Recent content by cobra46

Mas, I believe you nailed it. Any sort of swirling that goes on in the intake pipe probably doesn't make a bit difference once the water hits the basket cavity. Maybe if I get bored I will model this too...just for curiosity.

The simulations were ran with 2" schedule 40 at 25 gal/min.

I got curious so I modeled it up. What this means to the pump I'm not sure. The bottom of the pipe in my models is what comes up from the pool. The open ends are what would go into the pump. The flow is very parallel and gets disturbed by the elbow by varying degrees dependent upon length...

Thanks for the quick response. I'm guessing this requirement is an efficiency issue. I'm a mechanical engineer by trade so I'm by no means a hydrology expert, however, I have a better than average understanding of fluid flow. The mechanical design software I use all day can model fluid flow...

A few months ago we moved into a house with a smallish pool that was built in 1993. Over the winter we didn't need to run the pump much so the inefficiency wasn't a huge deal. Now that things are warming up it's time to replace. I found a nine month old Intelliflo on Craigslist for a good...

New information for an old thread. I found Prestone Driveway Heat at Autozone for cheap after looking at Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and Ace. If one of those places did carry a de-icing product, it contained stuff other than pure calcium chloride.

Those are some nice looking banana plants. What type are they?

I might be worth it to use Skype for that phone call.