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BillA · 10-23-2002, 10:08 AM

you fellows speak of pump "power", and I believe are confusing the issue

you have high volume, low head pumps,
for sure they will be crappy with the high flow resistance of the Maze2

you need, as has been stated over and over, high(er) head, low(er) volume pumps
-> then the pump is able to function as designed, and will also input less heat into the coolant

that such may be more expensive, so ?
perhaps then it is cheaper to change the wb ?

compare the P-Q curves of the Eheim 1250 that RoboTech describes to the VIA Aqua 306
I don't have these curves but can predict the difference

because a pump has high volume at low head does NOT mean that it is "powerful"

10-23-2002, 10:08 AM	#5
BillA CoolingWorks Tech Guy Formerly "Unregistered" Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Posts: 2,371.493,106 Posts: 4,440	you fellows speak of pump "power", and I believe are confusing the issue you have high volume, low head pumps, for sure they will be crappy with the high flow resistance of the Maze2 you need, as has been stated over and over, high(er) head, low(er) volume pumps -> then the pump is able to function as designed, and will also input less heat into the coolant that such may be more expensive, so ? perhaps then it is cheaper to change the wb ? compare the P-Q curves of the Eheim 1250 that RoboTech describes to the VIA Aqua 306 I don't have these curves but can predict the difference because a pump has high volume at low head does NOT mean that it is "powerful"