Lime water/Kalkwasser pump help.

[fishtk75]

I asked before and can not find my notes what you all said.
What pumps is there to pump from my Kalkwasser water to the sump upstairs 8 feet up.

[Sk8r]

probably a maxijet 1200 would do it, given a small line: maxijets are very tolerant of on-off switching. Problem is---a kalk reactor's drip line likes to be on the flat relative to the sump: it doesn't climb very well. That's why they call it a drip.

If your topoff is downstairs, can you possibly put the sump and kalk downstairs too? I have my whole support rig in my basement and it sure eliminates a lot of noise. All we hear upstairs is the gurgle of the downflow. I run mine off an Iwaki 100, on a 15 foot rise, and should have gotten an Iwaki 50...way overpowered.

But I believe that if you're only using the typical 1/4 locline drip line from the maxijet, it can make that rise: the bigger the line the harder the climb, and it pushes a 1/2 inch line up 4 feet with no problem.

[fishtk75]

Originally posted by Sk8r
probably a maxijet 1200 would do it, given a small line: maxijets are very tolerant of on-off switching. Problem is---a kalk reactor's drip line likes to be on the flat relative to the sump: it doesn't climb very well. That's why they call it a drip.

If your topoff is downstairs, can you possibly put the sump and kalk downstairs too? I have my whole support rig in my basement and it sure eliminates a lot of noise. All we hear upstairs is the gurgle of the downflow. I run mine off an Iwaki 100, on a 15 foot rise, and should have gotten an Iwaki 50...way overpowered.

But I believe that if you're only using the typical 1/4 locline drip line from the maxijet, it can make that rise: the bigger the line the harder the climb, and it pushes a 1/2 inch line up 4 feet with no problem.

I will try that thanks.


Anyone have more for me?

[rcpilot44]

I use a Litermeter 3 to pump up my Kalk from the basement. I set it to run for 8 hours a night to deliver 2 gallons which is my evaporation. No issues

[DrBDC]

I use a litermeter. I used a cole parmer before. Any peristaltic pump will work w/o having to worry about clogging/corrosion/etc. over a long term usage.

[fishtk75]

Originally posted by DrBDC
I use a litermeter. I used a cole parmer before. Any peristaltic pump will work w/o having to worry about clogging/corrosion/etc. over a long term usage.

DrBDC,
I looked at a MSC supply book at work and got a Mityflex it is cheaper then the litermeter 3 by $190.
I got it today and it comes with differant size tubing and rollers to let pump how many ml/min you need.
It pumps a lot up to 29 feet.
Thank you for your help on this.