Posted by Brian Kraft on May 2, 2009, 8:17 am
I have a dozen or so Rainbird pop-up sprinkler nozzles which seem to be
worn out; the ditch water contains fine grains of sand, so over time a
small indentation appears inside the plastic nozzle slot and that causes
the spray pattern to deteriorate. Is there a reasonable alternative to
buying the same nozzles which will eventually wear out again?
Posted by Eggs Zachtly on May 2, 2009, 12:04 pm
Brian Kraft said:
> I have a dozen or so Rainbird pop-up sprinkler nozzles which seem to be
> worn out; the ditch water contains fine grains of sand, so over time a
> small indentation appears inside the plastic nozzle slot and that causes
> the spray pattern to deteriorate. Is there a reasonable alternative to
> buying the same nozzles which will eventually wear out again?
Install some sort of filter to keep the sand out, and change/clean it
often.
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Posted by willshak on June 2, 2009, 9:29 am
on 5/2/2009 8:17 AM (ET) Brian Kraft wrote the following:
> I have a dozen or so Rainbird pop-up sprinkler nozzles which seem to be
> worn out; the ditch water contains fine grains of sand, so over time a
> small indentation appears inside the plastic nozzle slot and that causes
> the spray pattern to deteriorate. Is there a reasonable alternative to
> buying the same nozzles which will eventually wear out again?
>
How old are the nozzles?
Rain Bird replacement nozzles are $5.25 (US) each, which would be $63
for 12.
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> worn out; the ditch water contains fine grains of sand, so over time a
> small indentation appears inside the plastic nozzle slot and that causes
> the spray pattern to deteriorate. Is there a reasonable alternative to
> buying the same nozzles which will eventually wear out again?