Rain Bird Gear Drive Rotor Sprinkler on Small Hose End Spike UPDATED

Rain Bird Gear Drive Rotor Sprinkler on Small Hose End Spike

I have a couple of Gilmour Metal Impulse Sprinklers on Zinc Fasten Bases. They piece of work very well but they can exist loud, even after using my technique to brand them quieter then I decided to attach a Hunter PGP Adjustable Rotor Head to the spike base.

The gear driven rotor sprinklers are a lot quieter than the bear upon sprinklers. If you don't already have the bear upon sprinklers you tin can just buy the Gilmour Turbine Rotor Sprinkler With Polymer Spike Base and non accept to add the rotor head on information technology. I already had these impulse sprinklers so I decided to convert my bear on sprinkler to a rotor sprinkler.

The Hunter PGP Rotor Head is also recognized as i of the ameliorate gear driven sprinkler heads out there. These sprinklers are meant for in footing installations only I'll be using them above-footing on spike bases. By the way, if you already have the sprinkler heads you tin also buy theOrbit Zinc Footstep Spike Base to mount it on.

Quieter Than an Bear on Sprinkler

Considering the sprinkler is gear driven and doesn't employ the impact from the swing arm to turn the sprinkler the Hunter PGP is considerably quieter than an impact sprinkler All you hear is the audio of the water spray. Here is a video of my sprinkler installed and running. The hunter PGP has a radius range of 20' to 46' which matches well with the touch sprinkler. Take a wait at the video below to hear how repose it is in action.

Materials

Since I already had the spikes from the touch sprinkers, to upgrade my impact sprinkler to a rotor I only needed to purchase the following two items:

• Hunter PGP four" Popup Sprinkler Head
• 3/4" x 6" Polyethylene Cut off Nipple Riser

Tools

Step 1: Remove Touch on Sprinkler Head

The former touch sprinkler head is screwed on to the spike base. Information technology comes off easy by turning it counter clockwise with a pair of pliers.

Step two: Cut Down Cut-off Riser

The cut-off riser has multiple threaded sections on it. It is used when installing in-ground sprinklers to connect the lateral lines to sprinkler heads. Information technology will also work to connect the Hunter PGP sprinkler to the spike base.

To get the sprinkler head close to the ground I elected to cutting the riser down to the first threaded section. The riser cuts easily with a utility knife.

The cut department on the left is what will exist used to adhere the sprinkler head to the base of operations.

Update: The cutoff riser is designed to be weaker than the other components so it breaks easily. I made the mistake of trying to push the sprinkler fasten into the ground by holding it past the sprinkler body and not the metal spike base of operations. The riser snapped. It's designed to do this because the riser is cheaper to replace than the sprinkler body or the other fittings which are either more expensive or more difficult to replace. I'thou considering replacing the broken cutoff riser with either a metal or PVC one/2" to 3/iv" reducing nipple which would be more durable. I would demand to brand sure to be conscientious handling the sprinkler since it would obviously intermission before the metal fitting.

Step 3: Adhere Riser To Base of operations

The thinner end of the nipple screws into the spike base using a clockwise motion. Make sure the threads are seated correctly considering the plastic threads are like shooting fish in a barrel to strip. I tightened as far as I could by manus and then continued with a pair of pliers to get it nice and snug.

Stride four: Attach Sprinkler Caput To Riser

The final stride is to screw the sprinkler caput onto the tiptop part of the riser. Again exist careful to not mess up the threads.

I tightened the sprinkler head equally much every bit I could by hand. At this point you lot're gear up to connect the sprinkler to a garden hose, place it where you'd similar and adjust the arc and radius to suit your needs. Instructions on how to adjust the sprinkler come with your sprinkler caput.

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Rain Bird Gear Drive Rotor Sprinkler on Small Hose End Spike UPDATED

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