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When replacing a fountain pump or choosing a new one, first there are some important terms to keep in mind: "Head": This is the maximum vertical lift of the pump. For example, a 6' head indicates the pump is rated to pump water up to 6 feet high. Note, nonetheless, that at 6 feet the pump would be offering extremely little water, with gallons per hour around zero. So if you want to pump, say, 200 gph at 72", you will most likely need to have about a 300-600 gallon per hour pump to do the job. "GPH" : Gallons per hour, normally rated at distinct heights "GPM" : Gallons per minute, generally rated at various heights "Pump Curve" : The amount of water volume "curved" according to different heights. A 500 gallon per hour pump, for instance, may pump 500 gallons per hour at " lift, 350 gallons per hour at 24" of lift, and so forth. When acquiring a pump for the initial time or when seeking a replacement pump, it is vital that you know how a lot of gallons per hour you want to pump and at what height (head). Water Volume The total volume that you will be pumping is controlled by a handful of factors. 1 element is the size of the pump, as covered above. But you also must think about how wide your tubing will be. Tubing is measured in two techniques: inside diameter (i.d.) and outdoors diameter (o.d.). Quite skinny i.d. tubing will drastically reduce water flow. A lot of consumers are shocked when they find that, immediately after hooking up their 500 gallon per hour pump to 1/two" inside diameter tubing, they are only finding what they think about a trickle. We had an engineer do some calculations for us to illustrate the problem. Using a 300 gph pump with 1/two" tubing is going to restrict your flow to 253 gallons per hour. By rising the pump to 450 gallons per hour, but nonetheless employing 1/two" tubing, you will enhance volume only slightly, to 264 gallons per hour! The lesson is this: When acquiring a pump, discover out what size of tubing is supposed to go with it. One more problem is running the tubing too far. Lengthy lengths of tubing create resistance. If your pump calls for 1/two" i.d. tubing, for instance, but you are operating the tubing twenty feet from the pump, it is a good idea to use 3/four" tubing instead so as not to reduce down too considerably on flow. How a lot water do I require? What size of pump? This query is answered in part by regardless of whether you want a "trickle" or a roar. When you purchase a fountain, you will usually uncover a encouraged flow. For waterfalls, use this as a rule of thumb: for every single inch of stream width or waterfall "sheet," you will need to deliver 100 gallons per hour at the height you happen to be pumping. So if you are constructing a 12" wide waterfall that is 3 feet tall, you need to have to purchase a pump that will be pumping 1200 gallons per hour at 3 feet of height. For little ponds, whenever achievable, it is a very good idea to recirculate the water as soon as find out more an hour, much more frequently if achievable. As a result, if your pond is 500 gallons, try to purchase a pump that will recirculate water at a rate of 500 gallons per hour. For really large ponds, this is not essential and is far also costly.