I want to attach a pump to my rain barrel's drain valve and have it pump the water up 8 feet, about 10 feet from the the barrel location. Will this do the trick or am I asking for too much?
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I would look for a biiger pump. It mifht do it but the flow wont be very strong
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You may need a different kind of pump. This is an submersible pump...you stick it in the water. I wish it did work connected to the bib. Second, I have not tried to pump that high. I'd have to test it. I've done a 4-5 foot rise successfully. But nothing close to 8 feet. It will be interesting to see if anyone else has be able to get it to pump up to 8 feet.
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Hello My rainreserve unit is installed about 3 feet above my rain barrels. I am using closed barrels also, and have the hoses going to the top of the barrels. I have 2 barrels set up with 1 hose going to each barrel. I hope this helps. I could not view your (animation), or higher (live action YouTube video)
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I'm guessing it would work but also dependent on the mass of water in your rain barrel which would create pressure, by the weight of the water, to 'push' the water through the drip lines.
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Not a use I would recommend for this pump. For watering a garden through a hose, and assuming the garden is more than 10-15 feet away from the rain barrel, you need a pump with greater capacity. Reminder, this is a battery operated pump for occasional use and for light duty.
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Sorry, I don't know. We have a rain chain going into the top of our rain barrel. I'll forward this to my son-in-law. He may be able to answer your question. BTW- its really lovely to look at. It stands about 8 feet tall.
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If the rain barrel fills before you use the water and is going to overflow then lay the hose down on the ground in the direction you could use the water or put the hose in buckets to carry to water other areas/plants. Probably you would be using the water as it fills and it doesn't get a chance to overflow. I keep water in the top for birds to drink & bathe.
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AnthonyOnce your barrel is full it will force the water back up the tube & then it will go down the downspout like it did before you installed the rain reserve device. It has been working perfectly for me since I have installed it.
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Assuming the water pressure system in your house is adequate to support the basepump (there is a section on their website to help you figure that out) then yes it should pump out water from a pit up a length of PVC at least 8ft. We have roughly that height in our set-up.
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There is a little turbine in the unit which the water passes over to record the amount, it moves rather freely. Would the rain barrel water have enough push to move that little turbine? I don't know, how I would have the answer for that. Give it a try, I'd like to know.
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It depends on the setting. I have a small backyard fountain that uses this with a 200 gph pump. It produces a small, maybe 8" bell effect. This is fine for me, because I don't want a lot of over spray outside the fountain perimeter when the wind blows. For a larger effect, you would need a correspondingly larger pump. At low flows the bell effect breaks down and is unattractive.
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Our drain outlet is only about 4 ft higher than the pump. That worked pretty good when we ran initial tests with the handyman who fixed it. Not sure about 8 ft high.
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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....
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I have 2 of these, I use them for 2 waterfalls in my pond at about 4 feet high. They have worked for several months without a problem. The pump is not very big, I do not have an exact number but a relaxing trickle.
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No, it cannot be attached above the rain barrel. The water going to the barrel will overfill and the pressure of the water on the fill tube will cause it to leak or break. Instructions received specificaly say top of rain barrel should not be past the input tube.
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This is a good pump, although not designed for that purpose, I do believe it would pump that distance. If you are pumping through hose the auto shut off feature may not work well. I would use pvc.
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I have a 2500 pump and my goes higher than that, it goes about 10-15 feet up and yes the valve should be shut for the waterfall action, less waterfall open valve as needed.
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Please note that the pump is really just to start the siphon. This will probably only work if it is downhill all the way to the sewer. We use it for a rain barrel so we never looked into longer hoses.