us

e th

is s

yste

m fo

r the

coo

ling

of a

nim

als,

peo

ple,

and

pla

nts.

We

reco

mm

end

inst

allin

g th

e m

istin

g no

zzle

s 8-

10’ a

bove

the

grou

nd w

ith

3-4’

spa

cing

for m

axim

um c

oolin

g ef

fect

. Ava

ilabl

e in

pac

ks o

f 5.

FLOW

REG

ULAT

ED M

ICRO

SPR

INKL

ER O

N SP

IKE:

100 fu

ll ci

rcle

spi

nner

ty

pe m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

on s

pike

ass

embl

y w

ith m

ediu

m s

ize

drop

lets

. Th

is m

icro

spr

inkl

er h

as a

fl ow

rate

of 7

GPH

, and

up

to 1

5’ d

iam

eter

re

gard

less

of p

ress

ure

fl uct

uatio

n al

ong

the

line.

Thi

s m

icro

spr

inkl

er c

an

achi

eve

a co

nsis

tent

fl ow

rate

in a

sys

tem

with

pre

ssur

e fl u

ctua

tions

from

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CATE

GORY

1

NECE

SSAR

Y PA

RTS:

The

se a

re p

arts

that

are

nee

ded

to in

itial

ly in

stal

l a d

rip s

yste

m. P

unch

es 5!

and5@

are

use

d to

pun

ch h

oles

in th

e po

ly tu

bing

for t

he in

serti

on o

f drip

pers

and

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s.

Hose

end

5%

is u

sed

to c

lose

the

end

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng. G

oof p

lugs

5^

are

used

to p

lug

up

unw

ante

d ho

les.

Tub

ing

stak

e ho

lder

s 5&

and

6&

are

used

to s

ecur

e th

e po

sitio

n of

the

drip

pers

to

the

mic

ro tu

bing

nea

r the

pla

nts.

Tub

ing

hold

er s

take

s 6)

are

use

d to

hol

d 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng in

pla

ce

on th

e gr

ound

. Ray

spi

ke 6^

or u

nive

rsal

spi

ke 6*

asse

mbl

ies

are

used

to h

old

mic

ro s

prin

kler

s or

sp

raye

rs a

bove

the

grou

nd.

ADJU

STAB

LE 6

-OUT

LET

DRIP

HEA

D:8^

has

adj

usta

ble

fl ow

from

0-2

0 GP

H fro

m e

ach

of th

e 6

outle

ts. T

he 6

-out

let h

ead

can

be u

sed

to c

onve

rt an

exi

stin

g 1/

2” s

prin

kler

rise

r abo

ve th

e gr

ound

to a

6-o

utle

t drip

zon

e.

Each

out

let m

ay b

e ad

just

ed b

y tu

rnin

g th

e kn

ob u

nder

the

drip

hea

d to

in

crea

se o

r dec

reas

e th

e fl o

w.

Exte

nd 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

from

the

drip

he

ad to

pla

nts

and

secu

re th

e m

icro

tubi

ng w

ith a

1/4

” st

ake.

It m

ay b

e us

ed w

ith o

ther

drip

pers

or w

ith 1

/4”

drip

line.

4-OU

TLET

PC

DRIP

HEA

D:8&

has

6 G

PH p

er o

utle

t at a

ny p

ress

ure

betw

een

10-5

0 PS

I. Th

e 4-

outle

t hea

d ca

n be

use

d to

con

vert

an e

xist

ing

1/2”

spr

inkl

er ri

ser a

bove

the

grou

nd to

a 4

-out

let d

rip z

one.

Ext

end

1/4”

m

icro

tubi

ng fr

om th

e he

ad to

the

plan

ts a

nd s

ecur

e th

e m

icro

tubi

ng

with

a 1

/4”

stak

e. T

he 4

-out

let d

rip z

one

can

be c

ombi

ned

with

1/4

” dr

iplin

e to

a m

axim

um le

ngth

of 6

’ per

zon

e.

1/2”

FNP

T AD

APTE

R W

ITH

10/3

2 TH

READ

: 8*

adap

ter t

hrea

ds a

10/

32

thre

aded

mic

ro s

prin

kler

or s

pray

jet o

nto

a 1/

2” ri

ser.

The

spra

y he

ads

are

inte

rcha

ngea

ble.

Any

spr

ay p

atte

rn c

an b

e us

ed.

6-OU

TLET

PC

DRIP

HEA

D:8(

has

6 G

PH p

er o

utle

t at a

ny p

ress

ure

betw

een

15-5

0 PS

I. Th

e 6-

outle

t hea

d ca

n be

use

d to

con

vert

an e

xist

ing

1/2”

spr

inkl

er ri

ser a

bove

the

grou

nd to

a 6

-out

let d

rip z

one.

Ext

end

1/4”

m

icro

tubi

ng tu

bing

from

the

head

to th

e pl

ants

and

sec

ure

the

mic

ro

tubi

ng w

ith a

1/4

” st

ake.

The

6-o

utle

t drip

hea

d ca

n be

com

bine

d w

ith

1/4”

drip

line

to a

max

imum

leng

th o

f 6’ p

er z

one.

1/2”

FNP

T RI

SER

ADAP

TER

X M

NPT

WIT

H 1/

4” B

ARB:9)

ada

pter

en

able

s th

e at

tach

men

t of a

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng in

bet

wee

n a

sprin

kler

he

ad a

nd th

e ris

er. E

xten

d th

e 1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng fr

om th

e ad

apte

r to

the

plan

ts a

nd in

sert

drip

pers

alo

ng th

e lin

e us

ing

tees

. Do

not e

xcee

d 5-

6 dr

ippe

rs.

1/2”

FNP

T X

3/4”

MHT

CON

VERS

ION

ELBO

W: 6#

conv

ersi

on e

lbow

al

low

s an

exi

stin

g 1/

2” s

prin

kler

rise

r to

serv

e as

the

poin

t of c

onne

ctio

n fo

r 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

or 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

. Afte

r uns

crew

ing

the

exis

ting

sprin

kler

hea

d, a

ttach

the 6#

con

vers

ion

elbo

w in

to th

e to

p of

the

riser

, fo

llow

ed b

y th

e r

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor.

Then

scr

ew o

n th

e ap

prop

riate

tu

bing

ada

pter

( 1*

for 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng o

r 2!

for 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

).

5@5&

6&

6$6%

6(

CATE

GORY

2

CUST

OMIZ

ING

PART

S: O

ther

drip

acc

esso

ries

are

avai

labl

e to

cus

tom

ize

a sy

stem

and

the

spec

ifi c

need

s of

the

site

. For

exa

mpl

e, th

e 1/

2” b

all v

alve

6$

and

1/4”

bal

l val

ve 6%

prov

ide

the

optio

n of

tu

rnin

g an

indi

vidu

al li

ne o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

or 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

ON

or O

FF w

ithou

t affe

ctin

g th

e ot

her l

ines

on

the

syst

em. “

C” c

lam

ps 5#

and 5$

that

sec

ure

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

and

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng

to a

stru

ctur

e. A

djus

tabl

e sp

ike

asse

mbl

y 6(

is u

sed

to ra

ise

mic

ro s

pray

ers

with

10/

32”

thre

ad

abov

e th

e gr

ound

.

Acce

ssor

ies

Drip

sys

tem

s us

e m

any

diffe

rent

type

s of

acc

esso

ries,

whi

ch a

re s

epar

ated

into

two

cate

gorie

s:

nece

ssar

y an

d cu

stom

izin

g. S

ome

are

nece

ssar

y fo

r the

inst

alla

tion

of d

rip s

yste

ms,

suc

h as

a

goof

plu

gs a

nd h

ose

ends

. Oth

ers,

suc

h as

in-li

ne v

alve

s, d

rip in

serts

and

“C”

cla

mps

, are

for

cust

omiz

ing

the

syst

em.

6#r

1*

HEAD

ASS

EMBL

YLo

cato

r #

Desc

riptio

n80

06

Six

stat

ion

AC c

ontro

ller w

ith 4

st

art t

imes

and

dur

atio

ns u

p to

12

hrs

in 1

min

ute

incr

emen

ts20

08i

Sing

le S

tatio

n Pr

ogra

mm

able

Ba

ttery

Ope

rate

d Co

ntro

ller o

n 3/

4” A

nti-S

ipho

n Va

lve. U

sed

to a

utom

ate

sprin

kler

or d

rip

syst

ems

2006

i Si

ngle

Sta

tion

Prog

ram

mab

le

Batte

ry O

pera

ted

Cont

rolle

r w

ith a

ctua

tor.

Used

to

auto

mat

e m

anua

l pla

stic

or

bras

s an

tisip

hon

valve

s

7001

Ba

ttery

Ope

rate

d Co

ntro

ller

with

3/4

” FH

T or

3/4

” FN

PT

idea

l for

drip

and

spr

inkl

er

syst

ems

9001

Ba

ttery

Ope

rate

d Ti

mer

with

3/

4” F

HT

DM07

5 3/4

” He

ad A

ssem

bly,

24

VAC

valve

with

fi lte

r, pr

essu

re

regu

lato

r and

pol

y tu

bing

conn

ecto

r

ee

, 1”

and y

, 3/4

” Sc

reen

Fi

lters

with

155

mes

h

r

Pres

sure

Reg

ulat

or w

ith H

ose

Thre

ad p

rese

t at 2

5 PS

I

t

Pres

sure

Reg

ulat

or w

ith P

ipe

Thre

ad p

rese

t at 2

5 PS

I

u

Thre

aded

Sw

ivel A

dapt

er 3

/4”

FHT

x 3/

4” M

NPT,

con

verts

ho

se to

pip

e th

read

i

Adju

stab

le P

ress

ure

Regu

lato

r ad

just

s be

twee

n 28

-60

PSI

FNPT

inle

t and

out

let

o

3/4”

MNP

T x

3/4”

MHT

Co

uplin

g co

nnec

ts 3

/4”

hose

th

read

to 3

/4”

pipe

thre

ad

y

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3(a

4)a

4*a

4(a

1&a

1*a

1(a

2)a

2*

Line

End

clo

ses

the

end

of D

rip

Soak

er T

ape

2(

Redu

cer u

sed

to c

onne

ct D

rip

Soak

er T

ape

onto

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

su

pply

tape

7!

End

Cap

close

s th

e en

d of

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

7#

Unive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k Fi

tting

co

nnec

ts tu

bing

with

any

dia

met

er

from

.600

OD

to .7

10 O

D (g

rey,

bl

ack

or b

lue)

7$

Unive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k Fi

tting

co

nnec

ts tu

bing

with

any

dia

met

er

from

.600

OD

to .7

10 O

D (g

reen

, bl

ack

or b

lue)

7%

Unive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k Fi

tting

co

nnec

ts tu

bing

with

any

dia

met

er

from

.600

OD

to .7

10 O

D (g

rey,

bl

ack

or b

lue)

7^

Tape

Sw

ivel A

dapt

er c

onne

cts

Drip

Soa

ker T

ape

to a

ny 3

/4”

wat

er s

ourc

e

7&

Tape

Con

nect

or to

1/2

” Ho

se is

us

ed to

con

nect

Drip

Soa

ker T

ape

to th

e en

d of

a 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng

7*

1/2”

Bar

bed

Conn

ecto

r is

used

to

conn

ect t

wo

piec

es o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

with

.600

ID

7(

1/2”

Bar

bed

Tee

is us

ed to

co

nnec

t thr

ee p

iece

s of

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

with

.600

ID

8)

1/2”

Bar

bed

Elbo

w is

use

d to

ac

hiev

e a

90°

turn

with

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

with

.600

ID

DRIP

PERS

3)

PC D

rippe

r 10-

50 P

SI. 3)

Blac

k

1 GP

H, 3*

Gree

n 2

GPH,

3$

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4 GP

H

3!

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n Dr

ippe

r 15-

25 P

SI. 3&

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n 1/

2 GP

H, 3!

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k 1

GPH,

3@

Gre

en 2

GPH

3%

Flag

Drip

pers

3%

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k 1

GPH,

3^

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en 2

GPH

, 3#

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4 GP

H,

are

easy

to c

lean

FITT

INGS

1$

Redu

cing

Coup

ling

- con

nect

TO

RO B

lue

Strip

e™ to

DIG

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

(ins

erts

are

blu

e x

blac

k)

1%

Redu

cing

Coup

lings

con

nect

tw

o di

ffere

nt s

izes

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng (.

690

OD x

.700

OD)

(inse

rts a

re g

reen

x b

lack

)

1^

3/4

FNPT

ada

pter

with

scr

een

conn

ects

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

(700

OD

) to

3/4”

wat

er s

ourc

e

1&

Hose

con

nect

or c

onne

cts

2 pi

eces

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng w

ith

.700

or .

710

OD

1*

3/4”

FHT

sw

ivel a

dapt

er w

ith

scre

en fi

lter c

onne

cts

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

(.70

0 or

.710

OD)

to a

ny

3/4”

wat

er s

ourc

e

1(

Tee

to a

chie

ve a

thre

e-w

ay

layo

ut o

f 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

(.700

or .

710

OD)

2)

Elbo

w to

cre

ate

a 90

° tu

rn w

ith

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

(.700

or .

710

OD)

2!

3/4”

x 1

/4”

FHT

adap

ter w

ith

scre

en fi

lter u

sed

to c

onne

ct

1/4”

micr

o tu

bing

to a

ny 3

/4”

wat

er s

ourc

e

2@

3/4”

FHT

sw

ivel t

ee w

ith

scre

en fi

lter c

onne

cts

to a

ny

3/4”

wat

er s

ourc

e w

ith tw

o di

rect

ions

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng

2#

PVC

x Po

ly Co

uplin

g co

nnec

ts

1/2”

PVC

to 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng

2$

1/4”

Elb

ows

crea

te a

90°

turn

w

ith 1

/4”

micr

o tu

bing

2%

1/4”

Bar

b co

nnec

tor t

o ex

tend

dr

ippe

rs o

r micr

o sp

rinkl

ers

from

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

or

conn

ect 2

pie

ces

of

1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng

2^

1/4”

Tee

s fo

r a 3

-way

layo

ut o

f 1/

4” m

icro

tubi

ng

2&

Line

Con

nect

or c

oupl

es tw

o pi

eces

of D

rip S

oake

r Tap

e

1)

Back

fl ow

Pre

vent

er, p

reve

nts

dirt

or fe

rtiliz

er fr

om re

-ent

erin

g th

e w

ater

sys

tem

1@

Filte

r/Fer

tilize

r App

licat

or a

pplie

s an

y w

ater

sol

uble

tabl

et o

r gr

anul

ar fe

rtiliz

er

1#

3/4”

FHT

x 3

/4”

MHT

Scr

een

Filte

r w

ith 1

55 m

esh

TUBI

NG A

ND M

ICRO

TUB

ING

B34

50’ 1

/8”

Micr

o Tu

bing

use

d

with

Mav

erick

™ 1

2-ou

let

Dr

ip H

eads

onl

y

B35

50’ 1

/2”

Poly

Tubi

ng

.600

ID x

.700

OD

B36

100’

1/2

” Po

ly Tu

bing

.6

00 ID

x .7

00 O

D

B39

200’

1/2

” Po

ly Tu

bing

.6

00 ID

x .7

00 O

D

B37

500’

1/2

” Po

ly Tu

bing

.6

00 ID

x .7

00 O

D

B40

500’

3/4

” Po

ly Tu

bing

.8

30 ID

x .9

40 O

D

B43

1000

’ 1/2

” Po

ly Tu

bing

.6

00 ID

x .7

00 O

D

B38

50’ 1

/4”

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o Tu

bing

.1

56 ID

x .2

45 O

D

B381

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o Tu

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56 ID

x .2

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D

B385

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00’ 1

/4”

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56 ID

x .2

45 O

D

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50

’ 1/4

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ly/M

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ng.1

70 ID

x .2

50 O

D

DRIP

TAP

E AN

D DR

IPLI

NESH

50

50’ 1

/4”

Drip

line

SH10

0 10

0’ 1

/4”

Drip

line

SHB1

00 1

00’ 1

/4”

Drip

line

ST10

0R10

0’ D

rip S

oake

r Tap

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ST50

0 50

0’ D

rip S

oake

r Tap

e

B181

00 1

/2”

Earth

line

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n PC

Dr

iplin

e w

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C dr

ippe

rs

in

serte

d ev

ery

18”

3(

Adju

stab

le D

rippe

r 1-1

0 GP

H w

ith 1

/4”

barb

on

stak

e

MIC

RO S

PRIN

KLER

S AN

D FO

GGER

S4)

Micr

o sp

rinkl

er o

n sp

ike,

with

he

ads

for 3

60°,

180

°, 9

0° o

r st

rip s

pray

, max

. fl o

w 2

1 GP

H,

max

. dia

met

er 2

6’

4!

Jet s

pray

er o

n th

read

ed b

arb

36

0° w

ith s

nap

on h

eads

for

180°

or 9

0°, fl

ow

7-1

0 GP

H,

diam

eter

3’ o

r 5’

4!a

Jet s

pray

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y

360°

fl ow

up

to 1

0 GP

H,

diam

eter

up

to 1

3’

4@

Strip

spr

ayer

on

spik

e as

sem

bly,

fl ow

14

GPH,

di

amet

er u

p to

18’

4#

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er/M

ister

on

thre

aded

ba

rb, fl

ow

up

to 7

GPH

, di

amet

er u

p to

5’

4$

Micr

o sp

rinkl

er o

n sp

ike,

360

°,

fl ow

14

GPH,

dia

met

er u

p to

25

4%

Full

circle

inse

ct p

roof

M

icro

Sprin

kler

com

plet

ely

asse

mbl

ed w

ith m

icro

tubi

ng

and

spik

e, fl

ow ra

te u

p to

40

GPH,

dia

met

er u

p to

29’

4^

Pot a

nd b

aske

t mist

er o

n sp

ike

4^, o

r 4^a

with

bar

bed

elbo

w,

fl ow

rate

up

to 2

GPH

, dia

met

er

up to

8”

4&

Spra

yer o

n Th

read

ed B

arb,

fl ow

up

to 1

4 GP

H, d

iam

eter

up

to

12’,4&

360

°; 4*

180°

; and

4(

90°

4&a

Spra

yer o

n Sp

ike

Asse

mbl

y,

fl ow

up

to 1

4 GP

H, d

iam

eter

up

to 1

2’, 4&a

360

°; 4*a

180

°;

and4(

a 90

°

4*b

Spra

yer o

n Po

p-up

Ass

embl

y,

180°

, fl o

w u

p to

14

GPH,

di

amet

er u

p to

12’

3$ 3* 3@ 3& 3^ 3#

4^a

4* 4(

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29

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Q

uest

ions

– C

all 1

-800

-344

-228

1

Inst

alla

tion

Inst

ruct

ions

Head

Ass

embl

y In

stal

latio

n

Whe

n in

stal

ling

a m

icro

irrig

atio

n sy

stem

, the

re a

re v

ario

us s

tart-

up o

ptio

ns, l

ayou

ts a

nd

confi

gur

atio

ns. C

hoos

e th

e op

tion

that

bes

t sui

ts th

e ne

eds

of th

e la

ndsc

ape.

SYST

EM S

TART

-UP:

INST

ALLI

NG T

HE H

EAD

ASSE

MBL

Y. A

ll pr

oper

ly d

esig

ned

drip

sys

tem

s be

gin

with

wha

t is

calle

d th

e “h

ead

asse

mbl

y”. T

his

cons

ists

of t

hree

vita

l com

pone

nts:

a c

ontro

l val

ve

(man

ual o

r aut

omat

ic),

a fi l

ter,

and

a pr

essu

re re

gula

tor.

This

ass

embl

y ca

n be

atta

ched

to a

fauc

et,

anti-

siph

on v

alve

, in-

line

valv

e, o

r spr

inkl

er ri

ser.

OPTI

ON 1

: BEG

IN T

HE IN

STAL

LATI

ON B

Y CO

NNEC

TING

TO

AN O

UTDO

OR F

AUCE

T. F

irst a

ttach

the

back

fl ow

dev

ice 1)

(if t

he fa

ucet

alre

ady

has

a br

ass

back

fl ow

atta

ched

, 1)

is n

ot re

quire

d).

Then

at

tach

the

fi lte

r 1#

(or 1@

ferti

lizer

app

licat

or w

ith b

ackfl

ow

dev

ice

incl

uded

). Ne

xt in

stal

l a p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r r fo

llow

ed b

y a

3/4”

sw

ivel

ada

pter

1*

(see

fi gu

re 2

). If

usin

g a

batte

ry o

pera

ted

timer

(m

odel

900

1and

900

1EZ)

, ins

tall

the

back

fl ow

dev

ice

afte

r the

tim

er (s

ee fi

gure

2a)

. All

thes

e fi t

tings

ha

ve “

hose

” ty

pe th

read

s an

d ar

e se

aled

by

a w

ashe

r. Th

ey s

houl

d be

turn

ed c

lock

wis

e un

til th

ey

are

“han

d tig

ht”

only

. Tig

hten

ing

with

a w

renc

h is

not

reco

mm

ende

d an

d sh

ould

not

be

nece

ssar

y.

OPTI

ON 2

: BEG

IN T

HE IN

STAL

LATI

ON C

ONNE

CTIN

G TO

AN

EXIS

TING

MAI

NLIN

E. T

his

met

hod

Fig.

2a

Fig.

2

Head

Ass

embl

y

Tim

er

Head

Ass

embl

y w

ith M

odel

900

1D

requ

ires

basi

c pl

umbi

ng s

kills

– in

expe

rienc

ed in

stal

lers

sho

uld

cont

act a

plu

mbe

r or i

rriga

tion

cont

ract

or fo

r thi

s co

nnec

tion.

Firs

t, ta

p in

to th

e w

ater

ser

vice

line

. Thi

s ca

n be

don

e at

a fa

ucet

or b

y cu

tting

into

the

serv

ice

line

befo

re th

e fa

ucet

. You

can

avo

id c

uttin

g th

e se

rvic

e lin

e by

rem

ovin

g th

e fa

ucet

and

inst

allin

g a

bras

s th

read

ed “

tee”

(lin

e si

ze) j

ust u

p st

ream

of t

he fa

ucet

(see

fi gu

re 3

). Sh

ut o

ff th

e w

ater

sup

ply

and

unsc

rew

the

fauc

et fr

om th

e br

ass

fi ttin

g or

, if n

eces

sary

, cut

the

copp

er p

ipe

befo

re th

e fa

ucet

.

8^

6-ou

tlet P

C ad

just

able

drip

per c

onve

rts

a 1/

2” s

prin

kler

rise

r int

o an

effi

cient

dr

ip s

yste

m, fl

ow

adj

usta

ble

betw

een

1-20

GPH

per

out

let

8&

4-ou

tlet P

C dr

ip h

ead

retro

fi ts

a 1/

2”

sprin

kler

rise

r to

an e

ffi cie

nt d

rip

syst

em, fl

ow

6 G

PH p

er o

utle

t

8*

Shru

b ris

er a

dapt

er w

ith 1

0/32

thre

ad

used

to a

dapt

micr

o sp

rinkl

ers

or je

t sp

raye

rs to

1/2

” ris

er

8(

6-ou

tlet P

C hi

gh fl

ow d

rip h

ead

conv

erts

1/2

” sp

rinkl

er ri

ser t

o an

effi

cient

drip

sys

tem

with

6

GPH

per o

utle

t

9)

1/2”

Rise

r Ada

pter

with

1/4

” Ba

rb, p

lace

bet

wee

n sp

rinkl

er

and

riser

to in

corp

orat

e 1/

4”

micr

o tu

bing

PC12

01 M

aver

ick™

12-

Outle

t

1 GP

H pe

r out

let

PC12

02 M

aver

ick™

12-

Outle

t

2 GP

H pe

r out

let

PC12

04 M

aver

ick™

12-

Outle

t

4 GP

H pe

r out

let

4*c

Spra

yer o

n Ad

just

able

Spi

ke

Asse

mbl

y, fl

ow u

p to

14

GPH,

di

amet

er u

p to

12’

; 4*c

, 180

° an

d 4(

c, 9

9!

360°

Adj

usta

ble

fl ow

jet s

pray

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y or

thre

ad, fl

ow

0-3

0 GP

H, d

iam

eter

18-

26’

9@

180°

Adj

usta

ble

fl ow

jet s

pray

er

on s

pike

ass

embl

y or

thre

ad, fl

ow

0-

30 G

PH, r

adiu

s 6-

10’

9#

90°

Adju

stab

le fl

ow je

t spr

ayer

on

spik

e as

sem

bly

or th

read

, fl o

w

0-30

GPH

, rad

ius

6-9’

9$

Full

circle

inse

ct-p

roof

min

i Sp

rinkl

ers

on s

pike

ass

embl

y; 9$

fl ow

rate

up

to 1

0 GP

H, d

iam

eter

up

to 1

0’, 9%

fl ow

up

to 2

4 GP

H,

diam

eter

up

to 1

4’

9^

Micr

o Sp

rinkl

er o

n sp

ike

asse

mbl

y is

adju

stab

le fr

om 3

0-33

0°,

32 G

PH, d

iam

eter

20’

9&

Micr

o Sp

rinkl

er o

n sp

ike

for l

arge

di

amet

er , f

ull c

ircle

, fl o

w 3

2 GP

H,

diam

eter

42’

9(

Mist

ing

nozz

les,

9(

with

1/4

” ba

rb o

r 9*

on th

read

, fl o

w .8

GPH

, us

e to

redu

ce th

e ai

r tem

pera

ture

ar

ound

peo

ple,

ani

mal

s or

pla

nts,

w

orki

ng p

ress

ure

40-8

0 PS

I

Fl

ow re

gula

ted

Micr

o Sp

rinkl

er,

com

plet

ely

asse

mbl

ed w

ith m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd b

arb,

fl ow

7 G

PH, f

ull

circle

with

cov

erag

e up

to 1

5’

diam

eter

36

0° A

djus

tabl

e Sp

raye

r on

5”

spik

e, 0

-20

GPH,

dia

met

er 0

-12’

, tw

ist c

ap to

adj

ust fl

ow

ACCE

SSOR

IES

5)

PVC

inse

rts w

ill ad

apt P

VC fi

tting

to

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

.700

OD

5!

Delu

xe P

unch

for e

asily

mak

ing

hole

s in

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

for

inst

alla

tion

of d

rippe

rs, b

arbs

, etc

.

5@

Punc

h to

mak

e ho

les

in 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng

5#5#

sec

ures

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

an

d5$

sec

ures

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng to

stru

ctur

es

5%

Figu

re “

8” H

ose

End

close

s th

e en

d of

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

5^

Goof

Plu

gs c

lose

hol

es in

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

or c

lose

the

end

of

1/4”

micr

o tu

bing

5&

Tubi

ng H

olde

r Sta

ke h

olds

1/4

” or

1/8

” m

icro

tubi

ng in

pla

ce

5*

6” R

iser w

ith 1

/4”

Barb

to

exte

nd a

ny m

icro

sprin

kler

ab

ove

grou

nd

5(

3/4”

Shu

toff

Valve

with

3/4

” FN

PT x

1/2

” ba

rb

6)

1/2”

Tub

ing

Hold

er k

eeps

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

in p

ositi

on

6#

Conv

ersio

n El

bow

con

verts

1/2

” pi

pe th

read

to 3

/4”

hose

thre

ad

6$

1/2”

In-li

ne S

huto

ff Va

lve w

ith

barb

inle

t and

out

let

6%

1/4”

In-li

ne S

hut O

ff Va

lve w

ith

barb

inle

t and

out

let

6^

Ray

Spik

e to

raise

micr

o sp

rinkl

ers

and

micr

o sp

raye

rs

abov

e th

e gr

ound

6&

6” S

tabi

lizer

Sta

ke to

hol

d di

ffere

nt s

izes

of m

icro

tubi

ng

in p

lace

6*

Unive

rsal

spi

ke a

ssem

bly

with

m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd b

arb

6(

Adju

stab

le fl

ow s

pike

Ass

embl

y us

e w

ith 8

” PE

rise

r to

raise

m

icro

sprin

kler

s or

jets

abo

ve

grou

nd le

vel

RETR

OFIT

8$

8” P

E Ri

ser A

ssem

bly

with

1/

2” M

NPT

base

to ra

ise m

icro

sprin

kler

s an

d je

ts a

bove

pla

nts

8%

Adju

stab

le dr

ippe

r on

1/2”

FNP

T co

nver

ts 1

/2” r

iser t

o ad

just

able

fl o

w (0

-10

GPH)

em

itter

, wet

ted

area

can

be

adju

sted

from

gent

le st

ream

pat

tern

, to

drip

,

to o

ff

1) B

ackfl

ow

Dev

ice

1# 3

/4”

FHT

Filte

r

r3/

4” F

HT P

ress

ure

Regu

lato

r

1* 3

/4”

FHT

Swiv

el A

dapt

er

9!a

5$

9@a

9#a

101

100

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OPTI

ON 3

: BEG

IN T

HE IN

STAL

LATI

ON B

Y RE

TROF

ITTI

NG

AN E

XIST

ING

1/2”

RIS

ER (F

ig. 6

). In

stal

l a d

rip s

yste

m o

n an

ex

istin

g 1/

2” ri

ser b

y fi r

st u

nscr

ewin

g th

e sp

rinkl

er h

ead

from

th

e ris

er a

nd th

en a

ttach

the 6#

con

vers

ion

elbo

w. N

ext a

ttach

ar

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor (

hose

thre

ad) a

nd fi

nally

the 1*

3/4

” sw

ivel

ada

pter

. Now

con

nect

eith

er 1

/2”

poly

tube

or E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ d

riplin

e an

d se

cure

the

tubi

ng o

r the

drip

line

usin

g 6)

tubi

ng h

olde

r sta

ke. W

hen

com

bini

ng d

rip ir

rigat

ion

with

an

exis

ting

sprin

kler

sys

tem

, be

sure

to u

se h

igh

fl ow

3$

4 GP

H

Inst

all t

he te

e w

ith th

e si

de o

utle

t fac

ing

dow

n an

d sc

rew

the

fauc

et b

ack

into

the

end

of th

e te

e.

Next

, bel

ow th

e te

e in

stal

l a m

anua

l shu

toff

valv

e (fo

r em

erge

ncie

s), t

hen

3/4”

PVC

mal

e ad

apte

r, th

en c

onne

ct 3

/4”

PVC

pipe

and

run

it ou

t to

the

loca

tion

of th

e dr

ip s

yste

m c

ontro

l val

ve(s

). (C

oppe

r sh

ould

be

used

in a

reas

that

free

ze).

Sele

ct w

hich

type

of c

ontr

ol v

alve

to in

stal

l (Fi

g. 3

). DI

G pr

ovid

es s

ever

al d

iffer

ent t

ypes

of a

utom

atic

con

trol v

alve

s;

each

one

is d

esig

ned

for t

he lo

w fl

ow h

ydra

ulic

nee

ds o

f drip

sy

stem

s. If

the

desi

gn c

alls

for m

ore

than

one

con

trol v

alve

, us

e th

e sa

me

type

for e

ach

zone

. Thi

s m

ay in

volv

e bu

ildin

g a

man

ifold

with

a s

erie

s of

tees

bra

nchi

ng o

ff to

eac

h va

lve.

Al

way

s en

d th

e m

anifo

ld w

ith a

PVC

cap

to m

ake

futu

re v

alve

ad

ditio

ns e

asie

r. Ch

oose

eith

er in

-line

bat

tery

ope

rate

d va

lves

(#

7001

), in

-line

AC

(ele

ctric

) val

ves

(#DM

075)

, bat

tery

ope

rate

d an

ti-si

phon

val

ves

(200

8-I),

or

man

ual a

nti-s

ipho

n va

lves

. Ple

ase

note

that

AC

valv

e in

stal

latio

ns w

ill in

volv

e ru

nnin

g un

derg

roun

d co

ntro

l wire

s ba

ck to

an

elec

tric

cont

rolle

r.

a. In

stal

latio

n ab

ove

grou

nd u

sing

in-li

ne b

atte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

r (Fi

g. 4

a):U

se c

ontro

ller

mod

el 7

001

and

com

plet

e th

e he

ad a

ssem

bly

by a

ttach

ing

a y

MNP

T fi l

ter a

nd t

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor.

Use 1^

3/4

” sw

ivel

ada

pter

if th

e po

ly tu

bing

is c

onne

cted

to th

e as

sem

bly.

If c

onne

ctin

g to

a P

VC p

ipe,

use

a 3

/4”

PVC

fem

ale

adap

ter.

b. U

nder

grou

nd in

stal

latio

n us

ing

in-li

ne A

C va

lve

(Fig

. 4b)

: Use

DI

G m

odel

DM

075

valv

e as

sem

bly,

whi

ch is

a c

ompl

ete

drip

zon

e he

ad

asse

mbl

y in

clud

ing

3/4”

ele

ctric

val

ve, y

fi lte

r, t

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor a

nd

1^ s

wiv

el a

dapt

er -

or b

uild

the

syst

em u

sing

the

sam

e pa

rts in

divi

dual

ly.

This

ass

embl

y ca

n be

con

nect

ed v

ia e

lect

ric w

ire to

any

ava

ilabl

e st

atio

n on

the

irrig

atio

n co

ntro

ller (

DIG

mod

el #

8006

).

NOTE

: Val

ve a

nd h

ead

asse

mbl

y sh

ould

be

inst

alle

d in

to o

ne s

tand

ard

rect

angu

lar v

alve

box

.BA

T

8006

Fig.

6

1/2”

Ris

er

6#1*

7001

y

t

1*

9!7!

3!

6)

2)

9@

Fig.

3

c. A

bove

the

grou

nd in

stal

latio

n us

ing

a ba

ttery

ope

rate

d co

ntro

ller

with

ant

i-sip

hon

valv

e (F

ig. 5

):Us

e DI

G m

odel

200

8i a

nd in

stal

l it o

n a

3/4”

ris

er th

at is

10-

12”

abov

e gr

ade

or 6

-8”

abov

e th

e hi

ghes

t drip

per o

r spr

ayer

. Co

mpl

ete

the

head

ass

embl

y by

atta

chin

g a e

3/4

” M

NPT

fi lte

r, an

d at

pres

sure

regu

lato

r to

the

dow

nstre

am o

utle

t. Fi

nally

atta

ch a

1^

3/4”

sw

ivel

adap

ter i

f usin

g po

ly tu

bing

, or 3

/4”

PVC

fem

ale

adap

ter i

f usin

g PV

C pi

pe.

d. A

bove

gro

und

inst

alla

tion

usin

g a

man

ual a

nti-s

ipho

n va

lve:

Use

any

3/4”

man

ual a

nti-s

ipho

n va

lve

and

inst

all i

t 8-1

2” a

bove

gra

de. T

he

dow

nstre

am a

ssem

bly

will

con

sist

of t

he e

fi lte

r, t

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor,

and

the1^

sw

ivel

ada

pter

if u

sing

pol

y tu

bing

, or a

dd a

3/4

” PV

C fe

mal

e ad

apte

r if

usin

g PV

C pi

pe. T

hese

val

ves

can

be e

asily

con

verte

d to

aut

omat

ic o

pera

tion

by in

stal

ling

the

DIG

mod

el #

2006

I b

atte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

r.

NOTE

: Bac

kfl o

w d

evic

e 1)

is n

ot re

quire

d on

sys

tem

s co

ntro

lled

by a

nti-

siph

on v

alve

s.

Fig.

5

2008

i

drip

pers

or 3(

adju

stab

le d

rippe

rs w

ith fl

ow b

etw

een

0-20

GPH

. Afte

r ins

talli

ng th

e dr

ippe

rs, o

pen

the

valv

e an

d fl u

sh o

ut th

e lin

e. T

hen

clos

e of

f the

end

with

a 7!

end

cap

or 5%

fi gur

e “8

” ho

se e

nd.

If us

ed w

ith 1

/4”

micr

o tu

bing

, afte

r the

pre

ssur

e re

gula

tor,

add

a 2!

ada

pter

. Nex

t con

nect

the

1/4”

micr

o tu

bing

, and

add

2^

1/4”

tees

as

need

ed. U

se w

ith 3$

drip

pers

(4 G

PH) t

o a

max

imum

fl ow

rate

of 3

5 GP

H.

Choo

sing

Lat

eral

Lay

out I

nsta

llatio

nIN

STAL

LATI

ON M

ETHO

D US

ING

POLY

TUB

ING

AS T

HE M

AIN

LATE

RAL:

Inst

all t

he 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng

abov

e or

bel

ow g

rade

from

the

hose

end

, in-

line

cont

rolle

r, or

in-li

ne v

alve

to th

e ar

ea to

be

wat

ered

. Us

e1(

1/2

” te

es a

nd 2)

elbo

ws

whe

re n

eede

d. F

rom

the

tee

or e

lbow

ext

end

addi

tiona

l pol

y tu

bing

to

the

plan

t are

a. S

ecur

e al

l 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

to th

e gr

ound

usi

ng 6)

hold

er s

take

s. U

se 1

/4”

mic

ro

tubi

ng a

s th

e fe

eder

line

and

add

drip

pers

as

need

ed.

INST

ALLA

TION

MET

HOD

USIN

G A

PVC

PIPE

AS

THE

MAI

N LA

TERI

AL: I

nsta

ll a

3/4”

PVC

pip

e be

low

gra

de fr

om th

e co

ntro

ller o

r in-

line

valv

e to

the

area

to b

e w

ater

ed. C

onne

ct th

e PV

C pi

pe to

th

e in

-line

val

ve o

r to

the

batte

ry o

pera

ted

cont

rolle

r. In

eac

h ar

ea to

be

wat

ered

add

a 3

/4”

PVC

tee

(3/4

” sl

ip x

1/2

” FN

PT),

and

to th

e te

e ad

d a

6-8”

1/2

” ris

er. T

o th

e ris

er a

dd a

6#

conv

ersi

on e

lbow

, an

d th

en a

1*

swiv

el a

dapt

er o

r 2@

swiv

el te

e. A

ttach

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

or E

arth

line

Brow

n PC

™ D

riplin

e, a

nd s

ecur

e al

l 1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

and

drip

line

to th

e gr

ound

usi

ng 6)

hold

er s

take

s.

Add

drip

pers

or m

icro

spr

inkl

ers

as n

eede

d to

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

or u

se 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

as

the

feed

erlin

e to

the

plan

ts a

nd a

dd th

e dr

ippe

rs a

t the

end

of t

he m

icro

tubi

ng.

1/2”

POL

Y TU

BING

AND

1/4

” M

ICRO

TUB

ING

INST

ALLA

TION

: Unr

oll t

he 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng a

nd la

y it

out i

n di

rect

sun

light

to w

arm

it u

p an

d m

ake

it ea

sier

to w

ork

with

. Use

6)

stak

es to

sec

ure

the

poly

tu

bing

to th

e gr

ound

. If t

he p

olyt

ube

is to

be

inst

alle

d be

low

gra

de, d

ig tr

ench

es 6

-8”

deep

to k

eep

the

poly

tubi

ng a

saf

e di

stan

ce fr

om c

ultiv

atio

n pr

actic

es. L

eave

the

end

of th

e po

ly tu

bing

abo

ve th

e su

rface

for p

erio

dic

fl ush

ing.

y

DM07

5

Fig.

4b

y

t

t 1^

r

7001 (ir

rigat

ion

box

optio

nal)

Fig.

4a

y

t

(irrig

atio

n bo

x op

tiona

l)

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USIN

G TH

E PU

NCH

TOOL

S: D

IG o

ffers

two

diffe

rent

pun

ches

use

d to

“pu

nch”

the

hole

s in

pol

y tu

bing

for t

he in

stal

latio

n of

em

itter

s, m

icro

tubi

ng, e

tc. B

oth

are

easy

to u

se. W

hen

inst

allin

g a

smal

l nu

mbe

r of d

rip e

mitt

ers,

use

the 5@

bas

ic p

unch

. For

a la

rge

num

ber o

f em

itter

s an

d fo

r eas

e of

in

stal

latio

n, u

se th

e 5!

del

uxe

punc

h th

at o

ffers

leve

rage

and

mor

e ac

cura

cy.

To u

se th

e ba

sic

punc

h, h

old

the

poly

tubi

ng in

one

han

d. H

old

the

punc

h in

the

free

hand

and

use

it

to a

pply

pre

ssur

e to

the

poly

tubi

ng. A

t the

sam

e tim

e, ro

tate

the

punc

h ba

ck a

nd fo

rth c

reat

ing

a ho

le in

the

poly

tubi

ng. T

o us

e th

e la

rge

delu

xe p

unch

, fi rs

t ins

ert t

he p

oly

tubi

ng in

to th

e pu

nch.

Th

en p

ress

the

hand

le d

own

to p

unch

a h

ole.

If th

e in

stal

latio

n re

quire

s cr

ossin

g un

der a

con

cret

e w

alk,

fi rs

t dig

two

hole

s on

opp

osite

sid

es o

f the

w

alkw

ay. N

ext,

conn

ect 3

-5’ o

f 3/4

” PV

C pi

pe to

a g

arde

n ho

se, u

singu

hose

to p

ipe

thre

ad a

dapt

er

and

a 3/

4” P

VC F

NPT

x sli

p. T

hen

turn

on

the

wat

er a

nd b

egin

forc

ing

it th

roug

h th

e so

il. B

e ca

refu

l to

avoi

d da

mag

e to

the

conc

rete

wal

k or

driv

eway

. Whe

n th

e en

d of

the

pipe

reac

hes

the

othe

r sid

e, tu

rn

off t

he w

ater

and

cut

the

pipe

so

the

hose

and

fi tti

ngs

can

be re

mov

ed. N

ow u

se th

e 3-

5’ P

VC p

ipe

as a

sle

eve

and

push

the

polyt

ube

thro

ugh

the

pipe

unt

il it

appe

ars

on th

e ot

her s

ide.

Once

the

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

has

bee

n in

stal

led,

then

the

1/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

can

be

conn

ecte

d. F

irst

atta

ch th

e m

icro

tubi

ng to

the

1/4”

bar

b or

1/4

” te

e, th

en u

se th

e 5@

pun

ch to

mak

e a

hole

in th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng. I

nser

t the

bar

b or

tee

into

the

hole

. Ins

tall

a dr

ippe

r or m

icro

spr

ayer

at t

he e

nd o

f th

e m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd u

se it

as

a fe

eder

line

to re

ach

rem

ote

plan

ts o

r clu

ster

s of

pla

nts

that

are

aw

ay

from

the

mai

n 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng.

3(a

5&

2%6)

1(

1&2)

2^2^

2%

COM

PRES

SION

FIT

TING

INST

ALLA

TION

: To

conn

ect

2 pi

eces

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng u

se c

ompr

essi

on fi

tting

s. H

old

the

fi ttin

g in

one

han

d an

d th

e tu

bing

in th

e ot

her a

nd

forc

e th

e tu

bing

into

the

fi ttin

g by

“w

alki

ng”

or “

wig

glin

g”

it in

to th

e fi t

ting.

Inst

alla

tion

is c

ompl

ete

whe

n 1/

2-3/

4” o

f th

e tu

bing

is in

side

the

fi ttin

g.

To c

onne

ct v

ario

us s

izes

of 1

/2”

poly

tubi

ng w

ith d

iffer

ent O

Ds, u

se o

ur re

duce

r 1$

coup

ling

for

TORO

BLU

E ST

RIPE

™ a

nd 1%

for R

AIND

RIP™

or u

se U

nive

rsal

Nut

Loc

k™ fi

tting

s 7#

cou

plin

g,

7$ te

e an

d 7%

elb

ow to

con

nect

any

siz

e of

1/2

” tu

bing

. Rem

ove

the

nut a

nd in

sert

it ov

er th

e po

ly

tubi

ng (a

ny b

rand

nam

e). I

nser

t the

bar

b si

de o

f the

nut

lock

into

the

ID s

ide

of th

e po

ly tu

bing

, and

in

sert

the

othe

r sid

e of

the

barb

into

the

nut l

ock

hous

ing.

The

n th

read

the

nut l

ock

to s

ecur

e.BA

RB F

ITTI

NG IN

STAL

LATI

ON: B

arb

fi ttin

gs a

re m

ost

ofte

n us

ed to

con

nect

1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng in

to 1

/2”

poly

tu

bing

. The

y ar

e al

so u

sed

to c

onne

ct tw

o en

ds o

f 1/4

” m

icro

tubi

ng. I

nser

t the

bar

b in

to th

e en

d of

the

1/4”

m

icro

tubi

ng b

y fo

rcin

g th

e m

icro

tubi

ng o

ver t

he 1

/4”

barb

. To

conn

ect m

icro

tubi

ng to

1/2

” po

ly tu

bing

, fi rs

t at

tach

the

mic

ro tu

bing

to a

bar

b. S

econ

d, p

unch

a h

ole

in th

e po

ly tu

bing

. Las

t, pu

sh th

e si

de o

f the

bar

b w

ithou

t mic

ro tu

bing

into

the

hole

.

1/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

Drip

Em

itter

Inst

alla

tion

The

drip

em

itter

s ar

e in

stal

led

usin

g on

e of

the

two

met

hods

; eith

er d

irect

ly in

the

poly

tubi

ng o

r at t

he

end

of m

icro

tubi

ng.

DIRE

CTLY

INTO

POL

Y TU

BING

: Whe

n pl

ants

are

cl

ose

to th

e m

ainl

ine,

inst

all e

mitt

ers

dire

ctly

into

1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng. P

unch

a h

ole

in th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng.

Snap

the

barb

sid

e of

the

drip

per i

nto

the

poly

tubi

ng.

Mak

e su

re th

at th

e m

inim

um s

paci

ng b

etw

een

the

drip

pers

is n

ot le

ss th

an 1

0”.

AT E

ND O

F M

ICRO

TUB

ING:

The

sec

ond

met

hod

is

used

for p

lant

s th

at a

re fa

r aw

ay fr

om th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng, i

n a

cont

aine

r or f

or fo

gger

s on

mis

t lin

es.

Firs

t mea

sure

a le

ngth

of m

icro

tubi

ng fr

om th

e m

ainl

ine

to th

e pl

ant.

Cut m

icro

tubi

ng a

nd a

ttach

a

barb

to o

ne e

nd o

f mic

ro tu

bing

. Ins

ert t

he b

arb

into

th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng m

ainl

ine.

Inse

rt an

em

itter

into

th

e op

posi

te e

nd o

f the

mic

ro tu

bing

and

pla

ce c

lose

to

the

plan

t. Se

cure

the

drip

per u

sing

a 5&

or 6&

mic

ro tu

bing

hol

der s

take

.

5@5!

3!3@3&

3)3$3*

3(a

3!5&

6)

3)3$3*

2^

3% 3

^

5&

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Drip

Irrig

atio

n fo

r Con

tain

ers

and

Patio

Gar

dens

Pat

io a

nd c

onta

iner

sys

tem

s ar

e of

ten

mad

e en

tirel

y fro

m 1

/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

. Use

a c

ombi

natio

n of

drip

pers

and

mis

ters

, 1/4

” te

es, e

lbow

s an

d ba

rbs.

Do

not e

xcee

d 35

GPH

on

any

sing

le

1/4”

mic

ro tu

bing

sys

tem

. See

Kit

FM01

.

Inst

alla

tion

Exam

ple

Draw

ings

Drip

Inst

alla

tion

in L

ands

cape

2!r5$

2^6%

2^

3&5&3@

Drip

Inst

alla

tion

in V

eget

able

Gar

dens

Whe

n in

stal

ling

drip

irrig

atio

n in

a v

eget

able

gar

den

with

row

s m

ore

than

2’ a

part,

run

one

line

for e

ach

row

. If t

he ro

ws

are

less

than

2’ a

part,

run

one

line

betw

een

ever

y tw

o ro

ws.

In b

oth

case

s, in

sert

a dr

ippe

r (1/

2-1

GPH)

eve

ry 1

2”. I

t is

help

ful t

o st

agge

r the

em

itter

s be

twee

n ro

ws

for

mor

e co

mpl

ete

satu

ratio

n.

Drip

line

Inst

alla

tion

INST

ALLI

NG D

RIPL

INE:

1/4

” dr

iplin

e is

a g

reat

cho

ice

for u

se in

veg

etab

le g

arde

ns o

r a

long

nar

row

row

of v

eget

atio

n. W

e re

com

men

d us

ing

1/2”

pol

y tu

bing

as

a m

ainl

ine,

runn

ing

perp

endi

cula

r to

the

gard

en ro

ws.

Con

nect

the

drip

line

to a

2%

barb

con

nect

or. P

unch

a h

ole

in th

e 1/

2” p

oly

tubi

ng a

t the

con

nect

ion

poin

t of e

ach

row

, and

inse

rt th

e op

en e

nd o

f the

bar

b co

nnec

tor.

Afte

r run

ning

the

poly

tubi

ng d

own

the

row

use

a 5^

goof

plu

g to

clo

se th

e en

d. F

or

vege

tabl

e ro

ws

mor

e th

an 2

’ apa

rt, ru

n on

e lin

e of

drip

soa

ker t

ape

per r

ow. I

f the

row

s ar

e le

ss

than

2’ a

part,

pla

ce th

e dr

iplin

e be

twee

n ev

ery

two

row

s. W

e hi

ghly

reco

mm

end

the

use

of a

25

PSI p

ress

ure

regu

lato

r with

this

sys

tem

.

3&

1(

2)1)

3)

3)

3)

6% 1(

1(

1(

1*

1*

r

r

1&

6)

5&2%

2%

1)

5%

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