Help with selecting a Pump

philb · **Joined:** Apr 28th, '08, 18:43 **Posts:** 6 **Gender:**

philb wrote:

veggie boy wrote:

The big problem with some of the cheap chinese pumps seems to be the amount of power they pull. Do you have a comment on this?

As for their reliability, I agree with the comment that they can still go well for years. The Sun Sun type pumps (and similar) are the only ones I've ued in my system and the first of these I bought is still going strong after a good 18 months of continuous use. Preety good value for the price - excpet perhaps for the electricity consumption. Mind you the head is often better than the more expensive but less power hungry pumps of the same o head flow rate.

We have tested the power consumption of the Tornado Jebao 3000 - JFP3000. At zero load running dry it is using 25W. With the load of water being pumped through it, it rises to it's stated spec of 35W.

veggie boy

I was making reference to the Sun Suns etc

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Help with selecting a Pump

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