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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1968848, member: 81934"] 11 June update - finally have a 4 outlet PVC manifold. Mr Kookaburra back today - got the Manifold built , still some mistakes and stupid things he's done that are inexplicable (crazy) . 1) left the 300kPa pressure reducer connected to the tap and left the timer downstream from this. I keep telling him the manifold is designed and rated for full pressure town water from the tap ( CLASS 12 ) --- he either doesn't listen , or is clueless , or lazy. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/pdfjjgDG/11jun2021-pressure-reducer-between-tap-and-timer-SHOULD-NOT-BE-THERE-manifold-to-operate-at-full-t.png[/img] < fix required = remove the 300kPa pressure reducer > 2) veg/herb bed no1 ( W bed ) , looks OK until he hits polypipe . [img]https://i.postimg.cc/Qx7dVcgS/11jun2021-high-3m-bed-at-manifold.png[/img] See no polypipe locking ring clamps at end of inline 19mm filter, the 19mm Tee , the two 19mm elbows , the 19mm barbed bleed tap or the 19mm end plug . The PVC manifold needs to be fixed to the stakes. 3) veg/herb bed no2 and no3 ( middle bed & E bed) , strange things done downstream from the high pressure isolation globe valves. Middle bed [img]https://i.postimg.cc/7ZDJkBvS/11jun2021-2nd-3m-bed-at-manifold-not-quite-right-why-3-pressure-reducers-spec-1x-300k-Pa-pressur.png[/img] E bed. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/d1X51hGP/11jun2021-3rd-3m-bed-at-manifold-not-quite-right-why-4-pressure-reducers-spec-1x-300k-Pa-pressur.png[/img] I see more than 1 in-series pressure reducers connected nose to tail - this is not what I told him to do ---looks like on bed 2 there are 300kPa + two 180kPa pressure reducers connected nose-tail :shock: ---and on bed 3 there are the 300kPa + three 180kPa pressure reducers connected nose-tail :banghead: :banghead: Instructing him to remove the 180kPa pressure reducers = SPEC is [color=#FF0000]ONE 300kPa pressure reducer per bed[/color] . Again - no locking ring clamps securing 19mm polypipe to fittings' in these beds YET . ALL MUST HAVE locking ring clamps in place. Instructing him to TEST for leaks with the all the GLOBE VALVE FULLY OPEN when in bed 19mm INLINE taps are turned OFF in the three small parallel beds. Then if no leaks - Make sure all 3 of the 3m beds'' globe valves are all turned OFF ( no plants in the 3 small beds YET ) , and same with their inbed 19mm INLINE TAPs . Fix PVC manifold to stakes. 6m x 1.5m natives bed end of manifold. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/zBWgCv91/11jun2021-6mx1.png[/img] VERY CLOSE . ( Needs a locking ring clamp on the join of the 19mm polypipe to the tail of the inline filter ). THIS GLOBE VALVE stays OPEN , as there are plants in the bed. [/QUOTE]
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