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October 26, 2022 Update: Check out the following post regarding how I use my Hunter ProC zone controller to program my sprinkler blowout sequence:    • Post  
October 26, 2021 Update: See Mohammad Fesanghary's comment where he painstakingly documented all the components he used in his build.
Fall in Michigan, it's time to blow out my inground sprinkler system. I've paid landscape companies and sprinkler businesses to come to my house and use their giant trailer air compressors to blow the water out of my inground sprinkler lines. Turning off the inside valve isn't hard so I'd do that for them because I don't like strangers coming in my house. The simply had to connect their air hose to my flowback preventer on the side of my house but I still had to be home to let them access my Hunter Sprinkler control box in my garage. I've even had to explain to the "experts" how to use the controller and helped one guy figure out how to use the air pump which was two smaller, gaspowered air compressors in the back of a pickup. They had decent air flow but weren't huge. I speculated about blowing out my own sprinklers.
Of course, the danger is water freezing in underground sprinkler systems can be very costly. It can cause the lines themselves to crack and burst open, break the underground valves and break the sprinkler heads. That's why I can't recommend anyone do this themselves. For myself, I'm willing to take the risk that I'm blowing out enough water that even if there is some remaining, much of it may leak out or even evaporate in the months leading to when the ground is actually cold enough to freeze what water remains in the system. After getting tired of writing checks every Fall, I decided to experiment with using my small pancake air compressor. I knew it was way underpowered and undersized but I was curious even at risk of ruining my sprinkler system if I could expel enough water from the sprinkler system to avoid problems when Spring arrived. For the past three years, it seems to be working and I'm loving the savings. I also like the selfreliance and convenience it provides allowing me to blowout the sprinklers on my schedule, not someone else's scheduled. I added the portable air tank the last two years and that has improved the process.
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Sprinkler System Blow Out Air Adapter
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Note: This adapter is slightly different than the one in my video because mine is outofstock. This one has an added valve which I think is actually a nice addition.
PORTERCABLE Compressor, OilFree, Pancake 6Gallon, 150 PSI
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Performance Tool 11Gallon Horizontal Portable Air Tank
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Harbor Freight Central Pneumatic 11gallon Portable Air Tank
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