Installation tips have also been placed throughout the guide to assist you in planning a system. A Pipe Sizing Chart Glossary of Terms is included and Hunter Sprinkler Performance Point of Connection ..............7 Charts are featured on the back cover.
Plot Plan and Design A. Plot Plan And Design 1. The first step in designing a residential system is to measure the property and indicate the location of the house. On a separate piece of paper sketch out your property and place your measurements on the sketch. AREA C AREA B AREA D...
1 – 3 below. If the water will be drawn from a lake, tank, nearest the water bore hole or well, your Hunter dealer or the pump installer will meter or water source. have the specifications for pressure and volume output of your...
Select Sprinkler Heads C. Select Sprinkler Heads There are three basic types of sprinklers for residential use: large area rotors, rotating stream spray sprinklers and small area fan spray sprinklers. Large area rotors and rotating stream spray sprin- klers should never be installed on the same zone as small area fan spray sprinklers.
Check with local agencies: • To find out if a permit is required before installing a sprinkler system. • To determine where gas, telephone and other utility lines are buried.
Divide Sprinklers into zones E. Divide Areas Into Zones Unless you have a very small yard, you probably do not have enough water capacity to irrigate the entire yard at once. Many areas will require more water than the residence has available (system design capacity).
(PVC) and polyethylene (Poly). Check with PvC Thick PvC Thin Polyethyl- Pipe Sizes Wall Wall ene Pipe your local Hunter dealer to find out which type of pipe is used in 20 mm 34 l/min 38 l/min 30 l/min your area. 25 mm 57 l/min...
G. Point Of Connection (P.O.C.) Connecting to City Water Supply Use a brass compression tee to hook your sprinkler system to the household water supply line. You may hook up to copper, PVC or galvanized iron service lines without having to solder or thread any pipe.
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AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CONTROLLER GEAR DRIVEN RO X-CORE I-20 ” SWING JOIN SMART CONTROL SJ SERIE WIRELESS SOLAR SYNC RECEIVER PVC EL REMOTE CONTROL OR POLY ELL ( IN ROAM RECEIVER PVC ( POLYVINYL CH OR POLY ( POLYETH SPRINKLER CONTROLLER WIRE LOW VOLTAGE WATERPROOF WIRE CONNECTORS...
PVC REDUCING TEE ( SLIP X SLIP X THREAD ) OR POLY REDUCING TEE ( INSERT X INSERT X THREAD ) -SYNC 50 AUTOMATIC SURE REGULATOR SMART CONTROL VE BOX WIRELESS SOLAR SYNC TRANSMITTER CONTROL VALVE Hunter Sprinkler System Overview...
System installation H. System Installation Making the Point of Connection to City Water Supply 1. Refer to the Point Of Connection (P.O.C.) detail on page 7. 2. Turn off the water supply to the residence. 3. Dig a hole to expose the supply line. 4.
System installation Installing the Valve Manifolds 1. Refer to the valve manifold detail on the Sprinkler System Overview. 2. Maintain at least a 15 cm clearance between valves for future maintenance. 3. Provide a 8 cm long or longer capped stub-out for future Assembling PVC: 1.
Roam Remote Control Kit Installing Heads The Hunter Roam Remote Control Kit saves time during 1. Install all the heads but the last head on a run. Leave the installation and routine system maintenance.
Materials List. If you are unsure what a part is VAlVE Box SquARE oR RounD called, check the Sprinkler System Overview. Use colored pencils WATER METER and as you count or measure each component, mark the plan and write the item down here on this Materials List.
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Materials list 3. Control Valves: Count the number of valves by size. Using 3. Valves the valve detail, list the materials needed. VAlVE Box WATERPRoof WIRE ConnECToRS 4. Controller: The number of valves will determine the size of the controller required. You will need one controller AuToMATIC station for each valve.
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5. Sprinklers: Count the number of sprinkler heads needed 5. Sprinklers by type and record the totals in the chart. 6. Swing Joints: Count the sprinkler heads and determine the number of pre-assembled Hunter swing joints needed, GEAR DRIVE RoToR PGP ulTRA (3) 3/4”...
(or 50% of the adjusted diameter). This provides for com- VALVE – In a sprinkler system, there are many types of valves, but really plete coverage and prevents dry spots. only two families of valves–sprinkler valves and shut-off valves. Within those LATERAL (lateral line) –...
NOTE: For complete information on products and performance matched precipitation rates. In each case, one gallon per minute charts, see the Hunter Product Catalog or visit our web site at (GPM) is applied to each quarter circle and precipitation is www.hunterindustries.com.
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