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Posted by Ignoramus30369 on June 21, 2005, 11:03 am
>
>> > This brings to mind another question. Sump pumps are probably not
> designed
>> > for use in water occupied by humans. There could be potential
> electrocution
>> > risk. If this is what you have, at least make sure you have a GFI on the
>> > power to the pump.
>>
>> Thanks. What I have is a grounded 1 HP lawn sprinkler pump, which is
>> plugged into a GFCI protected receptacle:
>>
>> http://waynepumps.com/prodlist.asp?pcode=PLS100
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>> Pictures of my setup are at:
>>
>> http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Water-Slide/
>
> The sprinkler pump should have no problem with a garden hose on the output -
> it's designed for that. A larger hose on the input might help avoid
> cavitation damage but it is probably not a real problem.
Thank you. I was mistaken about dangers of outlet restriction on
centrifugal pumps, but I was corrected by more knowledgeable
people. Right now I have 1" ID hoses connected to it, it makes a lot
of flow on the water slide!
i
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