I'm trying to find a pump to move water about 7 feet vertically and 50 feet horizontal just to run a sprinkler from rain barrels. Can this do it?
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.
1793763
I would say, in my experience no problem. I am pumping up 15 ft before the pump and running with PVC and Garden hose at least 50ft after the pump with 3 Rain Bird sprinkler heads and it works great. As I said in my review, make sure you buy a foot valve and prime both the pipe and the pump to get it started. Also use PVC and not garden hose to pull the water up the vertical haul. I like the pump. It works great for me.
1793764
Yes. I have used this pump for years and its only "problem" is that you need a full size suction hose on it for it to work properly. I use it for hours to move my irrigation water around. The only time it ever gets hot is when I first got it I had a smaller suction hose on it. I have not had any problems with the thermal shutoff.
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.
1356594
Easily. That's basically my setup. I have my pump in a window well with a 5/8" hose coming out of it vertically and then flat for more than 50' and it works perfectly.
2118005
That's a complex question with no definitive answer or recommendation. The pump will move a lot of water over short distances but the back pressure from a fire hose, length of run from the water source and rise of the elevation all contribute obstacles. Your best course of action would be to get the pump specs and visit the nearest fire department or engineering offices and see if one of the veterans can calculate head pressure for you under your circumstances. You need to know what it will and won't do before you commit to a purchase. What you're establishing is essentially a "dry" hydrant where you throw the intake in the lake if cirumstances arise. I'd ask the question hypothetically and ask for a hypothetical answer as liability issues may scare off a definitive response.
888508
There should be absolutely no problem with a longer horizontal run - especially if it ends with a 1 or 2 foot drop into the sump. The 20' tubing probably represents this pump's maximum pumping height. At 20' straight up, you would probably get barely a trickle.
1731985
From what I have been able to look up, 11 FT 8" may be the max head pressure for this pump so I don't think it will work for your application.
1689069
This is a suction type pump all of the pump is in the part you see in the picture, This pump is made to pump out of shallow aquifers or out of a water storage system, that is under it. If your asking about horizontal, a pipe could most likely be 5 miles long horizontaly level, and if it was full of water NO AIR in it and the rise was not more than 20 feet it would probably pump out of it with out problems. to the pump for the most part all it is seeing is the height or the distance/depth to water, (a check valve/foot valve, should be used to keep the suction pipe full, The pump will only pump water out of the spout of the pump, as there is no seal or way of attaching a pipe to the pump to pump above the unit,
1747816
I would say this pump should do it , I use it to pump 20 feet from under ground , so if the hill ain't straight up it should move some water
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.
21778
I do not believe this is for your application. This is an above ground pump.
1521025
No, that would require something like a flow or pressure switch, suppose you could rig something up. We use it for taking water from rain barrels. As long as you don't leave it running too long with the nozzle closed it seems OK with short periods of blocked flow. The pump could empty a rain barrel quickly, but it can only flow as much as the opening (nozzle) will allow. Smaller opening-higher pressure, bigger opening-lower pressure, unblocked discharge-high flow and low pressure.
1952655
no not really. You cannot water anything higher than the pump level and the max height above the water barrel is 3 meters. The pump is extremely small, more of a toy pump if you ask me :).
1483912
Unlikely -- the pump will not generate enough pressure to propel water from sprinklers. -- bigappleedibles.com
1952654
I believe not. The pump must get its water from a water barrel or similar non-pressured water supply. Hooking to a hose would not work.
223549
It is rated pump 500 gph horizontally. It is a very strong pump....My GUESS ...by judging the pressure it produces in my bait wells is "yes it would probably pump 10' vertically but ,with that much head pressure you won't achieve the 500 gph rating." ........Shower for the deer lease?
259525
Negative. This is a manual pump with it's own hose attached (about 48") that you would then use to transfer water from your storage barrel to a bucket or watering can. It is set up to fit most storage barrels with threaded bung holes in the fixed top rather than barrels with removable tops. (though, many removable barrel lids have threaded bung holes, also.)
517848
This pump does have an automatic switch that works based on the water level. (I can't answer about the discharge head height.)