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Which pump Which pump for.............. It all depends on what the pump is to be used to do. We will not supply you with a list of pump prices, as by human nature you will opt for the cheapest pump, then complain when it does not do what you wish to achieve. you may like to read our wrong pump page The pump you should have is determined by what you want the pump to do and what nozzle and the jet height of that nozzle you want, (if its for a fountain) so if you chose the pump by price chances are it would not be capable of operating your nozzle Pumps are all the same aren't they? If you go to your local "pond shop" and get "any pump" chances are it will come with a nozzle, unless that is it is a filter or waterfall pump. Pumps can be split into different categories, in order to achieve the desired result you must use the correct type of pump. Filter pumps. Filter pumps are designed to move large volumes of water at a low to medium head height (From the pond to the filter) Also they can pump "solids" from your pond into your filter, to be removed by the filter. Because of this you will find that there is not a nozzle in the box it came with, if you add a nozzle you will find that the jet of water is low, this is because it does not have a lot of pressure. You can change the nozzle but chances are the let will still be low due to lack of pressure, if you want to make a fountain, you need a fountain or feature pump, filter pumps can make reasonable water fall pumps providing the fall is not too high. Waterfall pumps Water fall pumps are similar to filter pumps but they usually have a greater head height and can not pump solids Feature pumps Feature pumps are almost as powerful as fountain pumps but are usually of smaller size (In order to fit in the feature) Fountain Pumps Fountain pumps provide pressure to make nozzles work as they should, different nozzles require different pressures and flow rates to work correctly. Most fountain pumps will come with a nozzle, if yours doesn't are you sure its a fountain pump? (see filter pumps above) Sump pumps Sump pumps are designed to move high volumes of water to a reasonable head height, but are not suitable for fountains because you can not directly attach a nozzle to their outlet, they are often very power hungry (expensive to run) and are not always designed for continuous use, but are more for occasional use such as emptying a sump. Although often initially cheaper they do not have the durability and are expensive to run. Summing up So you can now see that not all pumps are the same. So if you want a pump please let us know what you wish it to do / what nozzle you have and we will then give you the price for the correct pump for the job. DIY fountain index Pump information index Pumps are on our components site, please click here |
