This guy's a cool dude. Very informative review of this submersible. And he gave me a great idea to drain my tank's water into my outdoor sink, and now I won't have to flood the grass in my yard. Thanks, man.
I just ran a test with a 5 gallon bucket on my 1/6HP, I was getting 383 gph with a full pool , pump was submerged 8' down and the lift was 3'. Thanks for the video, it made me realize I should really test out the gph and not look the ratings.
what is there about this video that a person would not like? Maybe they are genetically related to Scrooge and they just don’t like anything no matter what. I listen to it twice just because I liked it so much. I am totally blind and I really need to know how these things work. Pictures on boxes do me no good whatsoever and neither do those folded math like papers in 16 languages. I needed a description by an English-speaking individual who spoke American English like me. I appreciate the time it took to make this video and I will be recommending it to everybody I know who might like or need to use one of these pumps. Thanks so much once again because most of these videos just have music and no talking and they drive me up the wall. This is a great video and I don’t understand why it hasn’t been watched 1000 times or more. I give it 10 out of 10. thumbs up and every other kind of good review numbers anyone can think of to add to mine.
The lift is the complete distance from the bottom of the pump to the end of discharge , that is a straight vertical lift to make a continuous pressure discharge
this is the same pump i am thinking about getting since we need it to pump water out of one pool to another pool when i looked at harbor freight website says good for swimming pools and this video helped because in 5 days we are getting a new liner in the one pool and need to drain the water out of the smaller pool to fill the other pool so this video helped me not sure how long it will take because our pools are both only 4 feet deep but this video helped alot thanks again
Thanks for watching! Once you get the pump in the first pool you can fill a 5 gal bucket while keeping time with a stopwatch and then calculate approximately how long the whole pool will take. Assume you know the volume of your pool, which is also easy enough to approximate.
Very informative. I was shocked to hear about your restriction in California. Aren't they pushing to have electric EVERYTHING??? How can they push for that and limit your electrical use at the same time? Seems nuts to me.
Southern California Edison doesn't limit usage, they just make it cost prohibitive to use electricity at peak times of the day. We can use all we want but we have to prepare ourselves for the bill. When I first moved here I had got a bill for $750 for 1 month because I hadn't figured out the rate rules yet and hadn't modified my usage habits. Hope that makes it more clear. Since I made this video I've installed solar on the roof and now SoCal Edison owes me $! Thanks for watching!
Mr Monk. Did this pump plug up at all with the junk that was on the bottom of your pool? I just bought a Drummond pump (1/4 hp with strainer base) to help clear my patio when it rains hard and the drain can't keep up. And after 2 minutes, it stopped. The water was higher than the level needed to trigger it to start. So to test this pump again, I put it in a stationary tub in the basement and started filling to tub just to see when it would turn on and if it was still working. It turned on and the pump was working well. So I'm confused why it stopped earlier on my patio. Great Video! Thank you!
I definitely needed to be conscious of the debris that was gathering around the pump base as my pool drained. I would move the pump once in a while to clear it. Hope that helps.
Your pool pump should have an inline bypass valve to discharge pool water into your yard instead of back into the pool. If so it will work a lot faster and no pump needed. Also you should not use an extension cord on the pump.
Thanks for watching! My pool does have a bypass valve, but it draws from the skimmer and thus drains only the top 6 inches of pool effectively. Your correct that the owner's manual states one should not use the pump with an extension cord.
I'm thinking that if you SHORTEN the hose -----------will get your gph haven't used 1, hubby does for septic tank but if you need something to pump a LOT of water like a BIG pool, the bigger the pump the more water it will push, but good video all in all for people who don't know.
@@UrbanMonkTV I was just wondering if I could use it in a 110 gal stock pond with goldfish like I have now ? it would have a lot more flow from the filter I have on it.
I have standing water on my flat roof, I bought another drummond pump but it requries 2 inches of water to start pumping, the water I have is usually 1-1.5 inches, will this be able to pump 1.5 inches down to 1/4 inches?
It may pump a little at that level, but unfortunately not down to 1/4 inch. There aren't many self-priming pumps that'll do that. Not sure what volume you are dealing with, but perhaps a smaller pond or fountain pump would work in your case.
Legal counsel is responsible for warnings like that in product labeling. Companies need to protect themselves from all the crazy things customers might do with their products.
This guy's a cool dude. Very informative review of this submersible. And he gave me a great idea to drain my tank's water into my outdoor sink, and now I won't have to flood the grass in my yard. Thanks, man.
@@jorener Thanks for the kind words and for watching!
This is such an underrated review. Great video!!!!
Thanks for watching!
I just ran a test with a 5 gallon bucket on my 1/6HP, I was getting 383 gph with a full pool , pump was submerged 8' down and the lift was 3'. Thanks for the video, it made me realize I should really test out the gph and not look the ratings.
Great insight for others! Thanks for posting.
what is there about this video that a person would not like? Maybe they are genetically related to Scrooge and they just don’t like anything no matter what. I listen to it twice just because I liked it so much. I am totally blind and I really need to know how these things work. Pictures on boxes do me no good whatsoever and neither do those folded math like papers in 16 languages. I needed a description by an English-speaking individual who spoke American English like me. I appreciate the time it took to make this video and I will be recommending it to everybody I know who might like or need to use one of these pumps. Thanks so much once again because most of these videos just have music and no talking and they drive me up the wall. This is a great video and I don’t understand why it hasn’t been watched 1000 times or more. I give it 10 out of 10. thumbs up and every other kind of good review numbers anyone can think of to add to mine.
Thank you for listening to my video and for commenting. I really appreciate it.
The lift is the complete distance from the bottom of the pump to the end of discharge , that is a straight vertical lift to make a continuous pressure discharge
Correct. It should be imagined on the Y axis without regard for X axis. Thanks for watching!
this is the same pump i am thinking about getting since we need it to pump water out of one pool to another pool when i looked at harbor freight website says good for swimming pools and this video helped because in 5 days we are getting a new liner in the one pool and need to drain the water out of the smaller pool to fill the other pool so this video helped me not sure how long it will take because our pools are both only 4 feet deep but this video helped alot thanks again
Thanks for watching! Once you get the pump in the first pool you can fill a 5 gal bucket while keeping time with a stopwatch and then calculate approximately how long the whole pool will take. Assume you know the volume of your pool, which is also easy enough to approximate.
Great video now I know how long I can run my pump for without destroying it. I'm at 300 gallons per minute almost the same situation.
Thanks for watching!
If you have a vacuum hose, place it in the skimmer and throw the other end weighted down to the bottom and it will drain your pool.
Great job can I use this for basement floods too?
Thanks for watching! I would think so. As long as debris doesn't clog the bottom.
Very good video ! Extremely helpful and detailed … !
Thanks for watching!
Very informative. I was shocked to hear about your restriction in California. Aren't they pushing to have electric EVERYTHING??? How can they push for that and limit your electrical use at the same time? Seems nuts to me.
Southern California Edison doesn't limit usage, they just make it cost prohibitive to use electricity at peak times of the day. We can use all we want but we have to prepare ourselves for the bill. When I first moved here I had got a bill for $750 for 1 month because I hadn't figured out the rate rules yet and hadn't modified my usage habits. Hope that makes it more clear. Since I made this video I've installed solar on the roof and now SoCal Edison owes me $! Thanks for watching!
Mr Monk. Did this pump plug up at all with the junk that was on the bottom of your pool? I just bought a Drummond pump (1/4 hp with strainer base) to help clear my patio when it rains hard and the drain can't keep up. And after 2 minutes, it stopped. The water was higher than the level needed to trigger it to start. So to test this pump again, I put it in a stationary tub in the basement and started filling to tub just to see when it would turn on and if it was still working. It turned on and the pump was working well. So I'm confused why it stopped earlier on my patio. Great Video! Thank you!
I definitely needed to be conscious of the debris that was gathering around the pump base as my pool drained. I would move the pump once in a while to clear it. Hope that helps.
@@UrbanMonkTV TY. These types of pumps seem to clog and shut off easily
Your pool pump should have an inline bypass valve to discharge pool water into your yard instead of back into the pool. If so it will work a lot faster and no pump needed. Also you should not use an extension cord on the pump.
Thanks for watching! My pool does have a bypass valve, but it draws from the skimmer and thus drains only the top 6 inches of pool effectively. Your correct that the owner's manual states one should not use the pump with an extension cord.
I'm thinking that if you SHORTEN the hose -----------will get your gph
haven't used 1, hubby does for septic tank but if you need something
to pump a LOT of water like a BIG pool, the bigger the pump the more
water it will push, but good video all in all for people who don't know.
Thank you for watching!
@@UrbanMonkTV I was just wondering if I could use it
in a 110 gal stock pond with goldfish like I have now ?
it would have a lot more flow from the filter I have on it.
@@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058 That may work well.
I have standing water on my flat roof, I bought another drummond pump but it requries 2 inches of water to start pumping, the water I have is usually 1-1.5 inches, will this be able to pump 1.5 inches down to 1/4 inches?
It may pump a little at that level, but unfortunately not down to 1/4 inch. There aren't many self-priming pumps that'll do that. Not sure what volume you are dealing with, but perhaps a smaller pond or fountain pump would work in your case.
@@UrbanMonkTV got it! Thank you for the quick response!
@@PQ28120 Thanks for watching!
This is great great 👍 you should have more likes than this
Thanks for watching!
Says not to use extension cords????
Legal counsel is responsible for warnings like that in product labeling. Companies need to protect themselves from all the crazy things customers might do with their products.