therealplumber.com » Tank Uses http://therealplumber.com Your "online" Plumbing Helpline. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:30:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pressure Pumps http://therealplumber.com/2009/05/09/pressure-pumps/ http://therealplumber.com/2009/05/09/pressure-pumps/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 06:45:52 +0000 office http://therealplumber.com/?p=114 A Pressure Pump is installed on the outlet of your tank.  This type of pump is primed and ready to use at all times.

When you turn on a tap, hose or sprinkler, the pressure switch senses a drop in pressure, and turns the pump on.  You will need an external power point next to the pump, turned on at all times.

These pumps of different brands sell for between $500 – $600

Below is a Pressure Pump, connected to a tank, then to an automatic sprinkler system.

Tank with Pressure Pump.

Tank with Pressure Pump.

]]> http://therealplumber.com/2009/05/09/pressure-pumps/feed/ 0 Tank Uses http://therealplumber.com/2009/05/07/tank-uses/ http://therealplumber.com/2009/05/07/tank-uses/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 06:40:14 +0000 office http://therealplumber.com/?p=111 Tank installation has only really kicked into gear in the last few years.  Not that long ago, when the powers to be said “we have plenty of water in Australia, dont worry about anything”  People would not have thought in their wildest dreams that we would be installing water tanks in our homes in the suburbs, they only did that in the country.  The so called powers to be, have now hit the panic button, and are urging everyone to install rainwater tanks.

Once  you install your tank, you can then decide how to use this to your best advantage.  You can run a hose off the tank and just water by gravity, nothing really special, but it does do the job.  Why not have the best and install a pump.  There are two ways to do this either with a Pressure Pump or an Inline Pump.

Read on to the following posts and check it out.

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