Hello all,
I have just built a 600 gallon plywood tank with a 55 gallon sump tank sitting above it. I picked up a general utility/sump pump from Princess auto and have been running it now for about 5 months, working well, in fact it puts out enough heat to keep the tank at 28 degrees without heaters [yes, I am concerned about what will happen in the summer]. My question is with regards to electricity usage, it seems fairly high and it was suggested to me to switch over to a laguna pump which will cost a lot less to operate.
The pump is a Water Ace R3S 1/3HP submersible pump at 33gal per minute at 4' [roughly 1800 gallons per hour].
Really at a loss here as to what I should do, I am going to try to get a friend over with his meter to see if it truly is the pump drawing that much energy but I am fairly certain it is. And to top it all off, I am going to have to find an inexpensive way to heat the water if I change the pump.
Would love to hear any suggestions you guys [and gals] have.
Thanks in advance.
I have just built a 600 gallon plywood tank with a 55 gallon sump tank sitting above it. I picked up a general utility/sump pump from Princess auto and have been running it now for about 5 months, working well, in fact it puts out enough heat to keep the tank at 28 degrees without heaters [yes, I am concerned about what will happen in the summer]. My question is with regards to electricity usage, it seems fairly high and it was suggested to me to switch over to a laguna pump which will cost a lot less to operate.
The pump is a Water Ace R3S 1/3HP submersible pump at 33gal per minute at 4' [roughly 1800 gallons per hour].
Really at a loss here as to what I should do, I am going to try to get a friend over with his meter to see if it truly is the pump drawing that much energy but I am fairly certain it is. And to top it all off, I am going to have to find an inexpensive way to heat the water if I change the pump.
Would love to hear any suggestions you guys [and gals] have.
Thanks in advance.
