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Author:  scubaman [ Jan 30th, '12, 03:27 ]
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anyone tried using an airlift compared to a pump to move your water in your system

Author:  3lmatto [ Jan 30th, '12, 03:35 ]
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This thread get updated regularly mate

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11470

Author:  scubaman [ Jan 30th, '12, 09:21 ]
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i need to be able to lift water 4-6 feet head and im going to have to use a 22 L/min airpump

Author:  Dave Donley [ Jan 30th, '12, 09:22 ]
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Sounds too high for an air lift. They typically only lift a few inches.

Author:  RupertofOZ [ Jan 30th, '12, 18:07 ]
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scubaman wrote:
i need to be able to lift water 4-6 feet head and im going to have to use a 22 L/min airpump



Sorry... not a chance... try 4-6 inches...

Author:  SnowT [ Jan 30th, '12, 18:30 ]
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as they have said 4-6 feet.. not a chance..

I have raised water 12" but that is with 70l/min of air and I can't say what the final flow rate was..

4-6 inches will pump about 10,000-15,000 lt/min

Juergen

Author:  SnowT [ Jan 30th, '12, 19:55 ]
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SnowT wrote:
4-6 inches will pump about 10,000-15,000 lt/min

Juergen


should read lt/hr

Author:  scubaman [ Jan 31st, '12, 07:16 ]
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actually after some redesign to my planned system i would only need 1 foot of lift with a gallon or 2 per min of flow

Author:  scubaman [ Jan 31st, '12, 07:26 ]
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ive managed to lift water 20 inches with a small aquarium airpump to test the theory but with a small flow rate ill try using finer bubbles once i get some more parts to test with

Author:  Jimbo Rollins [ Jan 31st, '12, 11:18 ]
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If you haven't been following the link earlier in the thread, there is talk of a stepped airlift. If you've got the parts lying around to tinker with, jump on the idea and let us know what you come up with.

Author:  scubaman [ Feb 1st, '12, 09:07 ]
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ill see if i can try it if i can get the parts soon

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