I have 300 gallon storage tank with 40ft of fall. That's how I got 17 psi. I only want to know gpm of water through smooth plastic pipe id 1.25 and 1.5 inch at end of 40 ft. I did Google search but got all kinds of conflicting answers thought I would ask the experts.
You have what's called a "gravity tank."
This might work
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/bernouilli-equation-d_183.html
"Example - outlet velocity from a vented tank
The outlet velocity of a tank with height 10 m can be calculated as
V2 = (2 (9.81 m/s2) (10 m))1/2
= 14 m/s"
40'=12.2 m, so the velocity is 15.5 m/s = 50.8 ft/sec = 610 in/sec.
1.25" ID pipe = 1.23 sq. in. area and 1.77 sq. in for the larger pipe.
This is 0.434 cu ft/sec and 0.768 cu ft./sec
http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm
There are 7.48 gals/cu ft, so 3.25 gals/sec and 5.75 gals/sec gives you 195 gpm and 345 gpm.
I'd check this. . .I've never done this experiment! With the smaller pipe your 2500# of water should empty in 39 sec. Using a smaller ID 40' garden hose and scaling the numbers will tell you how close this formula gets you.