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Andy Dingley Andy Dingley is offline
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On Jul 18, 8:07*am, harry wrote:

There is a problem with all boiler feed water pumps and that is
cavitation.


Utter ********. Cavitation is a problem of _low_ pressure in pumps,
sufficient to form bubbles (i.e. "cavities"). The one thing we know
about a boiler feedwater pump of any form is that it has to work at
around boiler pressure. Whilst the Giffard injector stops working with
hot water, heat isn't a big problem for pumps.