Solar Pump Enquiry

Here is a genuine enquiry about a solar pond pump, as you will see, the enquirer had brought the pump first (as explained below) If only they had contacted us first

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are currently building a solar powered fountain.   We have the system designed and have bought the pump (an SXT 500 *)   The pump outlet is 15mm in diameter.   Could you give us some advice about what pipe and nozzles we would need?   The lift height required is about 3m.   So we would like one pipe going up to that height then we would like it to split at the top with maybe 4 or 5 different sprays comming off in different directions.   Or one big nozzle that sprays in all directions.

Could you advise us on what pipe we should get and any connectors etc we would need?   Also, could you suggest what configuration to put at the top?

Thanks.

Name removed

*We had never heard of this pump, but a search soon found it. At the time of the enquiry (around 2004) it  was being sold for around  £300 including a suitable solar panel

Like the majority of solar operated pumps, it was not capable of reaching 1.5m in height let alone the 3m the enquirer wanted. (Look at the maximum fountain water spray height) Again looking at the fountain spray height the max is only 0.6m (Remember they wanted "4 or 5 different sprays.....at about 3m.") The chart we show has no figures at 1.5m because it can not pump any water that high.

 If only the enquiry had of asked us first, we could have saved them wasting their money*.

(*By asking us first we could have checked their intended pump and pointed out, it is simply not up to the required task. No, we would not have sold them one of our solar pumps either, for the same reason, its not up to the task, most solar pumps are really only for "decorative use" Even if they had of opted for the SXT 2000 it too would have been no use at 3m in height. )