Water Pump

[SteveD]

In her garden, my daughter has one of those 1000 litre plastic water reservoirs in a tubular metal frame which catches rainwater.  She wants to find a pump with enough oomph to attach to it or immerse in it to which she could fit a 20 metre hose in order to water the garden.

Any ideas what she should search for online (any links?). What specifications should she look for (flow rate, pressure etc)?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Old_Geezer]

No information for you but perhaps view some of the hits here https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=91f756f8d95b3a2b&q=recommendations+water+pump+for+20+m+garden+hose&;oq=&aqs=

 

I'd suspect any decent water pump should manage 20m though.

[PsalmEquipt]

Streampumps Products https://www.streampumps.com/garden-pump utilizes submersible pumps rated at about 1000 GPH for gardening purposes. One that is very popular and highly rated Amazon.com User Recommendation seems to be more than up to the task, even pumping to a height of 5 m.

[wolf63]

I am bored and can't sleep so I read the reviews for the pump PsalmEquipt linked to.

There are a lot of reviews stating that the pump failed after only a short period of use.

I realise that could be due to user error or badly worded instructions but be warned!

 

[bhg481]

Water butt pump is the thing to search for. We bought a B&Q one about 30 years ago and it's still going strong. People such as Hozelock also make them. The pump is waterproof and you just connect a hose to it and drop it into your water tank; the electric cable (mains) is permanently connected and we have ours permanently plugged into an outside socket (waterproof). We now have it connected to a 30metre hse and the pressure is adequate for watering the garden and washing the car.

[SteveD]

Many thanks for the replies. I'll look into these.

 

[SteveD]

I've just thought of another question. If you use one of these pumps to water the garden through a hose with a nozzle or a pistol at the end and you turn off the nozzle or pistol completely with the pump running, can the pump cope with that or will it risk being damaged?

[bhg481]

The pump I have can run against a closed pipe without damage. I have stop-ends on my hosepipe so I can both turn off the nozzle and disconnect it from the hosepipe and then go and switch-off the pump.