[colin purewater]

Any one  got one ? I've just picked one up
But I need a few fitting that I will get tomo.

It looks like a really well made pump and for £50
It's a steel!! (as long as it works ok) :0)
 I'll keep an up date on how I get on with it

Many thanks

Colin

[Dave Willis]

I got one but it's not a booster pump it's a transfer pump. What fittings have you sourced?

[colin purewater]

I only picked it  before so I'll be getting the fittings
 tommo. It will work as a booster pump and it will increase
Mains water pressure to 4.5 bar ( same thing as I understand it)
In just going to get 2 fittings that will be 1 inch (I haven't measured it)
 male Screw in to  half in male hose tail, there's a hydronic parts place
Near city centre so I'll just take the pump in with me and get the
 right ones

[Dave Willis]

Which ro are you going to boost?

[colin purewater]

Merlin, I've got really bad pressure so anything is a bonus

[Cliff perkins]

Let me know how u get on colin as i have a merlin with about 3 bar be intrested in what happens here.
Cheers cliff

[colin purewater]

I will do mate I haven't had a change today to go and pick the
Connections up, but I'll have a go tomo

May merlin is running on less pressure than your 

[Dave Willis]

Just fitted my hosetails so mine will be running in half an hour as a transfer pump.

[martinw]

As a transfer pump this works great. I have been looking into finding adapters or reducers to connect it 1/2" tubing -  so far no luck. If any of you guys know where I could get some I would really appreciate it.

[Dave Willis]

Runs a treat, very powerful, need to prime it first, hoping I won't need to prime it tomorrow night otherwise it will need a non return valve.
I'm using inch diameter pipe, got my hosetails from the local marina.

[colin purewater]

Glad to hear it works well mate, it looks like a good pump
It should transfer about 260L in  10 mins so
Happy days !!

[best]

has any one tried it to boost a merlin yet?

[best]

set up yesterday to boost Merlin
Before
was getting just under 40psi mains pressure, pure water =1litre a minute

Now
lidls booster pump set up from a breaktank(water butt filled with water) (not water mains)
now i get about 55psi (maximum) and about 1.5litres a minute
I am only using standard hose pipe and hoselock connections
ran for 90minutes

I will try to higher the breaktank and increase hosepipe to a bigger one to see if i can get nearer to the 70psi(4.5Bar)

any suggestions are welcome

[Cliff perkins]

Why cant u run it of mains via an outside tap etc
Surely that would work better.

[best]

local bylaws states that you cant connect a booster pump to mains water

http://www.pumpexpress.co.uk/pump_ex_whole_house_boosting.htm

[rosskesava]

Why cant u run it of mains via an outside tap etc
Surely that would work better.

I run my merlin from an outside mains tap which is at 4.7bar.

A 25ltr barrel takes 14 minutes.

[CLEANCARE WC]

local bylaws states that you cant connect a booster pump to mains water

http://www.pumpexpress.co.uk/pump_ex_whole_house_boosting.htm

so does this mean that ro's fitted with booster pumps are illegal?

[mikecam]

local bylaws states that you cant connect a booster pump to mains water

http://www.pumpexpress.co.uk/pump_ex_whole_house_boosting.htm

You can if you fit a one way/ non return valve. At least i'm almost certain thats right. It will make a big difference to your pressure if you can get it off the main using this method rather than drawing from a tank.

[best]

I phoned up wessex water (extremly Rude) and was told it was illigal to fit a booster pump to the mains.
a break tank was needed.

[best]

Why cant u run it of mains via an outside tap etc
Surely that would work better.

I run my merlin from an outside mains tap which is at 4.7bar.

A 25ltr barrel takes 14 minutes.

very good psi
what is th ratio at 4.7bar of pure/waste?