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Harry K Harry K is offline
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On Nov 1, 7:52 pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
You can't suck up water more than something like 32 feet, no matter how
big your pump is. Once you've developed a vacuum on the top, that's it,
for suckage.
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Well...practical limit is about 26 ft due to pumpage, pipe loss. In
any case that is why people use submersible pumps. They can pump from
any depth you desire (within engineering limits).

Harry K