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Enyin · 08-21-2003, 07:10 PM

Hi all,
Did a search on the forums but didnt see anyone ever mentioning this...
I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried using a drill pump for their system such as this:
http://www.simerpump.com/utility_cm10.html

They claim 360 gallons/hr and 10ft of vertical lift compared to the eheim 1250 at 317 g/hr and like what 6-7 ft of vertical lift?

The real reason I was thinking this pump would be interesting is it costs around $10 -- and if you have spare fan motor around like something from a window a/c unit that has shafts on both sides you could either run two of them, ie one for cpu loop and one for gpu loop or you could run the pump on one side and a fan for your rad on the other side.

Any thoughts? Another bonus is that motors like that are often variable speed so you could probably adjust the flow rate, unfortunately none of the drill pumps seem to say what rpm their published flow rate is at. Also, some of them seem to be self priming, like the Craftsman model which is cheaper - ~$5 but claims less gallons/hr.

I found an older one in a box the other day...going to hook it up and give it a shot (I have one of those double shafted motors from a phase change project), I'll post results if they're any good!

08-21-2003, 07:10 PM	#1
Enyin Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 22	Drill Pumps? Hi all, Did a search on the forums but didnt see anyone ever mentioning this... I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried using a drill pump for their system such as this: http://www.simerpump.com/utility_cm10.html They claim 360 gallons/hr and 10ft of vertical lift compared to the eheim 1250 at 317 g/hr and like what 6-7 ft of vertical lift? The real reason I was thinking this pump would be interesting is it costs around $10 -- and if you have spare fan motor around like something from a window a/c unit that has shafts on both sides you could either run two of them, ie one for cpu loop and one for gpu loop or you could run the pump on one side and a fan for your rad on the other side. Any thoughts? Another bonus is that motors like that are often variable speed so you could probably adjust the flow rate, unfortunately none of the drill pumps seem to say what rpm their published flow rate is at. Also, some of them seem to be self priming, like the Craftsman model which is cheaper - ~$5 but claims less gallons/hr. I found an older one in a box the other day...going to hook it up and give it a shot (I have one of those double shafted motors from a phase change project), I'll post results if they're any good!