Question Discharge hose should it be above or below the pump when used on the end of a mainline or does it make any difference?
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Wvsugarshak
Question Discharge hose should it be above or below the pump when used on the end of a mainline or does it make any difference?
thanks
Wvsugarshak
I think the only difference is that you'll have some frozen sap in the hose the next morning, but not a problem...
Jamie Jones
2017 - 120 taps, 68G syrup - automated pumping from collection to head tank
2016 - 118 taps (about half on 3/16"), 60G syrup
2015 - 115 taps, 58G syrup - new wireless blower switch and remote pump switch from tank to shack
2014 - 120 taps, 53G syrup - hobby vac
2013 - 120 taps, 40G syrup - Sunrise Metal 2x6, 12x14 sugarhouse
2012 - 44 taps, 6G syrup -gravity tube, 4 steam pans on block arch, plastic greenhouse shack - (I'm hooked!)
Distance above the pump will reduce the vac capacity below the pump. We talking inches or feet?
2008 4 buckets
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2016 1300 vac tubing
18x24 sugar shack
2x6 Grimm Lightning w/preheater on natural gas
7" full bank press
CDL 600 RO
2000 Sonoma w/ 200gal tank
2003 Duramax w/ 500 gal tank
2 sap guzzling kids
very patient wife!
Same ol' addiction
distance is to the top of a blue barrel say between 3-4 feet but i can lower the barrel down if it would allow the pump to draw better.
Thanks
anything above the pump causes head pressure
2x6 RAISED FLUE PANS
by WF MASON
650 taps on vac.
100 on bags
Is head pressure good or bad?
If I can ask the same question in a different way. Will the Shurflow perform better at sucking sap if the rear hose slopes downward or is raising the rear hose better for performance. Performance I mean by creating vacuum and sucking.
That is a question I often wondered.
Thanks.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !
head pressure hurts you. not really sure on your slope but everything down hill is the best
2x6 RAISED FLUE PANS
by WF MASON
650 taps on vac.
100 on bags
Thanks Ogdens:
Nice simple answer, what I needed, lol.
I will have my Shurflow discharge hose slope down into my collection tank.
Thanks.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !