will this pump, when attached to a garden hose, pump water up five feet,? my bath tub is 5' lower than the window the hose will be going out of
1655115
I would say yes as our pool is over four feet deep with another five or six inches of tile at the top edge. My experience was it pumped a very good stream of water from the bottom of the pool. The pool is approx. 10,000 gal. and it took around 27 hrs. to pump it completely dry. Hope this helps.
1655116
This a one powerful pump. It pumps my pool cover after heavy rains very quickly. The hose is 25 feet long and approximately 2 1/2 to 3 feet above the pump. While I can't really say with certainty that it will do what you need it to do, based upon the job it does for me, I feel confident that it will perform beyond your expectations. Good Luck! :-)
1579205
Yes you can put a little longer hose on it. I wouldn't go past the 30 ft mark on less you get a bigger pump.
802556
Little Giant 554421 VCMA-20 is design to lift water up to 15'. If you lift water to 1' up only, water flow can be as big as 80GPH. For 9' lift up your flow will be 55GPH.I do not understand "55' down". If you want to move water from 55' BELOW pump, it will not work. If you need to move water to the distance of 55' long, you need to try bigger ID hose if you meet some limitation.
186532
I have a 2500 pump and my goes higher than that, it goes about 10-15 feet up and yes the valve should be shut for the waterfall action, less waterfall open valve as needed.
276708
Input is 2". Don't believe a 1" (maximum garden hose diameter) garden hose would handle it. Probably burst the hose or pop the connections. Pump is impressively powerful.
1126899
no for the most part, for two reasons. 1 it doesn't have a built in check valve so you would need one. when the pump shuts off the water left in the hose will flow back down again.2 it has little to no pressure behind it so it cant lift water up more then 24" high before it stops pumping water. if you can set it up to work within those parameters I mentioned and supply 12 volts DC to power it, then yes it would work but it isn't a very big pump so you should look at something in the 2000-3500 gph range.
1983079
I just called InTheSwim yesterday to ask them that question and if it was a problem that my pool pipes measure 2" but the feed line is 1.5" -- They said that there wouldn't be any pressure problems or undue stress on the pump. I will be mounting mine on my pool shed roof, which is about 7 feet off the ground. ~ Patrick
1962398
It's a strong little pump as most bilge pumps are and will pump water several feet in what ever direction you run the hose but I wouldn't go much over 5 or 6 feet.
1747814
I use my pump to irrigate my lawn in Florida so there is not too much of a rise but I would imagine it would pump at least 30 feet uphill.
1779583
Its just a bit smaller, thats all, it will work just fine. Also, dont forget to adjust the amount of air in the tank you get, cause this also effects how often the pump goes on. ( this is also a balancing act, with the amount of water pressure you desire)
1360710
which type of well? Live well? shallow water well? etc. this pump will move water just not a lot up a long distance. I pump from a 5000ga holding tank up 8 feet to a garden irrigation system and the pump holds at 4gpm.
1793762
Yes. Just make sure the suction lines have no air leaks. It will actually pull up hill about 20 feet if the suction line is sealed. You also need to put a foot valve on the suction line so that when it shuts off the suction line keeps water in it.
1552049
If this comes with two garden hose adapters (mine only had one, but that was a long time ago) then Pete B is correct, hose is all you need for moving water. If you use 5/8 garden hose in and out you will lose some potential from the pump but that may be OK for your application. I didn't try this because I wanted to put a foot valve on mine to make priming easier. Who knows, maybe somebody sells a 5/8 foot valve.
766073
I tested mine and it will pump vertically for at least 6 feet without a problem.
1266204
No, just low enough to attach the pump so that water doesn't run all over the place. Maybe 3 or 4 gallons, to be safe.
1515163
This pump can possibly collapse a garden hose - I suggest using a rigid style hose. I cant say the max footage to use on the suction line. I'd say you can use up to 100' of extension cord, the pump doesn't seem to draw much power.
2144960
It will move the water, but the rate will probably drop off about 75-80% at the end of the 600' run. The problem is the diameter of the pipe rather than the power of the pump. You would get much better performance if you could run 1.5" PVC pipe for most of the distance.