which pump for a fountain

Which pump for a fountain?

Which is the right fountain pump? Below are typical enquiries that we recieve.

Enquiry 1 (2009) Hi. I have a "pond" aprox 20 meters x 6 meters x 1.5 meters deep, there are fish in the pond and I wish to "oxygenate" the water. I installed a cheap pump last year which has now broken. A new one is needed, I would prefer a water jet height of about 1 meter.

Enquiry 2 (2009) I have a "Pebble Pool 1800 420 litre" sump and a SPE1000 Tornado.
Can you supply a suitable nozzle for a classic fountain (the Vulcan?). I assume one that reaches a height of no more than 3' (the radius of the pool). Will this sit straight on top of the pump?

For information only:

SPE1000 specs: 1000 litres / hour max flow, 180cm max pumping height, hose tail size =18mm

The Vulkan nozzle requires 1500 litres / hour to reach a jet height of 50 cm, input size 25mm

Both of these people have found out the hard way, a cheap pump is not always the right choice. The first example the cheap pump soon gave up, the second example we showed him that the smallest vulkan nozzle we supply will not fit his pump. (Also if it could it would never work, because the pump is not powerful enough) So both of these people spent little, only to find they will have to spend more to get reliability and what they really wanted in the first place.

On the far left is a "cheap pump" (There is nothing wrong with it other than it is small, and cheap) The pump on the right you can get via the components website.


Small, but it works		Big is beautiful

Now be honest which would you rather have? Also don't forget the further away you are and the bigger the pool the smaller a fountain will look.

Its your money, but would you keep buying a new pump which is too small, that its only g'teed for 12 months, the other one is g'teed for 60 months. Or would you save money and buy the right one in the first place?

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