PaulF007 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Morning Gents Question - I worked out yesterday that I would not be able to gravitational feed water to my house so I will have to use a booster/pressure pump . The question is - any one here use a booster pump? I was looking on the net and found a one that uses about 0.37kw with a head of 10 - 35 max and volume 35l per min. My goal is to get the smallest possible motor. I would not need more than 2 bar of pressure as I would have used gravitational feed if I could. O ja - I currently do have a huge pressure pump (1.2 kw) If I ever wanted to irrigate but that would be off the genny. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaasjaap Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hi Paul Just this afternoon a friend and I connected his solar for the first time and he has a 0.75kw booster pump. it seems to draw about 0.9kw according to the axpert in reality and the surge power is probably much higher but not an issue. on my own system i run a normal single phase .55kw borehole pump and it works perfectly - also draws a bit more (around 750w) but no issues with surge power or the like ( i am assuming that is what you are worried about?). Cheers en sterkte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF007 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hey thank you for the reply! I got a tiny 0.36kw pump and installed it this afternoon , man was I surprised! It works like a charm I suspect you wont irrigate the whole yard but for the house it is more than ok and best of all a very small amount of power. I will still need to run it for a day or so but so far so good - O ja the pump is a PM50 Gooi kole.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 My 0.85kw well pump runs fine off the small 1.6kva multiplus, of you have enough battery/solar these small pumps are no problem. Sent from my GT-I9195 using Tapatalk PaulF007 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF007 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 So far so good. Not issues with the pump running through the day. I will still tweak it a bit but it is well worth the buy if you need a pump that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF007 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Man I bought mine at Afgri so it is a local shop. But the guys at www.water-booster-pumps.co.za gave similar pricing. Regards Ps. Google is your best friend : https://www.google.co.za/?ion=1&espv=2#newwindow=1&q=pressure+pump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmundp Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hi. I know how to use Google. I was asking for a link to the pump you are using. https://www.google.com/search?q=PM50++pump&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=hyCrV8nIN-io8we8x4zoBg Which one are you talking about. Oh but wait... we mos know this writing style do we not?[emoji6] Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk cvzyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 welcome TinkerBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 51 minutes ago, TinkerBoy said: Ja Ed dit is ek. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 And from me too, warmest welcome @TinkerBoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulF007 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 LoL Apologies @TinkerBoy my intention was not to inflate and will as such retract my previous post , it was also sent in haste and maybe a bit uncalled for The brand itself does not matter much as I suspect that they are mostly import - old story of you get what you pay - the whole setup was about R 1350 controller included.From what I could understand was the PM50 is the standard model regardless of the brand and personally I was looking for the smallest possible pump that could deliver about 2 bar of pressure or so. The one I got is very similar to this specks: Model: QB60L-EPS Max Flow rate : 40 l/m Head: 33 m Suction: max ~8m Max Pressure: 3.3 Bar Voltage : 220~240v 50hz Power: 0.37kw, 0.5hp, 2900rpm Rated Flow rate to 15 l/m Inlet 1 inch, outlet 1 inch Price R1,653.00 inc.VAT regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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