Best internal pump for basement sump?

[aznnutty]

gonna do a sump in the basement with display upstairs. i dont want to deal with an external pump so will a mag 24 be enough or what should i go with. 125g with dual overflows. sump is 110g tote.

[kevin gu3]

I've never seen one that big, but it sounds like the right ballpark. The specs at dannermfg.com say 1100 gph @10 feet of head. Assume you will get 25% less, your turnover will be 7+ times tank volume per hour. Head depends on vertical distance between tank waterline and sump waterline.

According to MD it is both 237 and 265 watts! A concern with all submersibles is none of the heat is lost to the air. That means it will be equivalent to a 237+ watt heater running 24/7.

[jerpa]

Also keep in mind the power used by the pump will increase with head height as well so you may be pushing closer to 300+ watts.

[aznnutty]

That's all fine, but want to know if it will push the water

[kc350twin]

I'm using a Mag 9 in my basement. 8' of vertical and have it dialed it back to about 300-400gph. 112g display. I let the Vortechs do the circulating in the display.

[kevin gu3]

Did you go to the dannermfg.com site? They tell you how much water it will push against how much head pressure. http://www.dannermfg.com/Store/Products/Danner/PID-02740.aspx
Those figures will not include elbows or restrictions that will surely be in your system. There is a sticky somewhere if you want to attempt to calculate it ahead of time.

I don't know if amperage goes up against higher head pressure or down. I suppose I could hook a pump up to a killawatt meter and restrict the flow to find out.

[walkerbrody]

I use a mag 24 on my 110 lifting around 13'. It works well. Every elbo adds roughly 1' of head hight so keep your elbos to a minimum.

[sirreal63]

Keep in mind to get that flow as shown in their head loss chart, you will need to run 1-1/2" plumbing. If you can tell me the total height and any fittings and pipe diameter, I can tell you a lot better what you can expect from the Mag24.

[gaubow22]

I run a Mag 24 13 feet ALMOST straight up from the basement. I have it dialed back a smidge, just because I am still trying to dial in by Herbie overlfow. When I put my hand over the output from the Mag 24 and then put my hand over on of my Tunze 6055's I can't really tell the difference, except the Tunze is a much larger current as opposed to the stream coming out of the return. I have it on a 90 standard gallon. Mine sits in a 40 breeder. It does seem to be a loud pump, which doesn't bother me since it is in the basement, so I just purchased a silicon trivett in the kitchen section of Bed Bath and Beyond and it helped a ton! People don't seem too high on the Mag pumps on RC, but I don't have any problem with mine.