My water level is 180ft; 4 inch casing, 1" pipe to submersible pump. will it work. suggestions
900905
The short answer is yes it will work. The long answer is that although it will work, at 180' it will be difficult to operate because of the weight of the water. We recommend 150' as a maximum depth. Our new stainless steel models can use more leverage to operate them so they can go deeper.
1185592
I measured from the bottom of the pump to the end of the power cord. The pump is submergeable, as is the cord. The measurement was slightly longer than 10 foot. I see no problem.
1388135
William,A 1/2 hp submersible pump should handle 60 psi with no trouble. I have an above ground pump with a deep well (bottom of well) jet that pumps 70 psi. I believe your submersible should do even better. Dan
756846
Seriously doubt it. Probably short or fail as well as contaminate the fluid. Does not appear to be a submersible pump. Get a fountain pump for that.
322698
If your float tube has a "Boston Valve" to inject air, then this pump will probably work.
703176
We've been snowbound, so it took a while to get to the pond. The box is 10" deep, and the pump will probably not work if the water level is any lower than 4 inches. Hope this helps.
482226
I think so. The impellers on this pump are rubber and do an adequate job of pumping the water under a small load. I would think a 4' hose on both sides of the pump would be the extent of it's abilities to move water without putting undue strain on the impellers. In other words, 6-8 ft. would be the maximum lift I would place on the system (4' from rain barrel to pump + 4' from pump to raised bed). If your rain barrel has a faucet tap at the bottom you might increase this a bit as the head pressure from the water in the barrel would aid the pump in it's action.
387251
It should. We have two of these pumps, one running about eight feet with an immediate rise about four feet. The second pump is pushing water though a 1.5" hose going 30-40ft with a 6 ft rise and their is no lose of power -- seems to operate with the same pressure as the shorter run -- based on our experience, I think you should be fine.
840465
It did not work for my in ground. It would not prime when above the water level. If your pump sits below water level it may work for you.
240323
It depends on the size of the output tube, the narrower the higher it would go.... Physics.... However I pump mine with a 1 inch diameter pipe and it pumps up at least 6 feet to my sewer line. I'm pretty sure it would pump higher than that if it had to.
1388140
Yes it will. I have a 1/2 hp 10 gpm submersible pump set to 50- 75psi. My well is for lawn irrigation and water trough for cattle. I have done this for years. A pump technician had suggested this to me to solve a "short cycling " problem. We regularly would hand water with one hose going and the pump was cutting off and on very frequently. I turned up pressure till the pump would run constantly with one hose only in operation. I also Highly recommend the low pressure cut off feature as this can save your pump if you run out of water.
697166
I went down and measured the best I could with the pump assembly underwater and a little hard to access. I would say you need a diameter of at least 12 inches to accommodate the side that has the float attached. That should allow it to freely move up and down.
1831502
I believe you will not be satisfied with this pump in that application. It move a fairly high volume of water a low pressure on an almost level plane, such as from the bilge of a small boat. Pumping 7 feet elevation will really tax its capacity.
348165
This pump works for you. You can keep it on the pool cover. When there is water over 1.25", the pump will automatically start to pump water out. Once water level lowers down to .25" the pump will stop.
1922479
That's a long haul... Hope the point is not too deep.... Anyway the pump inlet is 1 1/4 so you'll want to adapt down from 1.5 pipe to 1.25 right near the pump
1070331
Yes, that is how mine is set up (pump is on the second floor though). As long as the water can circulate in a loop, you should not have any problem. I believe that "head", in this case, is referring more to resistance than actual height. This pump is just made to move water, not pressurize it, so it should work at any height as long as the water is "falling" back down to where it is drawn from without much resistance. At least that's how I understand it.
1740440
Yes, it should. Depending on the depth of the water, you may want to put the pump on a brick or something placed in the bottom so that the fountain nozzle is above the water line. Check the fountain spray with the various nozzles to make sure that it doesn't spray beyond the outside of your barrel, or you'll lose all your water fairly quickly and ruin the pump. We had it in a two-foot diameter birdbath and had to watch it pretty carefully.