To what height will it pump and how does that affect the pumping speed? I'm looking to pump from basement level to ground level - about 8 feet.
1712727
The specs say it has a 25' lift. I use it for a 7' lift and it works wonderfully. You should have no issues.
1712728
At 8 feet the 91330 & 91335 model will pump about 30 GPM. You can find the "PERFORMANCES" chart in your owners manual on page %. If you don't have your manual, you can download it at http://www.superiorpump.com/Manuals/utility.manuals.html.
1712729
If you concern about time buy the larger one, but this can do the job also.
1303755
It doesn't pump uphill more than a foot. As long as you are pumping straight across, it does fine. For moving water against gravity, you need a more powerful pump.
1046530
It depends I guess on how low of a vacuum you need, this pump will get below 200 Millitorr/Microns with no problems, that's about 25 inches of vacuum. The 2-stages makes it get there faster. Hope this answers your question.
2211117
Yes. I have it sitting on the floor in my basement, next to my dehumidifier. The way I have the unit set up it pumps the water vertically for 80 inches , then horizontally 12 feet where it exits the basement wall to the outside.
305956
My pump runs about the same winter and summer and has a lift of 10 1/2 feet. It drains the sump well of approx. 8 to 10 gals. in seconds. MY SUMP WELL IS SLIGHTLY OVER 2 FEET DEEP AND THE RAFTERS ARE 8 FEET ABOVE THAT, PLUS ANOTHER 6 INCHES UP INTO THE RAFTERS. ALSO A RUN OF APPROX. 40 HORIZONTAL FEET TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. Pump has worked well for almost one year.
2133105
I just started pumping - push down on the top. It takes 5-8 pumps to start working, but it'll go eventually.
1689071
That is the hight that the pump can pump, but I'm not sure if it actually will because I didn't need mine to pump that high. Hope this was helpful.
1506182
Well, it depends on your hose size, but with a half-inch tube, this pump is gonna push your water a good ways up. Several feet, at least. I wish I could get up and actually do it for you, but, alas, I'm not able to at the moment! It's a very powerful little pump! And quiet, too!
100587
This is a booster pump, by definition should have little or no suction but boost the pressure from 1 psi to 20-40psi.I use it to boost a gravity feed from a storage tank feed by a RO to run a ice-machine that requires 20 psi to activate.If using a foot valve and primed it may pull from 6 feet but doubt if it could self prime 6 feet.
1571777
That depends on how high you plan on discharging as it won't pump from the floor lets say out a basement window to much lift for this pump
208818
Short answer is no it will not draw from 82 feet... BUT You say you well is 82 feet deep but is the static water level actually higher ? This pump will only draw from about 20-25 deep if your water level is standing in the well at that close then it will work.... Drop a weighted string down the pipe and check you water level within the pipe for a simple quick test....
423730
A 40' run is a long way, but since your rise is only 3 1/2', that should not be a problem. I'm not a pro, but I expect the pump to work fine as long as you adhere to the 3/8" diameter.
1745500
In my use of the pump, I have had the pump within a few feet vertical from the surface of the water. Priming and pumping under these conditions has been successful. Trying to prime and run the pump with 5 to 8 feet above the water surface may work ok, but you will simply need to try it. It would be better to set the pump on something in the basement (unless the water is too deep to do this) and then run the outlet hose out the window. Good luck. In general, I have found both the 3 and 4 inch pumps to be reliable and fairly easy to prime.Wally Gwynn
1687815
In my review I added this info about the pump:On the box it shows these numbers for performance (actually on a bar graph)at 0 vertical lift you get 2400gphat 5 foot lift 2000gphat 10 foot lift 1400gphat 15 foot lift 900gphIt doesn't show higher than 15 foot, so I doubt it's recommended for higher.
98510
Hello J. Taneri, I've never really pumped any distance with mine the only info I could give you is what I have done with mine-I've pumped from a stream- with the pump drawing the water from about 8 feet down to a barrel in my Jeep and the discharge hose is app 12 feet long. It took awhile to fill the 55 gallons maybe about 3 gal per minute. Maybe I was over exerting the pump the way I was using it??? I failed to prime the pump one time i got too impatient and burned the impeller. I got a replacement and it works fine again. any other questions please ask. jerry mayers Hello J. Taneri, I've never really pumped any distance with mine the only info I could give you is what I have done with mine-I've pumped from a stream- with the pump drawing the water from about 8 feet down to a barrel in my Jeep and the discharge hose is app 12 feet long. It took awhile to fill the 55 gallons maybe about 3 gal per minute. Maybe I was over exerting the pump the way I was using it??? I failed to prime the pump one time i got too impatient and burned the impeller. I got a replacement and it works fine again. any other questions please ask. jerry mayers
1938682
The pump will start working automatically when the level of the water is approx 8" and stop at 4".Other pumps may be better for you. I use mine under my house in a hole that I dug.
2168893
According to specifications will pump up to 10 feet with little loss of flow (over 2000 gallons per hour). 15 feet up seems its limit with flow dropping to 1140 GPH. It won't make it to 20 feet, flow listed as "off."