Ok used a scientific calculator and got to your answer. And 2m is just about where the water level should be as I only recently checked.
For the losses on suction I used an Online Hazens-Williams Calculator...
Ok excuse my ignorance but when I calculate:
55 - (6 - 1.013 + 0.2) x 10^5 / (1000 x 9.81)
I am getting 507.95 as the answer and not 2.12
What am I doing wrong?
Fantastic! Thank you so much!
Actually this is a real life situation :) have a 150 year old well under the living room of my house. Access is via large heavy trap door which has cement tiles above it to fit in seamlessly with the rest of the floor and sealed at the edges... So not at all...
Question was: How can one measure static suction head from pump discharge pressure?
thanks rotw for your answer. However I'm a bit confused, since all measurements are in meters / feet of head, except rho and gravity, which have different units.
These are the numbers I have in meters of head...
Hi all,
I have a pump pulling up water from a large well through a suction pipe (1 inch PVC pipe) with a foot valve. Suction pipe travels horizontally from pump for 15 feet before descending into well.
Access to the well is very difficult and therefore, measuring the amount of water in the...
