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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Michael Peterson on February 14, 2015, 01:38:08 pm

Title: transfer pump
Post by: Michael Peterson on February 14, 2015, 01:38:08 pm: can a transfer pump be used as a booster pump?
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Don Kee on February 14, 2015, 05:48:18 pm: No

Transfer pump creates flow from static water
Booster pump takes the flow and boosts the pressure
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Scrimble on February 14, 2015, 08:01:13 pm: yes of course you can, i use a clark pump as a transfer pump but many on here use the same pump as a booster pump, i wouldnt use the same pump to do both as you will risk pumping tap water into your van tank
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: robert mitchell on February 16, 2015, 11:03:21 am: totally depends on the pump specs , for a booster you need a certain pressure usually 80-100 psi , most pumps designed to move a large amount of water quickly will have a much lower pressure.
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Scrimble on February 16, 2015, 11:19:43 am: I use this as a transfer pump, with 1" hose it fills 600l in less than 5 minutes,

i used to use it as a booster pump for a 4040 ro and it took it to around 90psi, no need now as my tap pressure is 85psi

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cbm240-1in-multi-stage-water-pump?da=1&TC=RV-051011130
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: robert mitchell on February 16, 2015, 11:32:10 am: That pump is generally sold as a booster pump so yes that would do both jobs as it has a flow rate of upto 100lpm .

it depends on the type of transfer pump he uses as to wether it will also work as a booster.
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Spruce on February 16, 2015, 11:58:48 am: Quote from: Don Kee on February 14, 2015, 05:48:18 pm
No

Transfer pump creates flow from static water
Booster pump takes the flow and boosts the pressure

;D

Don, like so many things, what their original design was for and what they are actually used for are two different things.

I would have replied as you have a few years ago and only used the specific booster pump, sold by Machinemart and recommended by GAPS Water as the ideal.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cbm240e-1in-multi-stage-230v-booster-pum

I have seen that others have successfully even used cheaper £40 pumps from Lidl on promotion.
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Walter Mitty on February 16, 2015, 12:00:22 pm: The thread has been quite enlightening. I would have said "Probably no" to the OP due to the much larger quantities of water that are shifted with a transfer pump. It's easy to assume that pressure build up if using a transfer pump might be too much for the RO or pre-filter fittings.
I'm guessing that this is the classic case of higher flow rate not necessarily meaning higher pressure?
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Spruce on February 16, 2015, 08:36:23 pm: Quote from: Walter Mitty on February 16, 2015, 12:00:22 pm
The thread has been quite enlightening. I would have said "Probably no" to the OP due to the much larger quantities of water that are shifted with a transfer pump. It's easy to assume that pressure build up if using a transfer pump might be too much for the RO or pre-filter fittings.
I'm guessing that this is the classic case of higher flow rate not necessarily meaning higher pressure?

TBH our transfer pump doesn't develop a high water pressure. I can't see it boosting our 4040.
Title: Re: transfer pump
Post by: Don Kee on February 16, 2015, 08:40:29 pm: I stand corrected ;D