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Old 06-19-2011, 05:44 PM
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Interesting how it's so variable. Robb, are all 3 mounted similarly in terms of the inlet side plumbing? I use 2" plumbing on the inlet side, and this is huge .. they say you can step it down to 1-1/2" without consequence and I've seen this, so I would have thought that the 2" compensates for the one 90 degree bend I have right at the bulkhead. But then I do have a strainer on the bulkhead inside the sump. Maybe I should try removing this and see if I notice a difference.

I think mine is a Baldor motor. It has a fan on the end, I thought the AO motors were fan-less. But what's weird is that the motor core is much smaller than other Dart pumps I've seen that have fans. So it seems there are more than just 2 options out there for the same pump model..

I tried putting a 4" box fan on the floor blowing laterally onto the pump to see if that would cool it off, it actually didn't, so I took it off. Might as well save a few watts on electricity if it's not doing anything.
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