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  • Mar 8, 2009, 08:15 AM
    hoppie
    Pressure tank size
    I have a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom home, with a 16 zone sprinkler system. 6 heads on a zone. How big of a pressure tank should I have. My old one went out which was a 60 gallon and got replaced with 40 gallon one. Will it handle my needs?
  • Mar 22, 2009, 08:29 AM
    chuckr
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hoppie View Post
    I have a 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom home, with a 16 zone sprinkler system. 6 heads on a zone. How big of a pressure tank should I have. My old one went out which was a 60 gallon and got replaced with 40 gallon one. Will it handle my needs?

    While it may handle it your pump will run more often trying to keep up
  • Mar 22, 2009, 08:42 AM
    Milo Dolezal

    I would never down-size. I would suggest to keep it the same size...
  • Mar 22, 2009, 01:27 PM
    jlisenbe

    I agree with the above two ONLY if both tanks are bladder tanks. If the old tank was a conventional 60 gallon tank with no bladder, then you actually helped yourself going to a 40 gallon bladder tank.

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