I am looking for input from people that have had experience with the Danner Pondmaster Mag Drive 1800 pumps? I am doing my first sump and do not have much external room for an external pump. It is possible I might be able to make an external pump work but without having plumbed one before the space I have from what I can tell doesn't give me any room for error and I wouldn't want to buy a pump and end up not being able to make it fit. So the submersible would definitely make my situation easier. But I have a couple questions.
I am worried about the heat the pump could put into the water being submersed in the sump. I will have around 160-170 gallons of water total with tank and sump. I do not live anyplace crazy hot but where I do live we do not have central air conditioning. Just window air conditioners that we turn on after we get home from work in the evening. So during the summer our house temps are usually around 75-80 degrees until we get home and then cool it down to about 73. During the winter our house stays pretty constant at 72-74. Currently I keep the tank at 81.5-82 degrees with a 300 watt heater.
So do you think that the Danner Pondmaster Mag Drive 1800 will put too much heat into my water causing my temps to go over the 82 degrees or do you think it would work??? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
I am worried about the heat the pump could put into the water being submersed in the sump. I will have around 160-170 gallons of water total with tank and sump. I do not live anyplace crazy hot but where I do live we do not have central air conditioning. Just window air conditioners that we turn on after we get home from work in the evening. So during the summer our house temps are usually around 75-80 degrees until we get home and then cool it down to about 73. During the winter our house stays pretty constant at 72-74. Currently I keep the tank at 81.5-82 degrees with a 300 watt heater.
So do you think that the Danner Pondmaster Mag Drive 1800 will put too much heat into my water causing my temps to go over the 82 degrees or do you think it would work??? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.