I have seen this type installation at an old mill about 30 years ago (it was installed in th 50's) but all pond source pumps I've done have been with wet pit style.I guess what you are thinking could be done but I don't know what you would be saving. You still have to have a pumphouse built on the water to submerge the pump shaft.By the time this is done,it would seem to be more expensive than the more modern way of doing this.
Lamar Vaughn ---- Art Tiroly <[email protected]> wrote: > It is hard to visualize this to maintain reliability. Pond grass can be a > big problem. Then you need access to pump screens. I would not be in favor > of it do to reliability and maintenance. > > Art > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: VT pump suction > > I have a client that wants to use a vertical turbine pump taking suction out > of a pond. He wants to take suction directly from the pond without a > separate pit. I say he can suspend the pump into the pond, but he still has > to have an isolated sump with a trash rack for suction. Has anyone out there > done this before? > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > 860.535.2080 > www.fpdc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
