Introduction To Irrigation and Lawn Sprinklers

Know the difference in two terms that are the foundational goals of an irrigation technician or end-user.

Identify the 3 basic soil types

In this video, we take a look at 4 different soil types (soil textures and separates) for the purpose of identification. It's important to know the infiltration rate of your soil, so you can match irrigation products properly.

The rate at which water soaks into a property's soil informs us of the type of equipment to install.

Understanding this concept is crucial to scheduling a sprinkler system.

Understanding and having a target precipitation rate helps select the proper sprinklers and nozzles.

In this short lesson, we'll touch on the 5 major types of irrigation systems, residential & light commercial, large commercial, golf courses, sports fields, and agricultural.

There is a proper order for all of the components that can be installed on a system.

Using a dedicated meter to supply the sprinklers.

Tapping into the main water line from the street to the house.

Many systems are supplied by tapping into a house's plumbing system.

Centrifugal or jet pumps can pull water from a lake or pond and pressurize it for use in a sprinkler system.

Wells can be used for supplying sprinkler systems.

Grouping valves together can be advantageous for some systems.

Another method places the valves in the area that they are going to supply.

We'll examine how pumps and elevation change affect pressure in a closed system.

Learn how to measure and calculate Flow, and it's relation to pressure and velocity.

The speed of water flowing through a pipe can have an affect on it's pressure and flow.

We'll consider the 4 factors that affect Friction Loss in pipes.

This is a brief description of the only three ways to build pressure in an irrigation system. I also cover some misconceptions and explain some Water Hydraulics briefly.

A quick introduction to Pro Irrigation Training's resources.