Pump flows, maybe I can shed some light on the subject. Back 35-40 years ago, I grew 3.5 acres of strawberries. For frost protection I needed to run the irrigation all night, until after the ice that forms on the strawberry buds all melts off. I used a 12 HP fire 3" pump. I had to use a 4" suction pipe and 4" out to the first junction where the pipes split into 2 pipes of 3" each. Had I not done that I would not have gotten enough pressure for all 43 sprinklers to spray enough water to protect the buds. I had very little rise in elevation, the pump sat beside the pond. As pumping started on any night the pond was only about 5' below the pump level, at the end of the night as I could shut the pump off the pond was up to 9' lower. (If a second night was forecast to have a frost, I pumped more water, with 2 pumps of 2" size 1500' away and about 10' lower, at a creek to refill the pond. That took 8 hrs to refill the pond)
Line friction is a big factor. If the pipe used is not large enough to keep the line friction down, the pump moves far less water (or in your case, sap)
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.
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