ChuckG
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I am considering setting up a basement sump for a 200-220ish gallon tank and would like to target a flow rate of 600-800 GPH through the return. I would like to avoid plumbing too large a pump if possible to conserve energy. Plumbing wise I'm looking at 10' vertical and 30' horizontal pipe runs. I was thinking of using 1" pipe and need to make about (4) 90 degree turns between the tank and the pump outlet.
If anyone could suggest an efficient pump based on the 600GPH and the above plumbing it would be a great help. I am a bit confused by the RC head loss calculator.
Also can someone explain why the RC head loss calculator reports a different total loss value for the various pumps when using the same plumbing length values? I thought maybe this had to do with pump outlet sizes but I seem to get a different value for every pump so this doesn't seem like it would be the reason.
EDIT: Is the different loss value computed for each pump due to different dynamic head losses because each pump pushes a different flow rate through the same plumbing?
If anyone could suggest an efficient pump based on the 600GPH and the above plumbing it would be a great help. I am a bit confused by the RC head loss calculator.
Also can someone explain why the RC head loss calculator reports a different total loss value for the various pumps when using the same plumbing length values? I thought maybe this had to do with pump outlet sizes but I seem to get a different value for every pump so this doesn't seem like it would be the reason.
EDIT: Is the different loss value computed for each pump due to different dynamic head losses because each pump pushes a different flow rate through the same plumbing?
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