65 pounds PSI water pressure

Submitted by Doug on 2 June, 2008 - 00:27.
65 pounds PSI water pressure

when I saw this I had to get one. 12 VDC 65 PSI 5.7 gallons a minute. We have a cistern and a spring fed water system at the finca. Maybe 10 PSI on a good day. On a bad day, go get a bucket of water from the spigot on the cistern.

Being a spoiled North American I want some friggin water pressure.

The other option around the same $160 price was a 1/2 HP 110 VAC shallow well jet pump. But extra cost for a captive air pressure tank, pump controller, a pressure switch and all this would have gone through an inverter losing some power there as well. At double or triple the final price.

while this a new type of pump I have had great results from my other Shurflo pump. So I trust them.

The house on the finca has some poly and PVC plumbing, none of which will stand 65 PSI for long if at all. So I will be redoing the house plumbing in copper that I am bringing with us.

No matter where I go I wind up fixing plumbing...

must be my destiny

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i have a

Submitted by Che Guevara on 3 June, 2008 - 15:34.

well on the whatcom property....the tank is pressurised. the lines are yellow pvc. that's not good enough?

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

Well...

Submitted by Doug on 3 June, 2008 - 15:55.

thats a deep subject.

If they had the purple primer put on and were glued correcttly they should be on problem up to a little over 100 PSI, depends if it's schedual 40 or 80 pipe. 80 handles more pressure I think up 250 PSI. You said yellow PVC ? Is it sort of tan color and a little smaller than the white stuff? Might be CPVC a hot water tolerent version.

I mentioned that because mine weren't glued, just stuck on the end of the pipes. And I am no big fan of PVC anyway

-Doug ©

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

i think

Submitted by Che Guevara on 3 June, 2008 - 16:43.

i am going to tear the house down....but i think it is cpvc.

not that deep, i think 20 feet. it is right next to breckenridge creek...

when government grows, liberty yields, thomas jefferson

Keep me posted

Submitted by fyl on 2 June, 2008 - 08:15.

I have been looking at pressure tank vs. this type of pump for CoolTop. I don't have to decide yet but will in a few months. To me, it makes sense if it is reliable.