I have a unique yard situation with it being super wet most of the time. I am working on putting see drains in and so forth this weekend. I am thinking I need to use a transfer pump on a regular basis and it will help a lot. How close does a pump need to be to the water to work?
Transfer pump where? In the basin of the drain?
Transfer pumps are pretty efficient. Even in a 100 foot length of standard 5/8" garden hose, there's barely more than half a gallon of water in it when working. So, with 200 feet of hose and the volume of the pump body factored in, you're still moving around 2 gallons through the system at any given point. A 1/2 horsepower pump is more than enough.
The bigger issue is the shit you'll pull in with the water. Put a screen on the inlet, and you'll be unclogging it several times per storm. Let it go, and you'll destroy the impeller in short order. Even large commercial grade trash pumps need regular TLC to keep running.
I was thinking of housing in some sort of plastic box outside so I wouldn't have to drag it around. Would it over heat if it was in like a Plano box and I ran it for about an hour at the time?
I might be wrong here...
But I think Saku is an expert in this sort of stuff.
TTT
IronHands -Transfer pump where? In the basin of the drain?
Transfer pumps are pretty efficient. Even in a 100 foot length of standard 5/8" garden hose, there's barely more than half a gallon of water in it when working. So, with 200 feet of hose and the volume of the pump body factored in, you're still moving around 2 gallons through the system at any given point. A 1/2 horsepower pump is more than enough.
The bigger issue is the shit you'll pull in with the water. Put a screen on the inlet, and you'll be unclogging it several times per storm. Let it go, and you'll destroy the impeller in short order. Even large commercial grade trash pumps need regular TLC to keep running.
Also a man who knows his shit right here.
Just plant a weeping willow
Kip Kinkle -Just plant a weeping willow
Lol. I already have HUGE pine trees all over my yard and they don't take up enough of the water. Yard is basically an old Creek bottom.
jscorbett -Kip Kinkle -Just plant a weeping willow
Lol. I already have HUGE pine trees all over my yard and they don't take up enough of the water. Yard is basically an old Creek bottom.
A willow takes a lot of water. There is a lower field that used to more or less be swampish all the time on my mom’s property. The willow looks nice and turned it into a nice field. Pines don’t need nearly as much water to survive and thrive.
jscorbett -I was thinking of housing in some sort of plastic box outside so I wouldn't have to drag it around. Would it over heat if it was in like a Plano box and I ran it for about an hour at the time?
The water acts as a coolant. Running the pump dry would be a bigger concern.
Best bet is to drain into a cistern then control the pump with a float.