We have a 22,700litre tank and it was full till I watered and fed all the roses yesterday, Annie I have no idea what power our one is but we have 2 1/2 hoses on ours that way we can bring is around the side of the house...The back gets watered from the smaller tank connected to the very large garage/shed roof..

Have a look at the link below it has the power there, and it throws out 50 lts a minute plenty for my big garden Its a Smoothflo and we have the XJM80LB Model of course its made in China but has a one year warranty cost $254.55 six months ago. We were going for the Onga as we already have one of those but the price of them is mind-boggling same as the Davey and watch it as all these so called AU brand made pumps may not be made here.

Make sure you get a self priming pump that way you only have to switch it on. Hope this helps a little I am sure others will be along to give you more advice..Have you thought of emailing some of the pump companies they would be able to tell you what you need.

Cheers...Misty

The second thing you need to consider is the pressure at the end of the hose. If you take this information to a reputable pump supplier, they should be able to do the calculations to select the right pump. Make sure they actually do them, because if you select a pump which is too small, you won't get the performace you are hoping for.

we ahve always used onga stainless steel pumps, not sure on ratings but the standard model comes in around $600 they will do a lot of work, however i would suggest running through nothing less then 3/4" pipes and hoses. the best place to go to is a pump shop or someone who deals in irrigation and pumps, you may even get away with a smaller unit? ie.,. there are submersable units that may suit your application it would come down to how fast you want to pump the water?

later when can i will check our rating, the one we had on the property was still going strong after 5 years or so, this one is only 12 months old so it has a long way to go yet.

len

our current pump is a grundfos, it has a 1" inlet & outlet, ours get used daily, never heard of one breaking down as yet, it operates at 600 kpa, and is rated to supply 4 taps.

len

And like most tanks Annie's works on gravity feed so why would she need a huge pump if she only wants to water the garden you Len probably have yours plumbed to the house as well and yes then you may need different pressure as I am sure that you don't water your garden every day, as you used to tell us you hardly ever water any plants and if you did it was grey water.

Annie you just go ahead and buy what you can afford but believe me you don't need a huge expensive pump if you are only watering the garden even if its a 3/4 acre block like this one..

We aren't on town water so have an electric pressure pump on the tank for the house so when we turn a tap on we have mains pressure water.

On the dam we have an electric pump as there is power nearby but this was here when we moved here. We switch it on for a couple of hours and it fills up a header tank high up the hill behind us, the header tank is gravity fed to the house, when we turn a tap on outside we have good pressure but the tank is high.

I have also recently bought a little petrol powered portable pump that is light and easy to move and it takes standard 3/4" hoses instead of polypipe and extra fittings. I can use it anywhere, just pick it up and carry it and don't require electricity. It has a brushcutter type motor on it and easily pumps water to a fair height (can't remember the figures but we are on a hill so needed to pump uphill a lot). I love it but like all petrol motors, is noisy. I use it to clean out the duck pond to water the vegie garden with the duck poo fertilised water, and pump grey water to the gardens up hill - grey water is collected in a couple of 44 gallon drums but is downhill.

Do you want an electric pump or petrol powered one? Electric pressure pumps are cheaper and you only have plug it and turn the tap on to use but you have to have a power point handy. Petrol ones have to be started the same as a mower and are dearer to buy but can be used anywhere so don't have the expense of connecting power outside and can be used if you have blackouts. With our pressure pump on the house, if the power goes out we don't have water, have to get it straight from the tank outside. You can get big petrol powered ones but they would be too big, my little one was dear (around $400, you can get more powerful ones for that price) but is very convenient and worth it.

The best advice is to go to a specialised pump/irrigation shop and explain what you want. Take measurements eg slope of land, whether you want to pump uphill, etc, electric or petrol. Prices will probably be cheaper and you will get better advice from a rural town than city area (Brissy prices went sky high with the drought)

go with the pump, as mine is great. BTW my tank is full too.