Could you go direct drive with it and avoid the belts all together?
Could you go direct drive with it and avoid the belts all together?
I think a gas engines rotation spins opposit but can't remember. So direct drive would be a challenge
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Direct drive would turn the pump too fast. You need the belts and 2 different size pulleys to get the correct pump speed.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
surge did make a 100 direct drive, it had special motor on it that turned at 1100 rpm (I think that was the speed)
Ian McDonald
2000 on vacuum
1000gph cdl ro
2.5'x12' intensofire
1100 rpm is correct. 5.5 HP motor.
I have a Alamo 40 that has a electric motor on it now. I’m planning to use it with a gas engine as I will have no power where we will be using it. Does the pump need to be kept warm or will it be ok outside? It will be undercover of course.
Thanks in advanced.
Both of mine are outside. My BB4 piston pump (before Babson Bros became Surge) is in the open, no cover. My Surge 75-100 is under a tarp canopy. I took an old vendor tent and just used a part of the frame to then cover it with a small tarp. Both work fine. In all of the years I've used the Surge 75-100 it never had a cover until this past season. The cover is just 5' long and about 8' wide (it started as a 6 leg 10x10, I just use 5' of the length, and I cut down the length of the 4 rafters which made it narrower).
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Thank you!