P3T3rPan wrote:head is how high it can pump
flow is how much per minute/hour it can pump
rumsponge wrote:this maybe a stupid idea, but here goes.
I aussume your pump is sitting at the bottom of your reservoirs. If you lift it up one meter and have it partially submerged under the water surface, you should be able to gain 1 meter worth of heads and better flow?
Bryan1 wrote:All I ever used for distilling is a 12 volt flojet pump and I measured the good ol' way 17 litres a minute with it running at 9 volts. Now I have moved my gear upto my big shed I can measure the power required. I setup up a 1/2hp 240 volt pump and saw a 43 amp current drain out of the batterybank :scared-eek: . So setup the flojet which actually gave more flow than the 1/2 hp pump and the current draw was 3-4 amps out of the batteries. Ok sure the battery bank is 730AH but how long to drain that said battery using a 240 volt pump opposed to a 12 volt pump. No brainer :laughing-rolling: and as far as cooling the yeild has never been better on my 2" pot still.
I won't be doing another run until my 4" bubbler is finished and I'll bet that 12 volt pump will do a great job.
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