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When replacing a fountain pump or choosing a new 1, 1st there are some key terms to hold in mind:

"Head": This is the maximum vertical lift of the pump. For example, a 6' head means the pump is rated to pump water up to 6 feet high. Note, even so, that at 6 feet the pump would be supplying very small water, with gallons per hour around zero. So if you need to have to pump, say, 200 gph at 72",  you will most likely need about a 300-600 gallon per hour pump to do the job.

"GPH" : Gallons per hour, usually rated at diverse heights

"GPM" : Gallons per minute, usually rated at different heights

"Pump Curve" : The amount of water volume "curved" according to numerous heights. A 500 gallon per hour pump, for instance, might pump 500 gallons per hour at " lift, 350 gallons per hour at 24" of lift, and so forth. When getting a pump for the first time or when seeking a replacement pump, it is important that you know how a lot of gallons per hour you want to pump and at what height (head).

Water Volume The total volume that you will be pumping is controlled by a handful of aspects. A single aspect is the size of the pump, as covered above. But you also must contemplate how wide your tubing will be. Tubing is measured in two ways: inside diameter (i.d.) and outside diameter (o.d.). Extremely skinny i.d. tubing will significantly decrease water flow. Numerous clients are shocked when they uncover that, following hooking up their 500 gallon per hour pump to 1/2" inside diameter tubing, they are only getting what they contemplate a trickle.

We had an engineer do some calculations for us to illustrate the difficulty. Using a 300 gph pump with 1/two" tubing is going to restrict your flow to 253 gallons per hour. By escalating the pump to 450 gallons per hour, but nevertheless employing 1/two" tubing, you will increase volume only slightly, to 264 gallons per hour! The lesson is this: When buying a pump, locate out what size of tubing is supposed to go with it. Another dilemma is running the tubing also far. Long lengths of tubing develop resistance. If your pump calls for 1/2" i.d. tubing, for instance, but you are running the tubing twenty feet from the pump, it is

a excellent idea to use 3/four" tubing as an alternative so as not to reduce down also considerably on flow.

How a lot water do I want? What size of pump? This query is answered in component by whether you want a "trickle" or a roar. When you buy a fountain, you will typically locate a advised flow. For waterfalls, use this as a rule of thumb: for each inch of stream width or waterfall "sheet," you will need to have to deliver 100 gallons per hour at the height you happen to be pumping. So if you are constructing a 12" wide waterfall that is 3 feet tall, you need to get a pump that will be pumping 1200 gallons per hour at three feet of height. For tiny ponds, whenever achievable, it is a good thought to recirculate the water as soon as

an hour, a lot more usually if feasible. Therefore, if your pond is 500 gallons, attempt to buy

a pump that will recirculate water at a rate of 500 gallons per hour. For really

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