Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Rain water harvesting system 2Dec 08, 2021 9:52 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Rain water harvesting system 3Dec 13, 2021 12:22 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Rain water harvesting system 5May 07, 2022 5:00 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Rain water harvesting system 7May 12, 2022 10:48 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Rain water harvesting system 9Jul 22, 2022 2:55 pm The best thing is to fit a good floating filter in the tank that supplies the pump. These are also called floating suction filters, floating intake filters and a few other things. I will be releasing one soon and will most probably refer to it as a Water Tank Floating Filter because I believe it is a more readily understood term and better than the Fina Filta Floata TradeMark I was toying with lol. A floating filter is a hose that is connected to a buoy at one end and a low drain valve at the other end. There is a 'filter' fitted to the end of the hose at the buoy end and this is 200-300mm below the water surface where the best quality water is. The tank outlet delivers water via the usual hose to the pump. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There are quite a few sold now but they are pricey and most also have faults. 1. Water passes through mosquito proof 955 micron mesh when entering the tank but many floating filters sold have an expensive 1,200 micron stainless steel mesh filter which renders them useless and if you do rub it to clean it, a lot of muck simply falls into the filter. 2. Many of the filters will settle on the sediment layer when the water level gets low because they are not fitted with a support disc that keeps the 'filter' raised. Mine won't have these faults but it will still be cheaper plus I am looking at the choice of 200 or 400 micron filtration. To fit one, you need to empty the tank and have a hole drilled that is then fitted with an outlet valve with the floating filter already fitted to it. Once there is water in the tank, you just make sure that the hose is flooded before switching on the power to the pump. There are instruction videos on You Tube. Re your installation, having the elbow 10cm (100mm) from the pump's suction port isn't too bad but it depends on the hose's internal diameter and the velocity through the elbow of course. If the pump only supplies cisterns, no problem because cisterns only fill at 6 lpm. A lot of "know everything" plumbers fit the elbow directly on the pump's suction port! Does the plumber have a website complete with a gallery of his 'workmanship'? I would love to have a look. Also read the post linked below re 10 endemic mistakes that plumbers make just with a water pumps! BTW, there are more than 10 but 10 is a nice number. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=103597&p=1897978&hilit=blue+stripe#p1897978 Next links are to forum members long term experience with sediment traps. Super simple and super effective. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=1551215#p1551215 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=1146540#p1146540 A wet system does not flush, it drains. Once the hydraulic head in the downpipes has drained, there is no flushing velocity and wet system pipes are usually lengthy. The next thread's OP made his own floating filter. Worth a read and there are photos. It is a copybook system. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=97686 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. There is a whole lot more to know than just the answers you seek but they are a good start. Overflow outlets have a mosquito proof mesh. These… 3 8543 Can a plumber put a tap on a rain water tank which is full? Tank is similar to one in photo. Cheers. 0 1761 the sun master is the solar heating to "warm" the water in the tank the S26 is your hot water system which will heat the water (25 degrees?) so with both turned on you… 2 14398 |