Hey, been trying to find some helpful tips around the internet and it led me to here, assuming that a forum may be able to offer me some mor helpful advice than just coming across the information elsewhere.
To set the scene a little..
I'm an art student currently in my 3rd and final year on a fine art course in Norwich at NUCA.
My degree show is looming and i am on my way to build an installation from a bath and fountain pump.
if it helps here's a diagram - http://henryjacksonnewcomb.tumblr.com/
There will be a standalone bath set away from the walls of a room, the bath will have all four sides on.
The plug will be firmly fixed in and the bath will be filled so its very close to the rim and from overflowing.
From the overflow hole there will be a pipe going to an external fountain pump, which will then pump the water back out of one of the taps.
I'm looking for an external pump thats as quiet as possible so as not to become obvious - sure people will realise what is happening after a while but they don't need to straight away - and i'm looking for a pump which pushes out a decent burst of water the same as if you had the bath tap turned on full.
i read somewhere that a tap turned on would put out 15l a minute which makes 900lph.. but is this enough, looking at some of the fountain pumps of that size they don't look big enough, do you think the original calculation is wrong?
any help with any of it would be much appreciated, from pump ideas, the reliable good makes, or connections to fit with a bath pipe outlet.
thanks for reading and i hope i've put in the relevant information, look forward to hearing anyones replies.
Henry.
To set the scene a little..
I'm an art student currently in my 3rd and final year on a fine art course in Norwich at NUCA.
My degree show is looming and i am on my way to build an installation from a bath and fountain pump.
if it helps here's a diagram - http://henryjacksonnewcomb.tumblr.com/
There will be a standalone bath set away from the walls of a room, the bath will have all four sides on.
The plug will be firmly fixed in and the bath will be filled so its very close to the rim and from overflowing.
From the overflow hole there will be a pipe going to an external fountain pump, which will then pump the water back out of one of the taps.
I'm looking for an external pump thats as quiet as possible so as not to become obvious - sure people will realise what is happening after a while but they don't need to straight away - and i'm looking for a pump which pushes out a decent burst of water the same as if you had the bath tap turned on full.
i read somewhere that a tap turned on would put out 15l a minute which makes 900lph.. but is this enough, looking at some of the fountain pumps of that size they don't look big enough, do you think the original calculation is wrong?
any help with any of it would be much appreciated, from pump ideas, the reliable good makes, or connections to fit with a bath pipe outlet.
thanks for reading and i hope i've put in the relevant information, look forward to hearing anyones replies.
Henry.