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Submersible Pump

  • 25-01-2012 3:26pm
    #1
    dalyj24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    There was an article in the water supplement of the IFJ some time ago in which it stated that you could work a submersible pump without using a pressure vessel and no pressure switch required either. Does anyone have any information or practical experience of this system.


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  • #2
    NewBeefFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭NewBeefFarmer


    is this just a pump submerged in the water and a float switch,


  • #3
    Belongamick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭Belongamick


    As new beef describes...

    {Open attached image}

    Found in many septic tanks to pump to a percolation bed.
    Float switch housing on RHS.
    Rotor at base to 'pump' via output on RHS.

    Hope this helps.


  • #4
    tim04750
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭tim04750


    Ideal for pumping water from a shallow well to a holding tank which is feeding a gravity flow system but not suitable for pumping to troughs in the fields because the pump is constantly cutting in and out and will use way more electricty, and it will burn out faster


  • #5
    dalyj24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭dalyj24


    tim04750 wrote: »
    Ideal for pumping water from a shallow well to a holding tank which is feeding a gravity flow system but not suitable for pumping to troughs in the fields because the pump is constantly cutting in and out and will use way more electricty, and it will burn out faster

    But that's the whole idea, this system uses no pressure switch or pressure vessel because the rotor system in the pump is of such strength that it is claimed to be capable of taking this constant pressure of cutting in and cutting out. It is 'claimed' the pump is capable of taking all this pressure. The rotor shaft in the pump is designed to deal with this pressure.... Thoughts?


  • #6
    tim04750
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭tim04750


    Yep, maybe it does everything they claim and has just as long a lifespan as any other but I would keep an eye on electricity consumption the biggest power consumption by the pump will be on startup and depending on stock numbers try guessing how many times it will cut in during the day then find out the hp of the pump and talk to your electrician, I am willing to bet the pressure vessel will pay for itself long before it rots,I understand no vessel means no hut and a tidier set up without it, but its swings and roundabouts ain't it.


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