Re: Water Pumps
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Water Pumps
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:45:38 EST
In a message dated 3/18/99 10:48:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
alansh@sunlink.net writes:
<< I'm trying to figure ou what kind of pump I should buy to pump water
from a storage tank to my patch. The tank I have has a hose fitting on
the bottom and it will have to pump through about 150' of hose to 2
hi/lo pressure sprinkler heads. It does not have to pump up hill only
level or down hill. I dont wan't to buy something that will have so
much pressure it ruptures the hoses, or is too small and it burns up
after one month etc...
Ala >>
Al
I use Goulds Aqualawn electric pumps...the small ones will run on 120volts.
You don't say how many gallons per minute you nozzles are. The smallest Goulds
might pump 30 or 40 gallons per minute...may be too big. They are about 400
bucks. No problem with quality....they are built like tanks and are
rebuildable. If you need something small like 10 gallons per minute I would
check a plumbing supply or zimmerman irrigation. You need a pump that will
give you the gallons per minute you want at a good pressure...many cheap pumps
put out the gallons per minute at low pressure. I don't use pumps on my small
patch, I just have 3 gallons per minute on a hose and use mini sprinklers on a
timer.
pumkinguy
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