I believe it's 12Amp 200V. Seattle power is $0.098/kWh. I think I calculated correctly. I'm getting the specs from the installer but that's what he thought it was. The only reason it doesn't have a filter is because it was originally intended to just be a water feature not a koi pond. I converted it after the fact.
Very nice pond design.
I'd be curious what GPH you're putting out at your head height. At 12 amps, this does sound like an expensive pump unless it is like a 10,000 GPH pump or something.
Marktastic, you could get the same flow at your head height for half the electric bill or lower compared to what you're using now. You might want to keep this pump as a backup pump and then get a more efficient pump as your primary.
I am confident that if you check around you will find that all of the major pump manufacturers offer pumps with the flow rate that you want with higher heads than 15 feet that are high efficiency. For example, Easy Pro offers a 6000 gph 110 volt 6.0 amp pump with a 46 foot max. head. And that is only one example of what is available. Someone sold you something that is entirely wrong for this type application.
Yep, I agree with Mr. Jordan...
To add on to this...
Also, important to point out that "max head" means zero flow when water is pushed at max head. And... we're assuming the manufacture specs are accurate. So, get a
watt meter, but make sure it can handle the amps you're pulling.
Personally, I do not like submersibles since they mince up the fish waste too much, except if they're at the end of a gravity flow filtration system, and the fish poo is much easier to capture by my filtration prior to entering the pumping. However, submersible pumps are nice in that they are incredibly quiet to the point tough to even hear them. If fish density in pond is quite low or the submersible pump is at the end of a gravity flow filtration system, then submersible pumps are awesome, except choose the right model since easier to find submersible models that cost more electricity.
I'd stick to the $400~$800 range on high efficiency pump prices so to allow the electric bill savings to pay ya back after a reasonable number of years have passed. There are some crazy efficient pumps in the $1k+ range, but, for us to get our electric bill savings to pay us back, would have to wait like 20 years.
Easy Pro pump, 6.6~9amp, 115v, $604, submersible, 5460 gph @ 10 foot HH, 4980 @ 15 foot HH.
ESS 6400 pump, 3.3 MAX amps, 115v, $499.95, inline pump, 5780 gph @ 10 foot HH, 3300 gph @ 15 foot HH, For cost of less amps, notable GPH decrease at increased head. This pump is quiet, except not as quiet as my Hakko 25L aerator pump. This water pump is the one I am currently using.
I am thinking of getting a backup pump and not for sure if I should get the Fluid Dynamic Orion or Sequence... Looking for quiet, but track record is incredibly important and Sequence has an excellent longevity track record.
Sequence 1000 series, model 6100SEQ23, 3.03 MAX amps, 366 MAX watts, 115v, $727, an inline pump). 4200 GPH @ 10 foot HH, 3450 @ 15 foot HH. For cost of less amps, notable GPH decrease at increased head.
Precision Fluid Dynamics Orion series, model POE5600, 2.1 amps, 115 volts, waiting for price quote, inline pump. 4500 GPH @ 10 foot HH, 3000 GPH @ 15 foot HH. For cost of less amps, notable GPH decrease at increased head.
If much less flow is fine, then you can look into setting up a cheap solar system to power 12 volt water pumps that can push around 800gph of water 10 foot head height, but look for the rebuildable 12 volt pumps since these have a very short shelf life when operating under continuous use hovering around 2500 max operating hours.
