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SpringIsBACK
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
This pump has a very high discharge rate stated to be nearly 10k GPH. In use at a head of a little under 3 feet, it seems even higher, using 2" PVC pipe dumping into a 3" PVC Schedule 40 pipe immediately after turning 90 deg. and going slightly downhill.However, despite the rating of being able to handle 2" "solids", small pebbles or hard pieces of, say, a hickory nut husk, only about 0.2" across, can get caught between the impeller and the case, jamming the impeller. The high flow rate means such particles "can" be swirled upward into the impeller and jam a blade against the housing. I ended up having to screen off the pump with 13 mesh stainless steel. That pretty much makes a bad joke of the 2" solids rating.Other than that, this seems to be a good, strong pump.BTW, one can often extend the life of a tether type float switch by mounting it on something other than the pump, that allows for some vertical adjustment of the anchor point. Then one can change that, and the length of cord to the float, a little, once a year or so. This will change the flex point of the wires in the cord, so the "fatigue" is spread out. When practical and not prone to causing other problems, longish sections of cord between the anchor and the float can also reduce pump cycles a bit, as does a largish pit. Usually it's the motor capacitor that fails first, unless the manufacturer has gone to the expense of using a big plastic film type capacitor, such as a mylar cap. One can mute the capacitor-damaging motor turn-on and turn-off transients with surge / spike suppression and / or arc suppression, add "zero-crossing" circuitry, or (my favorite) employ a hefty mercury wetted relay. The float switches the mercury relay which in turn switches the pump. The merc relay has very low switching transients, preserving all contacts it connects to (including itself) and the motor capacitors. Just be sure to get a mercury relay rated for inductive loads, or seriously over-rated for the job. I have a 120v coil 600v 35A contact merc relay on my well pump, for example, and plan to add such to both my sump pump and this pump. The trouble saved is very much worth the cost, and a NOS mercury relay will likely be good for a million cycles.
Guinnea P.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2018
We had another Wayne pump, and it worked well in our septic tank. When it didn’t work any more, we reviewed other pumps to purchase. We then decided to go with the tried and true Wayne. So far so good....although it’s only been a couple of months!
ARK
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017
Great pump!!! So quiet too!
James R. Hall
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2017
Awesome pump. I have a 4 foot upward pipe to the main sewage line. Very Quiet and does the job. More to come as it ages
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2016
So far so good strong pump
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