Recommend an Air Pump

[holiday]

My husband has been using a Whisper - Tetra 100 for things in his garage. He keeps blowing them out. What would you recommend? We are looking at the Super Luft Pump - 22w of power @ 1.34 cfm. I couldn't find anywhere what the output of air was on the Whisper Tetra 100. I did find that it took 4.8w of power. The larger Super Luft Pump does 2.3 cfm but then jumps to 66w. I don't want to start using 13 times as much power that is why we were looking at the smaller 22w Super Loft. The noise it will produce won't be an issue since it's in the garage.

Thanks for your input on what you use.

 

[installman]

It depends on what kind of pressure its pushing.The small whisper is not designed for high pressure. The coralife luft pump is designed to push against higher pressures found in deep aquariums(up to 7 psi). However if he is expecting to push a lot of pressure the luft may not hold up either.

 

[holiday]

Im bubbling hot oil & bio diesel in 100 gal tanks 4 1/2' tall x 3' in dia. pretty visques? I think. The idea is when you bubble air through the oil & fuel it helps take the water out. Thanks for your thoughts

 

[Mike31154]

Sounds pretty heavy duty, why not get a small air compressor with tank & regulator? Since it's in the garage, it'll be handy to run all the air tools you can buy and work on your car...

 

[holiday]

I have 4 conpressors but running them 24/7 on 220 would be wayto expensive. maybe the porter cable pancake one might not be too bad. I got to believe that the 18w coralife luft pump at 2.4psi is going to be more cost efficient.

 

[installman]

you may want to look at some pond aeration systems as well

 

[Mike31154]

I have 4 conpressors but running them 24/7 on 220 would be wayto expensive. maybe the porter cable pancake one might not be too bad. I got to believe that the 18w coralife luft pump at 2.4psi is going to be more cost efficient.

Ah, you're probably right on that, although, a compressor with storage tank providing a relatively low pressure/small amount of air, will not be running all the time, only long enough to get the storage tank pressure back up to the cut off point.

 

[holiday]

yeh but when you are talking a compressor you are paying a premium for the pump to pump the holding tank to a larger pressure than you need. The compressor spins relatively freely at 0-80psi not drawing too much juice, but from 80-125 where it shuts off my thought is that is sucking a fair amount of electricity. I guess I could try it and see how much it cycles. what kind and where to kind a regulator that would dial down that much presure. Thanks