On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 18:45, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 25 March 2019 11:11:21 John Dammeyer wrote: > > > Can't you just build yourself a small little gear pump? > > John > > The thought has crossed my mind John, but something like a windshield > washer pump is about 100x the flow needed. How well they might work > after being restricted or the current turned down is an unknown. They > are also often designed to go in the tank, or plug into a port on the > bottom of the tank, both of which precludes using any tank but the > matching one if you want a dependable seal. And those are too big for > this. I don't need, nor want to carry a nearly gallon tank on the back > of the gantry. That, because it higher than the mister nozzle, would > also lead to syphon problems when turned off, so that idea got rapidly > discarded. A teeny centrifugal pump might work, as their draw goes down > with lowered flow because its restricted, but I've not come across such > a critter. They don't self prime either. > > Buy an electric fuel pump from your local auto shop. The motor kind, not the old oscillating slug. They're quite high pressure and low flow rate. They vary according to whether they're in/out of the tank, and type of injection system. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
