Now I have your attention, looking for some help from the plumbing / landscaping community to resolve a water feature pressure issue.
After 2 years for drewling, I have installed (albeit temporarily) my new Aquablade projection water feature. The unit is 1200mm wide, with a 30mm lip, and Blue LED lights. Inlet is 32mm underneath. Blade height is 900mm above waterline.Pump inlet is 10cms under waterline.
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Product specs call for 8100 LPH at 900mm head. I have an 8500LHP
Here is a shot from a website of it in action, and then mine"
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After resolving this issue, I still have to put the top row of block in, and render the wall a light color to reflect the light.
As per the photos, below the unit is on a besser wall.
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The pump is located behing the wall, with about 30cms from the pond to the pump inlet - no bends.
The vertical pump outlet goes into a 90 degree elbow into tubing (the proper stuff, starts with H) it then goes into the wall - no elbow, as I was able to do so without one. Hose length is about 1.1m, including 20cms from pump to wall.
Connection to the blade is a little tricky as I have a block join in the middle of the wall where the inlet sits. Vertical hose goes into a 90 degree elbow, which goes into another elbow thn into the blade unit.
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The issue is that I am not getting the consistent 'sheet of water' and I think I have a pressure problem. The sheet effect seems to break up after about 20cms which makes the feature noisy. If this is the case, then i need to look at increasing the pressure as I dont have spare cash for another pump at the moment.
I need to know if any of the following will help the pressure:
* Cutting way more of the gaps and connectiong the oulet hose direct to the blade, removing the 2 x 90 degree connections
* Raising the pump height by 20 cms
* Dropping the blade installation by 1 block height - 20 cms
Any help or questions appreciated.