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| by Danbob |
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I have a small pond and run an air pump for about 6 hours in the middle of the night. I first started with the Blue Diamond ET80 and am now using the VEVOR 109L pump. I have the same problem with both, my pond is ~400' from the pump, so I can only put the aerator/bubbler down about 4' to get bubbles. If I go down to the desired 10', the pumps don't have enough power. I need more power and less CFM (I can run it longer). Any suggestions on a more powerful air pump? Thx guys.
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| by esshup |
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Thanks Mr. Squid,
That makes sense. I have an "air pump" coming from the Hydrahoist boat lift folks. I used to run such a rig to lift my boat and I recall that it's extremely noisy, but as you mentioned, maybe housed correctly, it might be tolerable. And if it flows correctly, I wouldn't have to run it as long to get the correct turnover. It seems it's always something....
Thanks again,
Danbob. Look at a Gast 1/4 hp #0523 rotary vane pump.
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| by Danbob |
| Danbob |
Last Post - Turns out that I had a severe dip in my line between the pump and the aerator. Those pumps are pulling in humid air and it's going underground which is cooler, causing condensation and I could hear water bubbling in my line. I found a spot to shorten my run and take out the dip and the same pump which struggled at 4' is easily doing 8-10' now. Took some digging, but I'm happy with the end result. Thanks for the help guys.
Danbob
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