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Originally posted by Jessfm
J, make BP more like 2mm. 4mm is too much even with flat plate design.
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Not true. Unless you're pumping some pretty stupendous flow rates with a 1/2" barb, 2mm will be much worse than a 4mm base-plate for a dimpled base-plate design.
BillA has some pretty extensive real-world test data on this, backed up by Les56's excellent theoretical analyses.