Howdy,
I learned that one way to suck water out of an irrigation ditch without getting as much stuff plugging up the screen is to use a floating pickup. The float sits on the top of the water of course, and the pickup is a couple of inches below. This keeps the pump inlet in the cleaner area of the flow, no matter how high or low the water gets in the ditch.
Do y'all think that would be a useful approach for a coolant pump inlet. This of course would only work with a remote pump, not a submerged or extended pump.
It seems like there would be very little chips suspended near the surface.
Just a thought,
kr
I learned that one way to suck water out of an irrigation ditch without getting as much stuff plugging up the screen is to use a floating pickup. The float sits on the top of the water of course, and the pickup is a couple of inches below. This keeps the pump inlet in the cleaner area of the flow, no matter how high or low the water gets in the ditch.
Do y'all think that would be a useful approach for a coolant pump inlet. This of course would only work with a remote pump, not a submerged or extended pump.
It seems like there would be very little chips suspended near the surface.
Just a thought,
kr
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