any engineers/clever people !

[jsmith 103]

http://The Folk Ram Pump ncollier.com/rampumps.pdf

no power required and cheap to make out of scrap.

[1Wally 204]

Firstly, what's your head? I.E. how much height does the water need to gain? The distance pumped is pretty much irrelevant, it's the height gained that's important.

 

Secondly, how long is an acceptable time to pump your 100 gallons.

 

Thirdly, how much do you have to spend?

 

The submersible type pumps will do the job at a reasonable head, at a reasonable flow rate and a reasonable cost. Obviously as you increase head, or increase flow rate, you increase your cost.

^^^this^^^^

[Lab 10,979]

Not sure what your using it for Gnasher but my submersible pump i use for the filling the tanks on the rearing field roughly fills a 1000 litre tank in 10 minutes, maybe not even that. Its about 10m lift over maybe 200 yards as well. If you fit some kind of ballcock system in your tank then you'll never need to worry about it. Cost of pump at a guess would be roughly 200/300 quid. Similar sort of pump to what Dymented put up for you...

[Mustard. 83]

A shallow well pump is what i use for our drinking water.

The pump is in the garage and the pipe in the well about 200 m from the house.

[dymented 2,220]

self propelled pump no electric required

 

 

http://www.instructa...est-water-pump/ <<<<<<click link to see it all

 

[open season 21]

hi mate just seen yr post im unsure what you are trying to do with your water are you taking water from out the ground such as a well or from a a tank we used to do this years a go and pump water a bit loneger than 200 feet we used a two pump tank system we pumped the water into a tank and then pumped the water frm the tank using large pumps you say moneys not to bad then i would go with that mate we used a series of flow switches and float valves to operate the pumps to pump the water we also used plastic pipes you will probably have to have a few cables run from the 200 feet float or flow switch back to the holding tank etc to work in series if standing water is going to be stood for a while in the tank you can get lids for the tanks you dont say if its drinking water or for animals

we used to have the flow switch in the main line so soon as the flow was detected the pumps started to run hope this helps maate as i say i dont know what you are doing such as water storage or where the watwer is coming from good luck if i remember the pums was grundfoss floor standing as i say these was large but im sure they didi smaller versions the flow and float switches was from holland if i remember right regards Openseason

[gnasher16 30,118]

 

self propelled pump no electric required

 

 

http://www.instructa...est-water-pump/ <<<<<<click link to see it all

 

 

 

Bang on that mate thats a good little link ........beginning to think id probably be making a lot more work than it really needs to be though it seemed a good idea at the time but think its a bit too much for my little brain to cope with

[gnasher16 30,118]

hi mate just seen yr post im unsure what you are trying to do with your water are you taking water from out the ground such as a well or from a a tank we used to do this years a go and pump water a bit loneger than 200 feet we used a two pump tank system we pumped the water into a tank and then pumped the water frm the tank using large pumps you say moneys not to bad then i would go with that mate we used a series of flow switches and float valves to operate the pumps to pump the water we also used plastic pipes you will probably have to have a few cables run from the 200 feet float or flow switch back to the holding tank etc to work in series if standing water is going to be stood for a while in the tank you can get lids for the tanks you dont say if its drinking water or for animals

we used to have the flow switch in the main line so soon as the flow was detected the pumps started to run hope this helps maate as i say i dont know what you are doing such as water storage or where the watwer is coming from good luck if i remember the pums was grundfoss floor standing as i say these was large but im sure they didi smaller versions the flow and float switches was from holland if i remember right regards Openseason

 

Thanks for your input sir.............to cut a long story short ive been busy with a little project over the last few months putting a very large fish tank in a summer house/shed type thing in the garden.....i,ll be doing water changes every other day of around 100 gallons at a time so need to be getting the waste water to a main drain rather than just slinging it on the lawn and preferably doing them as quickly as possible .....ive just got a big 1000 litre ibc container that will be hidden away behind it and simply need to get the water to the main drain up towards the house.......im not the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to diy but ive done nearly all the work myself so far and would like to finish off myself if possible....kind of challenging myself i suppose ...anyway thanks for your advice chaps i think im gonna settle on one of these submerssible pumps......any idea if they can be allowed to run dry or do they need to be submerged the whole time.

Edited January 15, 2012 by gnasher16

[reddawn 2,173]

im pretty sure some a them submersible pumps come with an automatic cut off switch or a run dry feature mate, id say if you intend on keeping the tank, to buy a good pump, you will get what you pay for, but only you know your budget, so shop around

Edited January 15, 2012 by reddawn

[craigyboy 1,274]

hi mate just seen yr post im unsure what you are trying to do with your water are you taking water from out the ground such as a well or from a a tank we used to do this years a go and pump water a bit loneger than 200 feet we used a two pump tank system we pumped the water into a tank and then pumped the water frm the tank using large pumps you say moneys not to bad then i would go with that mate we used a series of flow switches and float valves to operate the pumps to pump the water we also used plastic pipes you will probably have to have a few cables run from the 200 feet float or flow switch back to the holding tank etc to work in series if standing water is going to be stood for a while in the tank you can get lids for the tanks you dont say if its drinking water or for animals

we used to have the flow switch in the main line so soon as the flow was detected the pumps started to run hope this helps maate as i say i dont know what you are doing such as water storage or where the watwer is coming from good luck if i remember the pums was grundfoss floor standing as i say these was large but im sure they didi smaller versions the flow and float switches was from holland if i remember right regards Openseason

 

Thanks for your input sir.............to cut a long story short ive been busy with a little project over the last few months putting a very large fish tank in a summer house/shed type thing in the garden.....i,ll be doing water changes every other day of around 100 gallons at a time so need to be getting the waste water to a main drain rather than just slinging it on the lawn and preferably doing them as quickly as possible .....ive just got a big 1000 litre ibc container that will be hidden away behind it and simply need to get the water to the main drain up towards the house.......im not the sharpest tool in the box when it comes to diy but ive done nearly all the work myself so far and would like to finish off myself if possible....kind of challenging myself i suppose ...anyway thanks for your advice chaps i think im gonna settle on one of these submerssible pumps......any idea if they can be allowed to run dry or do they need to be submerged the whole time.

they have a float mate,that you adjust to the level you require the only part that needs to be submersed is about 2in up from the bottom of the pump and with submersibles it wont suck it dry,itl leave about 2in of water in

Edited January 15, 2012 by craigyboy

[gnasher16 30,118]

[they have a float mate,that you adjust to the level you require the only part that needs to be submersed is about 2in up from the bottom of the pump and with submersibles it wont suck it dry,itl leave about 2in of water in

 

ok great .....im 99% decided then.

[nakednutt 58]

if you only need it for a short period of time then hire one gnasher. the likes of speedy hire will have them

[staffs riffraff 1,068]

Sounds a big tank gnasher any pics mate fresh or salt are you a member of any other aquarist forums there is a good reef keepers one that will give you loads of ideas mate

[gnasher16 30,118]

Sounds a big tank gnasher any pics mate fresh or salt are you a member of any other aquarist forums there is a good reef keepers one that will give you loads of ideas mate

 

No i dont go on the forums mate i nick the occasional idea but nothing more.....its a discus tank i have a fair size one indoors and another at work but wanted just one time to really go for it ....water is heated and treated in a shed 50 foot away so theres absolutely nothing but fish in the tank...well thats the plan anyway its probably about 2 thirds done i,ll get some pictures when completed.

Edited January 16, 2012 by gnasher16

[staffs riffraff 1,068]

Do you use R/O water for the topups/water change or rain water? They can be beautiful fish when people know what there doing with them seen some really dull ones but they were using tap water n not treating it properly. Sound like gonna be a good setup. When I got the space and money again gonna set up another reef tank something hopefully 6or7 x 2.5x2.5 I like deep tanks gives fish more natural environment