I understand that overhead on a pump means how high the pump will send the water at a certain gph and height. my question is will it also decrease gph if i send the water running the length of my tank?
Pump Overhead?
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Hmm. Never thought of that. I'm guessing no one has either -- including the manufacturer.
So you're talking about pushing it the length of the tank, like 5 feet horizontal, and then pushing it up? I would think the horizontal push would have an effect, but I'm not positive.
So you're talking about pushing it the length of the tank, like 5 feet horizontal, and then pushing it up? I would think the horizontal push would have an effect, but I'm not positive.
it will have a small effect but id worry more about any turns in the pipe creating friction on the water
The restriction is so small horizontally that it isn't worth considering. One hundred feet horizontally is equivalent to approximately four vertical inches (in properly sized pipe).
of course people have thought of it before. It can actually be calculated pretty precisely actually. I used to have an orsome calc for such things, however an unexpected forced upgrade to win7 saw that i lost alot of info.
If i find another copy i'll post it up
If i find another copy i'll post it up
ive just done it for a bath tub in my neibors back yard for his feeder fish
ok for lenth it has a very very very mild affect horizontaly and i ran a peice of pvc about 1 meter
then we ran it about 40cm upwards with a loss of about 5 to 20lph
mind you this is a 3500lph powerhead so that small bit of loss is nothing to worry about
ok for lenth it has a very very very mild affect horizontaly and i ran a peice of pvc about 1 meter
then we ran it about 40cm upwards with a loss of about 5 to 20lph
mind you this is a 3500lph powerhead so that small bit of loss is nothing to worry about