Aqua Lifter Vacuum Pump Aw-20 ?

whirley · 02/04/2004, 12:11 AM

Hello.
I was reading about DIY dosers tonight. Someone posted that they bought a "AQUA LIFTER VACUUM PUMP AW-20 " from you guys and are very happy with the purchase.

From what I understand, he said that he was using this pump to pump KALK from a resivour to his sump, using a float switch to turn on and off this 'Aqua Lifter pump'.

Is this what it was made for? Will this work?

Geoff Lo - PA rocks!!!

Tagamet · 02/04/2004, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by whirley
Hello.
I was reading about DIY dosers tonight. Someone posted that they bought a "AQUA LIFTER VACUUM PUMP AW-20 " from you guys and are very happy with the purchase.

From what I understand, he said that he was using this pump to pump KALK from a resivour to his sump, using a float switch to turn on and off this 'Aqua Lifter pump'.

Is this what it was made for? Will this work?

Geoff Lo - PA rocks!!!

Although I'm sure that this is not the intended use for these pumps, I do use one as you describe and it doesn't work badly. (I had used it to remove the bothersome bubbles that accumulate in cpr overflows). The airline tube does tend to clog with kalk, especially at the ends, but a hefty blow through the tubing (every two days or so) clears it well. I just started doing it a couple of weeks ago, but so far so good, and I'm pumping about 2 to 3 gallons of kalk as topoff water daily.
HTH,
Tagamet

Jeremy B. · 02/05/2004, 12:34 PM

The Aqualifter pump is a nice little deal, although it does fall off extremely fast when any head pressure is applied to it. If you are going to be pump a very short distance, this would probably work out very well for you.

Tagamet · 02/05/2004, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy B.
The Aqualifter pump is a nice little deal, although it does fall off extremely fast when any head pressure is applied to it. If you are going to be pump a very short distance, this would probably work out very well for you.

Good point about the head pressure. I have mine set up where the tubing runs from halfway down in a salt bucket (of kalk water), over the edge, almost parallel to the floor to the pump (on a stool), then "down hill" to the sump. Once the syphon is established, the pump is really just turning the flow on and off.
HTH,
Tagamet

whirley · 02/10/2004, 05:41 PM

Do you guys use this with float switches?

Just curious

whirley

Tagamet · 02/10/2004, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whirley
Do you guys use this with float switches?
Just curious
whirley

I use it with a solinoid that closes an electric circuit so that the pump then runs. I guess it's considered a float switch as opposedto a float valve.
Tagamet

ReefWaters · 01/26/2006, 10:26 AM

Would this pump have any problems sucking from the bottom of a five gallon bucket, having the pump sitting level with the bucket top, and then pump over a few feet to dump a few inches down into the sump?

02/04/2004, 12:11 AM	#1
whirley Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Granger Indiana Posts: 1,264	Aqua Lifter Vacuum Pump Aw-20 ? Hello. I was reading about DIY dosers tonight. Someone posted that they bought a "AQUA LIFTER VACUUM PUMP AW-20 " from you guys and are very happy with the purchase. From what I understand, he said that he was using this pump to pump KALK from a resivour to his sump, using a float switch to turn on and off this 'Aqua Lifter pump'. Is this what it was made for? Will this work? Geoff Lo - PA rocks!!! __________________ whirley whirley@yahoo.com he said SKILTER ---> HEHEHEHHAHHWoo....Thanks, I needed a laugh. Current Tank Info: Infinite

02/10/2004, 05:41 PM	#5
whirley Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Granger Indiana Posts: 1,264	Do you guys use this with float switches? Just curious whirley __________________ whirley whirley@yahoo.com he said SKILTER ---> HEHEHEHHAHHWoo....Thanks, I needed a laugh. Current Tank Info: Infinite

01/26/2006, 10:26 AM	#7
ReefWaters Premium Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,521	Would this pump have any problems sucking from the bottom of a five gallon bucket, having the pump sitting level with the bucket top, and then pump over a few feet to dump a few inches down into the sump? __________________ "No, No, No, Lightspeed is too slow... We're gonna have to go right to LUDICROUSspeed" Current Tank Info: Taking a break for a while. Still Reading and Researching every day though.

02/05/2004, 12:34 PM	#3
Jeremy B. Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Indianapolis, IN / Muncie, IN Posts: 8,219	The Aqualifter pump is a nice little deal, although it does fall off extremely fast when any head pressure is applied to it. If you are going to be pump a very short distance, this would probably work out very well for you.