Seting up a sump setup

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So based on

MODEL MD 18 - UPC 02718
Maximum Flow Rate: 1800 GPH
Watts: 150
GPH at 0': 1500
GPH at 1': 1325
GPH at 3': 1200
GPH at 5': 1100
GPH at 7': 1050
GPH at 10': 875
GPH at 15': 575
Shutoff: 16.85'

So just run three feet of line up and it only pumps at 1200 gph?
 
backpack said:
So based on

MODEL MD 18 - UPC 02718
Maximum Flow Rate: 1800 GPH
Watts: 150
GPH at 0': 1500
GPH at 1': 1325
GPH at 3': 1200
GPH at 5': 1100
GPH at 7': 1050
GPH at 10': 875
GPH at 15': 575
Shutoff: 16.85'

So just run three feet of line up and it only pumps at 1200 gph?
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That's correct. I'm guessing it will have to push water closer to 5' up, so that would be 1,100GPH.

But if I were you, I would return the Mag Drive and get a Laguna Max Flo 1500, which does 1,215GPH @ 5' of head pressure and only consumes 100 watts. The extra 50 Watts that the Mag Drive uses will add up over time. Assuming you pay the national avg for electricity ($.11/KWHr) the Mag drive will cost you almost $50 more per year to run.
 
So I have been setting up my sump. I plumbed cutoffs at the overflows and at the returns. So I can
cut it all off and pull any filtration part out. I am plumbing the pump externaly and hooking up a bypass
for the lifegards if theres to much pressuare on the guage and I am busy with work. One overflow will
be able to go out a window to drain the tank and I can just toss the hose in. Any other have to do things
im not thinking of?
 
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