On 11/28/2014 11:31 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 11/28/2014 04:41 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: >> Now it seems that windshield washing fluid pump is not >> happy about running more than 20 minutes nonstop - it is >> overheating. Can anyone suggest some cheap alternatives? >> AFAIK some use fish tank pumps, but something that would >> be able to handle 7 m long tube will cost more than 50 >> eur, so I am willing to do some experiments. > I use a Little Giant condensate return pump. It is designed > to collect condensed moisture from > air conditioners and condensing furnaces and pump it up to a > drain. I bought the pump > decades ago on eBay. I just have the bare pump unit, in my > own sump, not the complete > boxed-up system with float switch and etc. See > http://www.ebay.com/itm/LITTLE-GIANT-CP1-115-Pump-Coolant-Plastic-/381014562435?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item58b63cd683 > for something that looks a bit like the one I use. > > The motor just sits above the fluid and is driven by a > vertical shaft. This has no seals and is not > hermetically sealed, so really easy to clean the pump section. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little giants can be rebuilt cuz you can get all the parts and they have diff models impervious to diff fluids good resource to know abolut I use 'em as aux flush devices in EDM so parafinics are fine too tomp tjtr33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
