external panworld pump install

[gurrolad]

I just bought one of these external pumps.
How are they to be installed?
flat...???
....mounted on one of the walls with water input facing downwards ....
any suggestions ???
thanks

 

[scsinet]

Flat. Just set them on the ground.

 

[acrylic51]

Flat as stated above......I hope you weren't looking for a dead quite pump????

 

[gurrolad]

haha.....the store said these were pretty quite
can u recommend a better one

 

[ejensen]

I have one. I'm not sure if I got use to it or it needed to break in but it doesn't make that much noise now. I wish It could be alittle bit quiter. If you want quiet then go with the Poseidon external pumps. They are water cooled so it will raise your water temp up.

 

[gurrolad]

my problem is that i dont have enought room .......
i was looking at alternative ways to plumb it.....
sump is big..and so is the pump

 

[acrylic51]

Originally Posted by gurrolad
haha.....the store said these were pretty quite
can u recommend a better one

Your LFS should be smacked.....I've been through 4 different ones, and they are noisey.....My Hammerhead is quieter than those pumps.......

 

[scsinet]

Pans and Little Giants are prone to noise issues.
Iwaki's are quieter, perhaps one of the quietest out there for their capacity. You can save money by getting an American motored Iwaki, either one is going to be nice and quiet. At the moment I am sitting about 12 feet away from a 55RLT running on my FOWLR and I can't hear it above the fans in the canopy.
You can also make the PW run quietER by placing it on a piece of foam building insulation, and using a short section of spa-flex in the plumbing to and from the pump (if you use hard plumbing. If you use vinyl tubing, it's moot), as sort of an "expansion joint" and vibration isolator.