Telly
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I have no idea how much water I am using or putting down with soaker hoses. To try to get a somewhat linear water output over their length, I only turn on the faucet around 1/4 turn.
I thought I could find a simple mechanical-based flowmeter and put it in series with a soaker hose to see how much water flows versus valve position over some amount of time. I'm thinking that it would need to be able to measure down to about 1 gallon per minute on the low end.
I found this: Amazon.com: Melnor/Gardena 101 Flowmeter Water Timer: Patio, Lawn & Garden
It's a flow TIMER, but I guess I could do trial timer settings of XX Gallons Per Hour with it to get a feel of the flowrate. But reading the reviews of it, it's a piece of crap.
I also saw this: Amazon.com: TOM Aquarium Flow Meter (measures 50gph to 250gph flow rate): Home & Garden
but I don't know how it works, or whether it could take the back pressure caused by the restriction of a soaker hose. I would also have to build adapters or adapter hose sections for both ends of it (which I could do if needed). With the small picture, I can't really figure out anything about it. It would be nice to have something that wouldn't be position-sensitive. If it has to stand upright to work properly, that can be a problem with hose sections attached, flopping it over.
I know we have some folks here that are real good on ferreting out unusual products, so, any ideas for a water flowmeter?
I thought I could find a simple mechanical-based flowmeter and put it in series with a soaker hose to see how much water flows versus valve position over some amount of time. I'm thinking that it would need to be able to measure down to about 1 gallon per minute on the low end.
I found this: Amazon.com: Melnor/Gardena 101 Flowmeter Water Timer: Patio, Lawn & Garden
It's a flow TIMER, but I guess I could do trial timer settings of XX Gallons Per Hour with it to get a feel of the flowrate. But reading the reviews of it, it's a piece of crap.
I also saw this: Amazon.com: TOM Aquarium Flow Meter (measures 50gph to 250gph flow rate): Home & Garden
but I don't know how it works, or whether it could take the back pressure caused by the restriction of a soaker hose. I would also have to build adapters or adapter hose sections for both ends of it (which I could do if needed). With the small picture, I can't really figure out anything about it. It would be nice to have something that wouldn't be position-sensitive. If it has to stand upright to work properly, that can be a problem with hose sections attached, flopping it over.
I know we have some folks here that are real good on ferreting out unusual products, so, any ideas for a water flowmeter?