> >Great work Bill.
 > How did you measure the water flow.
 > I will do some test on the self contained pump that I posted.
 > Regards Don

 The usual way is a stop watch and a five gallon bucket.
 Paul Lamar

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Stop watch and 5 gallon bucket is right, although there was a technique I
used that worked very well.

The pump drew from a 1/2 full 55 gallon drum, and the outlet went back to the
drum.  The water level in the drum had to be at the same level as the pump in
order to be able to get it primed and keep it primed. This meant that it was
on top of a work bench.

I would get the pump pumping at a given setting, and then float the empty
bucket on the surface of the water.  Then I diverted the water into the
bucket and started the stop watch, and let the bucket "sink" into the water.
This kept the head level constant during the pumping test, and more
importantly kept all the water off the floor, etc.

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045

Very ingenious Bill. Thanks again for doing this.

Paul Lamar

 
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