Rainbird emitters not emitting water

Question

Im adding a drip system to my backyard garden and plants. I’m adding rainbird emitters, both half gallon per hour and one gallon per hour. When I turn on the water though, no water is emitted through the emitters.

I’ve added a video showing that when I unkink the end of the netaphim hose the water sprays outs quite a bit.

https://youtube.com/shorts/zk4cEAOCN40?feature=share

Any ideas on how I can get my emitters to emit water? I have about thirty emitters connected and sometimes when I turn off the water some of the lower emitters start emitting.

Answer 1

As per your video, you installed the emitters the wrong way. It should be opposite

The emitter has two ends

One with pointy end and one not.

You do not need the additional connector at 1/2 inch hose.

Attach the emitter to the 1/4 hose (on the colored part), then use to other end of the emitter (the pointy one) to puncture the larger hose. So the emitter sits on the large hose and the 1/4 inch hose goes where you want it to drip.