[SEL] Pump Question

jlb94 at juno.com jlb94 at juno.com
Wed Jul 28 08:21:51 PDT 2004


Hi Duncan,
Nice Find.
With inlet & outlet being 1=" - I don't think it would take much to work
it.
Probably a 2 HP T/G would do well.
By "Flywheel" I assume you mean "pulley".

Joe "Pip" Betz said that. 
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:40:08 -0700 Duncan Denman <canuckiron at wightman.ca>
writes:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was offered a piston pump recently. It is far bigger than the one 
> you
> would find on a residential well with a flywheel that is probably 
> 18" or
> so. The inlet and outlet pipes are are about 1 1/2" NPT. The unit is 
> at
> least four to five feet long and built by McDougall. My question 
> is,
> what kind of HP would be needed to run this thing? If I can use it 
> at a
> show, fine. If not, I will take a pass on this one.
> Thoughts???
> 
> Thanks,
> Duncan
> 
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