Tips and information on fountain pumps

Water is a building block of life and above all the sound of babbling water reminds us of untouched nature. Many people therefore want to have a source of water in their garden, or even their apartment, that lives up to this wish. The sound of the water is not just an acoustic design element, but also makes an important contribution to general well-being and relaxation. There are various ways to integrate water into the design of gardens or living spaces. Particularly well-known variants are garden ponds, which possibly additionally with a creekare connected or about aquariumsin the flat. But often lack the space and the opportunities to take appropriate care of it. If you still do not want to give up rippling water, you should get one fountainput up. If this is not bought ready, but should be made individually on your own initiative, you need as a core piece a high quality fountain pump ,

What makes a good one fountain pump out?

A good fountain pump is made up of several factors. As with any device, the performance of the pump is particularly important. It must carry a sufficient amount of water per hour and this, depending on the desired Fountain, can pump sufficiently high. The delivery volume and delivery head are thus the two most important factors, as with any other good pump too. A true guideline can not be mentioned at this point. The flow rate must match the size of the well. Who wants to design a whole miniature landscape and the water is to be directed down several ways, requires a much larger volume of water than a single, narrow gully. Even fountains with overflowing water require a high volume. If in doubt, a more powerful model should be chosen, which can be easily throttled if necessary. Models over 500 liters per hour are often the best choice. However, it may be much less for small fountains in the living area.

The delivery height makes it easier to give exact information. It simply depends on the height of the well. The total head is the difference between the highest point of the well and the water surface of the reservoir. But here is something to be careful! If a 100 cm high well is planned, one will suffice fountain pump with a head of 100 cm by no means. With increasing head, the device is increasingly brought to its limits and head is exchanged for flow. Although the pump reaches the altitude, however, the water will only drip out of the well. It is therefore imperative to require a pump whose delivery height significantly exceeds the height of the well!

Other features that are important are the lengths of the cables and the cable, as well as the size of the device. A small pump is simply easier to install and hide in the fountain.

Accessories, hints and recommended models

Fountain pumps are characterized among other things by the fact that high-quality models contain a multiplicity of essays in the scope of supply. The attraction of a fountain is that the water does not simply flow out of the pump’s piping and simply falls down from there, but that the water swells out of the well in ever new formations, splashing down in unique figures, and always new ones Sound combinations generated. These effects are created by various essays that shape figures like cascades, volcanoes, goblets or fountains out of the water.

In operation, moreover, a detail of great importance, which must not be neglected: the operating temperature. Inside the pump there is an uninterrupted change of high and low water pressure. This becomes even lower with increasing temperature. It can happen that the water evaporates spontaneously on the smallest scale and the resulting vapor bubbles immediately afterwards collapse again. This phenomenon is called cavitation. This enormous forces are exerted on the material of the pump, which literally pieces are torn out of this. If a pump is operated above the permitted temperature for a longer period of time, irreparable damage and ultimately total failure of the device will result.

The decision for a specific one fountain pump is difficult because it depends on the factors mentioned. In an independent comparison, some models were compared, which can be recommended here. These include the Berlan fountain pump, the Anself brushless solar pumpand the Ubbink pond pump,