Re: is my pump too powerful
Rodney Pont
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>hi first day here, i got a titan 5500 for my pond to replace smaller
>pump, turned it on and all it does is overflow my filter box (its a
>small box).do i need to get a bigger box, or make the outlet larger?my
>pond is 2.5 x1800x1.5 deep please help many thanks i live in
>southampton
Hi Paul
I'm guessing it's 5,500l/hr. Assuming the pond is 2.5m x 1.8m x 1.5m
and square that gives 6,750l so the pumps about the right size for it.
What flow is the filter rated at? If a lot smaller than 5,500l/hr even
if you make a bigger outlet it's probably going to flow too quickly to
filter properly so I'd suggest a bigger filter box. I wouldn't bother
with UV unless you have a green water problem and even then I suggest
more frequent water changes and filter cleaning. What size hose do you
have? The larger the better for flow.
That pump uses 185W and there are others that are more efficient - for
future information :-)
There's the FH6000 at 105 watts:
http://www.pumpsandspares.com/blagdon-pumps/FH6000.php
and the HTM6000 at 89 watts:
http://www.pumpsandspares.com/blagdon-pumps/HTM6000.php
for instance. Generally the higher the wattage the higher the head the
pump can produce and that means it will pump more water through thinner
pipes so I'm not saying you have bought the wrong pump nor am I on
commission :-)
While I'm on pipes you tend to get about 40% more flow through solid
waste pipe than you do through even the smoothwalled flexible pipes.
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Regards - Rodney Pont
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Tynk
wrote:
What a cro9ck of donkey shit. The higher the wattage the higher the
higher thr head can produce.HIgher wattage in a piss poor pump like a
TITRAL which is no better than a CAL is called
INEFFICIENCY..........in other words you pissede away perfectly good
money buying crap you left some asshole like TYNK of recv.pond members
talk you into to. Go to a real fucking KOI group and learn from the
pros not these asshole wannabe who walk around with their wifes
panties in a wad all theoir life over small shit. HOw does it feel to
piss away money on shit you do not have a clue about.......feeling
kind of stupid about now............well thats good it will teacdh you
from hanging in these fucked up groups;;;;;;;;;;;take a looke around
atr the other posts and tell me does this look like a pond group you
want to be a part of? Go to koiphen.com for real info. Don't let
these maggotts lead you to their so called propfessional pond group
either where they say all the Pros hang out. Only pros hanging out
there are usenet ho's
Tynk
Thinner pipes.....whooooooooooooooohyoot. What a blast5 you use any
old words to describe shit you know nopthing about Rodney the
Nerd.thinner pipes so would your wifes pussy be most slick or less
slick or just sloppy when you describe it?