Pump Sizing
Pump Sizing
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How to calculate the head of a domestic pump?
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RE: Pump Sizing
RE: Pump Sizing
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RE: Pump Sizing
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RE: Pump Sizing
Typical common pump discharge head at operating conditions would be roughly about 80% of Shutoff head.
A low grade pump found around the house built for low heads and designed for use where efficiency was not a concern could be as low as 50% of shutoff head.
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RE: Pump Sizing
RE: Pump Sizing
Existing pump needs manufacturer and model no and then you can find most pump data on the vendors website, even small domestic pumps. You could test it yourself, but that seems a bit extreme...
New pump head will vary depending if this is a once through end point delivery (a tap or tank) when you need to add static head to friction losses or a circualtion mode (radiators or HXs) when it is friction losses in the pipes and equipment only which is pressurised.
Posts above give you some good guidance, but your post is a bit vague so gets a vague response I'm afraid....
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