Gord: Jeff you know, those days when you just go grab some pump and put it in your pond really have changed did they?
Jeff: They have. The pond industries have all the lot a last couple of years Gourd and today, what we have is quite a variety of pumps do different purposes in the pond.
Gord: Okay.
Jeff: We have pumps that just simply like this, they were designed for the cram industry. Originally, they fall on the front. They do not get the solids out of your ponds.
Gord: Okay. I was going to bring that up. There is a big difference between solid tumbling pumps and un-solid tumbling pumps. Is that a critical question that you need to ask?
Jeff: Absolutely critical, the health of the pond requires you to get all that Dupree out of the pond. We now have two suctions on this pump. So, Dupree can come in from here and joining with other Dupree comes from here and we pump out a common discharge.
Gord: Okay.
Jeff: So, we can take care of the full bottom of the pond.
Gord: Okay. And, I take in anything that can go through this little holes can go through the pond.
Jeff: That is right. That is the large impeller design here; it is much like a raw sewage pump. It will pump that stuff right out of your pond to keep the pond free and clear to breath.
Gord: Perfect. Now, there is some other once here, and I noticed this one was quite interesting has this sort of wings on it. Maybe you could explain how this fits in to the solids and non-solid tumbling.
Jeff: Yes, this is more of a display pump. You notice the tighter grilling on here. This is to prevent large Dupree from getting in to the pump of the impeller so it does not clog up our nasal. This is what we call a display pump. Using a clump shell design, and when you open up this wings here it gives you triple the surface area which that means for you. You do not have to climb into the pond as often to service the pump because they do cover up some breathing, the breathing time to time.
But, this way it is going to be a lot easier to maintain. Pumps like this today are built with voiding right inside the pump, so you can control all the heights and sprays right within the body of the pump.
Gord: So, I guess there is a real key thing here is that, something that is going to handle solid should be used for water falls or things we are not going to get clogged up. But, when you have something that has either fine spray you need [voice overlap]
Jeff: If you were to put a pump like this but the spray is like that on it, this will clog up almost immediately. [Voice overlap]
Gord: Very frustrating. Now, you also mentioned economy the power consumption, how will the pumps change over the last few years?
Jeff: Very important thing to remember when sizing a pump for any application is the energy consumption. You look at the average or voltage consumption of the pump and you are running that pump 24 hours a day all year round it equates to a lot of dollars very fast.
Pumps today that are magnetic grill stop pumps use very low energy. So, you need to remember, you are just going to look at the box and what it will consume and you could look at and calculate it out in dollars what that will cost you.
So, you equate the energy consumption to the warranty of the pump. You could save literally thousands of dollars.
Gord: So, you probably should not worry about the sticker price; look at how much you are going to actually pay in the long run.
Jeff: It is about the value.
Gord: Well, thanks Jeff I really appreciate all the information.
Jeff: Thanks for having me, Gord.
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