xandr55
Mechanical
- Apr 24, 2009
- 1
Hello All,
I am looking for a pump with the following characteristics:
CRUCIAL:
15' Head
16 GPH
Ability to handle small solids or pull through a good filter
Run of Line voltage
As low noise as possible.
Strongly Preferred:
High Efficiency
Fairly Low cost, ideally less than $100, though
decent quality higher importance.
Ability to handle running dry occasionally for no more than a few hours.
I am looking for this pump to lift or push water from a collection bin up ten feet through maybe 12' of 3/8" tubing with a few barbed connectors, and into a horizontal drip tube that has 16 holes each of which would need to supply no more than 1 GPH. My absolute ideal would be a peristaltic pump, but I can't seem to find one of those for less than $200. Diaphragm would do but they seem to do worse with the solids and I think they are noisier, and less efficient. I have found an inexpensive gear pump that might do the trick, but solids and running dry could be an issue. Also with these positive displacement pumps I am worried that I will need a pressure relief valve so as not to spray water out of the drip lines, if flows aren't closely tuned. Any help and or ideas highly appreciated, thank you ahead of time. Sorry if this was overly wordy, wanted to provide all relevant information.
-Xander
I am looking for a pump with the following characteristics:
CRUCIAL:
15' Head
16 GPH
Ability to handle small solids or pull through a good filter
Run of Line voltage
As low noise as possible.
Strongly Preferred:
High Efficiency
Fairly Low cost, ideally less than $100, though
decent quality higher importance.
Ability to handle running dry occasionally for no more than a few hours.
I am looking for this pump to lift or push water from a collection bin up ten feet through maybe 12' of 3/8" tubing with a few barbed connectors, and into a horizontal drip tube that has 16 holes each of which would need to supply no more than 1 GPH. My absolute ideal would be a peristaltic pump, but I can't seem to find one of those for less than $200. Diaphragm would do but they seem to do worse with the solids and I think they are noisier, and less efficient. I have found an inexpensive gear pump that might do the trick, but solids and running dry could be an issue. Also with these positive displacement pumps I am worried that I will need a pressure relief valve so as not to spray water out of the drip lines, if flows aren't closely tuned. Any help and or ideas highly appreciated, thank you ahead of time. Sorry if this was overly wordy, wanted to provide all relevant information.
-Xander
